What to do and see in Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast: The Best Monuments & Statues

At the edge of Boldyn Hills park, alongside the burial places (“kurgans”) of Slavonic warriors, there is a grave of Unknown soldiers, warriors who gave their lives in the Great Patriotic War (WWII). When battles for capturing the city of Chernihiv by fascist invaders were being fought, a woman of Chernihiv buried four lost soldiers in her family garden. In 1967, the graves were opened, and the names of three soldiers were discovered, they were buried in brotherly grave. The name of the fourth warrior remained unknown. He was buried here on the Boldyn Hills, at Chernihiv’s highest place. To commemorate all the warriors who were killed on the fronts of Great Patriotic War, the Eternal fire was lit in 1967. The Eternal fire is burning on the Grave of the Unknown soldier side by side with the ancient burial mounds on the top of the Boldin Hill as the homage of those who died in the battle for independence of our Motherland. The ancient part of Chernigiv and Holly grove are well seen from this place. The old legend says that Chernihivites were baptized in that grove in 992.

The monument to Alexander Pushkin in Chernihiv is represented by a bust to a famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. It is situated in the historic centre of the city of Chernihiv – Dytynest, on the Val near the Transfiguration Cathedral. The monument was created in 1899 - 1900 to commemorate the visits of an outstanding Russian poet to Chernihiv in 1820 and 1824. The funds for the monument came from the Literary Evening dedicated to the poet, which was held in the Chernihiv Theatre on September 29, 1899. The bust was made in the St. Petersburg workshop of K.Bertho, an artist specialising in bronze, by the project of Chernihiv amateur artist G. Kovalenko. The monument has been unveiled on September 25, 1900. Alexander Pushkin Monument in Chernihiv is a bronze bust of 1.5m height, mounted on a granite pedestal of 2.8 m height with some steps at the base. It is fenced with sagging massive chains attached to the low pedestals.