In just some 9 km from the city centre near Kyiv Zhuliany airport there is State Aviation Museum where both civil and military Soviet era constructed aircrafts are represented on two open-air fields, totalling to more than 70 exhibits. Among most notable items there are Cold War iconic Tupolev Tu-142 huge four-turboprop anti-submarine aircraft (modification of Tu-95 strategic bomber ‘Bear’), Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighter, Beriev Be-12 ‘Seagull’ twin-turboprop-powered amphibious maritime patrol boat - aircraft, retired United Nations Mil Mi-26, the largest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production, and main attack helicopter during Soviet war in Afghanistan - Mil Mi-24. The highlight of civil aviation is Tupolev Tu-104, world's first successful jet airliner, and the sole operating in the world between 1956 and 1958 (British Comet had been withdrawn following a series of crashes due to structural failure).
Address: 1 Medova str, tel. 461 6485, Open 10:00-16:00
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Located slightly offcentre in some 7 km from Independence Square, Mamaeva Sloboda is a Ukrainian village rebuilt in accordance with 15th-18th century architecture to demonstrate its visitors the way of life existed in the early Cossack land. Nearly hundred buildings are gathered all around the settlement to make visitor see and feel real Cossack’s spirit and traditions. On weekends there are horseriding show, trade fair and genuine Cossack drinks and dishes offered to visitors. Potter and blacksmith offer on the spot made craft ware. English guides on request.
This museum lies on the famous Andriyivskyi Descent and represents a collection of writer’s personal effects, autographs, books, and original photographs. Museum interior and decorations are fully reconstructed from old photographs and allow the museum to recreate authentic spirit of days gone and the atmosphere in which Mikhail Bulgakov wrote his best books.
The exhibition comprises over 7000 declassified documents, maps, photographs, video records and other exhibits on the worst accident ever in the history of nuclear power.
This museum occupies about 150 hectares (370 acres) at a beauty spot in Pyrohovo village on the edge of Kyiv. Authentic Ukrainian houses, wooden churches, windmills, and farmsteads represent different ethnical regions of Ukraine of 16th - 20th centuries. The museum has also taverns, where you can taste traditional Ukrainian dishes. You can also buy wares of from craftsmen right in the exposition.