Shevchenko National Reserve (Taras Hill)
Hilltop burial site and literary museum above the Dnipro at Kaniv
Offers the sweeping river-and-meadow view described in Shevchenko's 1845 poem 'Testament'.
Kaniv & Cherkasy, Ukraine
Ideal: 1–2 daysBest: May–SepPrice: Moderate
In 60 seconds
Kaniv & Cherkasy in 60 seconds
Along the middle Dnipro south of Kyiv, steep loess hills drop to the broad river valley that inspired Ukraine's national poet, Taras Shevchenko. Climb Chernecha Hora (Taras Hill) in Kaniv to see Shevchenko's memorial and the 1144 Assumption Cathedral, then continue downstream to Cherkasy's pine-shaded Sosnovyi Bir park and Vladimir Shukhov's 1914 steel hyperboloid water tower.
Best for
- River
- History
- Nature
- Culture
Known for
- Shevchenko National Reserve (Taras Hill)
- Assumption (St George) Cathedral, Kaniv
- Sosnovyi Bir Park & Shukhov Hyperboloid Tower, Cherkasy
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Must experience
The things that would make the trip incomplete without them.
Assumption (St George) Cathedral, Kaniv
Twelfth-century Kyivan Rus stone church founded by Prince Vsevolod Olgovych in 1144
Stands in a park near the Dnipro bluff.
Sosnovyi Bir Park & Shukhov Hyperboloid Tower, Cherkasy
Pine terrace above the Kremenchuk Reservoir and 1914 lattice steel water tower
One of the few surviving early hyperboloid structures by engineer Vladimir Shukhov.
Beyond the obvious
Hidden gems
Less obvious, rarely queued for, and usually the part people remember.
Chyhyryn & Subotiv
Seventeenth-century residence of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and 1653 Elias Church
Located south of Cherkasy in the Kholodnyi Yar hills.