1. Kiev Sightseeing Khreshchatyk  Khreshchatyk is the main street of Kiev, Ukraine. The street has a length of 1.2 km. main streetKievUkrainemain streetKievUkraine  Khreshchatyk is included in the Top 20 of most expensive shopping streets in Europe.  Khreshchatyk contains many up-market stores, cafés, and restaurants.

2. Kiev Sightseeing Andrew's Descent)

3. Kiev Sightseeing Andrew's Descent  Andrew's Descent or Andriyivsky Uzviz is one of the oldest streets. It is one of the major touristic attractions of the capital, famous for being the place where past writers, scholars and artists have lived and worked. It is also an open air market where you'll find paintings and various hand made products. The Descent is sometimes nicknamed the Montmartre of Kiev: you will always see hundreds of artists presenting their work - jewelry, ornaments, dishes, pottery and glass ceramics, toys, coins, medals and much more. You can buy souvenirs and paintings and actors, singers and musicians regularly animate the street. The Descent includes several bars and coffee shops where you can sit and relax in a décor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

4. Kiev Sightseeing  Andrew's Descent  GOLDEN GATE LANDSCAPE ALLEY HOUSE WITH HIMERAS Saint Sophia's Cathedral THRILLING KlEV KHRESHCHATYK Kievo-Pecherskaja lavra

5. The Thrilling Kiev “The Flying Cow” Amazing and unusual sculpture «The Flying Cow» was placed in the dry tree not far from Yaroslaviv Val. Donkey It is a very funny and wonderful monument to donkey. You can easily find this nice animal near the Sofiivska square, where this monument is installed.

6. The Thrilling Kiev « The Hedgehog in the Fog» settled in Kyiv In the center of Kyiv on the crossroads of Zolotovoritska and Reitarska streets there installed a monument to the legendary hedgehog from the famous animation. The hedgehog is made sitting on a high stump. Lamps in Love On the Independent Square you can meet not only couples in love, but also lamps in love. The lamps are sitting on a metal-bound benches looking at each other with lowered “heads”. The sculpture was installed on Saint Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2009)

7. The Thrilling Kiev The Chair Tree In Independent Square you can find also the chair tree. It is unusual monument - little brown chairs are on the branches of three-meter-tree. The Lively Walls The most famous work of Aleksey Bordusov and Vladimir Manjosa is “ Interesting Tales”. It is a 20-meter-long wall all covered with out-of- the-ordinary paintings (Shota Rustavelli St.)

8. The Thrilling Kiev The Lost World in Troyeschyna The stairway on the 13 th floor in Radunska, 26 will be interesting for those, who likes 3D. Walls, floor and ceiling are covered by volumetric pictures and compositions. Stones are brought from different countries. The author is the owner of one of the flats on this floor – Tetyana Pika. Her flat is decorated in the same style. The Substandard Cat It is one of the most original places of interest in Kyiv. Funny, but this cat is made of disposable forks screwed on to each other. You can find it near “Zoloti Vorota” metro station.

9. Golden Gate The Golden Gates of Kiev (Ukrainian: Золоті ворота, Zoloti vorota, literally 'golden gates') is a major landmark of the Ancient Kiev and historic gateway in the ancient city fortress, located in the capital of Ukraine. Currently it serves as a museum and can be found on the corner of Volodymyr street and Yaroslaviv Val Street (Yaroslav's Moat). The name Zoloti Vorota is also used for a nearby theatre and a station of the Kiev Metro.

10. Saint Sophia's Cathedral St Sophia is rightfully considered as the treasure of Ukraine and is protected by UNESCO. Was built in the first half of the 11th century St. Sophia Cathedral was decorated with mosaics and frescoes. St. Sophia Cathedral was decorated with mosaics and frescoes.

11. House with Chimeras This building was constructed by the architect Gorodetskiy in 1903 According to the legend, Vladislav Gorodetsky's daughter had committed suicide jumping into Dnieper River either because of some unfortunate love. As a result, Gorodetsky went slightly mad and built this gloomy house in his daughter's memory.

12. Kiev Sightseeing Landscape alley  Absolutely unusual and really amazing place! Everybody must visit it! Kids will be happy to see many fantastic and fairytale characters.  On May 27, 2011 the first sculpture park has been opened at Peysazhna Alley (Landscape Alley) in Kiev. The park includes sculptures and installations created by Ukrainian artists: Nazar Bilyk, Zhanna Kadyrova, Konstantin Skritutskiy, Mihail Vertuozov, Alexey Vladimirov,

13. Fill in the Gaps   Kiev: This magnificent city can ……………………. (пишатись) of having a number of historic landmarks.   While visiting Kiev don't miss St. Sophia Cathedral, the oldest standing church of the city, built in 11 th centure   This wonderful church is ………………………….. (прикрашена) with some of the country's finest mosaics and frescoes.

14. Top 10 Places must see in Kiev  Khreshchatyk   Golden Gate   Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra   St. Sofia square   Andrew's Descent   Independence Sqare   Mother Motherland   Mariinsky Palace   House with Chimeras   Landscape Alley

15. Dialogues in English about Kiev sightseeing  Max: Good morning! We begin our tour around Kyiv.  Ann : I’d like to know more about Kyiv. Please, give me some information as to the tour around Kyiv.  Max: Certainly. With pleasure! We’ll show you the most important places of interest.  Ann : What places of interest are we going to see in Kyiv?  Max: We are going to see historical and cultural places. They are Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra, the Golden Gates, Podil, St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral, St. Andrew’s Church, St. Sophia’s Cathedral. We’ll show you the famous monument to founders of Kyiv – Kyi, Shchek, Khoriv and a young sister Lybid. sister  Ann : What other places of interest are we going to see in Kyiv?  Max: We’ll show you many beautiful parks, gardens and bridges. For example, Mariinsky Park, Goloseevsky Park, Hydropark, Paton Bridge and others.  Ann: There are many cultural places in Great Britain, such as: the museums, the theatres, the cinemas. Due to them we can learn more about our history and culture. Are there any museums or other cultural places in Kyiv?  Max: Yes, there are. The most popular museums to visit in Kyiv are: the State Historical Museum,, the Museum of Ukrainian Applied Arts. The cultural heart of our city is Andriyivskyi Uzviz. You can buy Ukrainian souvenirs there.  Ann: Thank you. I am going to visit some of the theatres. What do you recommend?  Max: You can visit the Shevchenko Opera and Ballet House, Ivan Franko Drama Theatre or Lesia Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre. And else, if you like animals, you can go to the Zoo.  Ann : It’s a great idea! You’ve been very kind.  Max: My pleasure.

16. Tongue twisters  Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, FuzzyWuzzy wasn't very fuzzy... was he???  Freshly-fried fat flying fish  "The big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back."  "I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream..."  "Quick kiss, quick kiss, quick kiss."  "I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too.“  "Zebras zig and zebras zag."  "Eleven owls licked eleven little liquorice lollipops."

17. Kiev Sightseeing Golden Gate

18. Kiev Sightseeing Kiev Sightseeing Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra

19. Kiev Sightseeing Landscape alley KhreshchatykSofiyskiy sobor

20. Kiev Sightseeing KhreshchatykGolden Gate Kievo- Pecherskaya Lavra

21. Kiev Sightseeing Landscape Alley

22. Kiev Sightseeing Landscape Alley House with Chimeras Mariinsky Palace

23. Kiev Sightseeing Khreshchatyk  Khreshchatyk Khreshchatyk is the main street of Kiev. Khreshchatyk Khreshchatyk  With a tree alley on one side and no traffic on weekends and holidays, people gather to sit, chat and drink here.  Every weekend there is an event or a concert taking place or at least music is played.