The famous Mariyinsky Palace, the pearl of the eponymous park, is no less remarkable for its architectural composition. The palace was built by order of Elizaveta Petrovna, the architects were Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Ivan Michurin and Vasily Neyolov who chose Baroque as the dominant architectural style of the building. The palace was often visited by members of the royal family - for example, by Catherine II and Maria Feodorovna. Later the building served as a revolutionary committee headquarters, a museum, and an agricultural school. Nearby is the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine building designed by Volodymyr Zabolotny and completed in 1939. Classicism was chosen as the main style. It must be said that the building is attractive for its accuracy and precision - that's how any government building should look like.
Equally interesting are sculptures located throughout the city. These are monuments to great people - Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Taras Shevchenko, Volodymyr the Great, Princess Olga, as well as memorials in honor of Afghan soldiers and people affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Motherland Monument, which is a permanent symbol of the unity of Ukraine and its capital's hallmark, is worthy of at least a cursory inspection. Beautiful parks are ideal for walking in Kyiv. This can be the already mentioned Mariyinsky Park, Shevchenko Park or Natalka Park.
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