The Ferris wheel in the center of Kyiv in the 1950s offered incredible views. Archival photos

Until the late 1970s, a Ferris wheel was located on the site of the current Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian people, which allowed Kyiv residents and visitors to see incredible views of the city. Thanks to photographs taken in the 1950s, we can see what this place used to look like.

The old photos were published in the community "Club of the Native Kyivan" on Facebook. Unfortunately, the attraction has not survived to this day.

"Ferris wheel near the Philharmonic, 1950s," the post reads.

The published photos show what the attraction looked like, offering a magnificent view of the left bank of the city, the historic Podil, and the center of the capital.

Unfortunately, in the late 1970s, the Soviet authorities decided to build a monument in honor of the "reunification of Ukraine with Russia" in the form of a metal arch on this site. Accordingly, the rides were dismantled and removed.

Serhii Svitoslavskyi was a famous Ukrainian landscape painter who was one of the founders of the Society of Kyiv Artists. Thanks to his brush, we can see what Obolon looked like in Kyiv in the late nineteenth century before the construction of the harbor, which greatly changed this location.

It should be added that there are many ways to look into the history of Kyiv and see its beauty. In particular, through the paintings of Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov, in which he preserved the city's landscapes of the 1950s.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, the Darnytsia railway station in Kyiv was built in the late nineteenth century, turning the area into a famous vacation spot and summer cottage. The building itself looked like a fairy-tale house thanks to its interior and the surrounding forest.

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