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Tourist information
Tourists traveling about Ukraine learn much about its past and present, and can worthily assess its historic and cultural heritage and the spiritual potential of the Ukrainian nation. You are invited to visit museums of world significance, outstanding historic and cultural monuments of different epochs and peoples, marvelously preserved palaces, churches, cathedrals, fortresses and many other sights. Numerous history, art, and literature museums; art galleries, theaters, and concert halls will acquaint you with world renowned specimens of classic Ukrainian art. The culture of our people, dating back to the past, is rich and unique. The majority of our traditions and customs have survived through the centuries and today are carefully preserved by the Ukrainians in their national art, folklore and handicrafts.
Popular among tourists are: pysanky (painted Easter eggs), ceramic items from Opyshnia, and Petrikivka paintings.The land of Ukraine is rich in talented people. They are Ukrainian poets and writers Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, Lesya Ukrainka, Nikolai Gogol; composers Mykola Lysenko and Dmitro Bortnyansky; pianist Sviatoslav Richter and conductor Olexandr Koshytsia; ballet master Serge Lefar and film producer Olexandr Dovzhenko, actress Maria Zankovetska and singer Ivan Kozlovsky; historian Mykola Hrushevskiy, artists Dmitro Levytskiy, Mykola Pimonenko and many others.
According to the legend recorded by Nestor the Chronicler, a city was founded by three brothers Kyi, Shchek and Horiv and their sister Lybid on the right bank of the Dnipro River. It was named Kyiv in honor of the eldest brother, Kyi. Kyivites love and cherish the history of their city, a city of priceless monuments of history and culture, a city of big events and outstanding people. A spirit of some special hospitality can be felt in Kyiv. No matter who you may be, a tourist, traveler or businessman from a foreign country, we know that you will leave a piece of your heart in our city, and upon a return visit you will feel yourself not as a guest but almost a Kyivite, to whom everything is so familiar and at the same time new. You will want to return again and again. Every guest will find something to his liking in Kyiv.
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