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The Kyiv Zoo (Ukrainian: Київський Зоопарк) is one of the largest zoos in the former Soviet Union and the only large zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine. Situated on about , the zoo is cared for by 378 staff members and receives about 280,000 visitors annually. History The Kyiv Zoo was founded in 1909 by the Nature Lovers Society and was financed by various private donations. During its first years in business, the zoo experienced some hardships and therefore, did not contain many animals, just 17 different ty…

Lukianivska Prison (Ukrainian: Лук'янівська в'язниця, transliterated: "Luk'janivsjka v'jaznitsja") is a famous historical prison in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, located in the central Lukianivka neighborhood of the city. It is officially known as SIZO#13 (Ukrainian: Слідчий ізолятор№13, Slidchyi izoliator #13) which is a portmanteau for ''Slidchyi IZOliator (Ukrainian: слідчий ізолятор). Though the facility is now functioning as a pre-conviction detention center, it is still colloquially called a…

Babi Yar (Russian: Ба́бий Яр) or Babyn Yar (Ukrainian: Бабин Яр) is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The first and best documented of the massacres took place on 29–30 September 1941, killing some 33,771 Jews. The decision to murder all the Jews in Kyiv was made by the military governor Generalmajor Kurt Eberhard, the Police Commander for Army Group South, SS-Obergrupp…

Faculty of Radio Physics, Electronics and Computer Systems (formerly known as Faculty of Radiophysics) is a part of National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and is devoted to the fundamental study in different branches of physics on the one hand and mathematics and electronics on the other. Foundation and history The Faculty was founded in 1952. Its foundation was caused by the urgent need in a highly skilled engineers' preparation due to the Soviet military–industrial complex requests. Best…

St. Cyril's Monastery may refer to: • St. Cyril's Monastery (Kyiv), a former monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine (from which a single church survives) • St. Cyril's Monastery (Russia), Europe's largest monastery in terms of area • St. Cyril's Monastery, a fictional monastery in James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, which was filmed at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Greece