Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Research university in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The university consists of fifteen faculties and five institutes, offering education programs through a red building designed in Russian Classicism architectural style.
Nicholas I of Russia established the institution as Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev in 1834, with architect Vincent Beretti completing construction in 1843.
The university holds a collection of 3.5 million volumes in the Maksymovych Scientific Library, which stands as the largest research library in Ukraine.
The institution provides education to 26,139 students, including 1,226 international students, through 198 departments offering bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees.
The A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, created in 1839, maintains plant collections across 5.22 hectares, functioning as both educational space and research facility.
Location: Kyiv
Inception: 1834
Founders: Nicholas I of Russia
Architects: Vincent Beretti
Website: http://univ.kiev.ua/eng
GPS coordinates: 50.44190,30.51131
Latest update: May 28, 2025 18:17
St Volodymyr's Cathedral
385 m
Red University Building
6 m
Khanenko Museum
239 m
Taras Shevchenko
121 m
National Museum Тaras Shevchenko
287 m
Kiev National Picture Gallery
259 m
National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
479 m
Taras Shevchenko Park
126 m
Monument to Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Kyiv
272 m
National Science and Natural History Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
453 m
Kiev Teacher's House
354 m
Pedagogical Museum
354 m
National Union of Composers of Ukraine
364 m
Museum of Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1921
351 m
Zoological Museum of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
18 m
Maksymovych Scientific Library
127 m
Зоологический музей имени М. М. Щербака
459 m
Manor of Fyodor Tereschenko
251 m
13 Tereshchenkivska Street, Kyiv
242 m
Archeological museum of NASU
461 m
7 Lva Tolstoho Street, Kyiv
278 m
奧爾吉娜女子中學
408 m
Будинок на Терещенківській вулиці, 5
373 m
Geological Museum (Kyiv)
466 m
Будинок на вулиці Богдана Хмельницького, 23
444 m
33-A Chykalenko Street, Kyiv
407 m
1 Lva Tolstoho Street, Kyiv
396 m
Статуя Олександра II (Антокольський)
261 mReviews
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