Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Solomyanskyi district has many names: “Kadetskyi Hai”, “Kadetska Roscha”, “Umanskyi Park”, and it is also often called “Pershotravnevyi”. It got its modern name during the development of the Solomyanskyi railway massif. Most of the grove was cut down during the Civil War in 1918-1921, and later, in 1950-1960, it was built up, the rest being a forest park between Umanska Street and the railroad. The current park is actually the only surviving part of the Kadetskyi Hai, on the basis of which the park was formed in 1969. In 1970, a modernist white rotunda was built on the highest part of the park.

Suputnyk Park is dominated by deciduous trees, mostly linden, maple, and birch, with rowan, conifers, and a large number of bushes; most of the territory is not landscaped and looks like a forest park. In 2002, the creation of a church complex in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, which belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, began. A pump room was built on its territory. In 2013, the park was overhauled and landscaped with paths, sports and children's playgrounds. The area of the park is 16.41 hectares.

Address: along Umanska Street.

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

Suputnyk Park in Kyiv

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