The Internet shows how a new car of the Kyiv funicular was transported in 1956. A unique photo

A trip on the Kyiv Funicular is a must for every tourist who comes to the capital of Ukraine. For more than a century of operation, the appearance of its cars has changed, but thanks to an unknown photographer, we can see the process of transporting one of them in 1956.

The unique photo was published in the community "History of the city 1900-1999.#Kyiv" on Facebook. The photo opens a new perspective on our favorite form of public transportation in the capital.

"1956. Naberezhne highway. Transportation of a new funicular car," the post reads.

As one of the community members noted, these funicular cars served for several decades, until they were overhauled in the mid-1980s.

Kyiv Funicular is a funicular system connecting the historic Upper Town and Podil in Kyiv. The route runs along the slope of Volodymyrska Hill with a beautiful view of the Dnipro River. The line consists of two stations. The funicular was built in 1902-1905, and at that time it was the second in Ukraine after the Odesa one.

In the early 1870s, a unique church was built in Kyiv, popularly known as the Iron Church. It was built of cast iron and was located near the modern building of the capital's circus.

In Kyiv, at the Zvirynetske Cemetery, there is a very unusual burial of a resident who died in 1918. The grave from the First World War has a cross in the form of connected rails, the sides of which are decorated with German grenade shells.

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