Industrial Podil. Breweries, Horodecki’s cement plant and Kyiv’s old power station

2.5 hours · Meet at 17:00
Kyiv, Kyrylivska Street, at the corner of Nyzhnoiurkivska Street
A red-brick factory building with a chimney in Podil
A panorama of Podil from above
The brick tower of an old factory in Podil
Old industrial buildings in Podil
Podil and its Ferris wheel from above
A red-brick factory building with a chimney in PodilA panorama of Podil from aboveThe brick tower of an old factory in PodilOld industrial buildings in PodilPodil and its Ferris wheel from above

Kyrylivska Street in Podil is an area where land belonging to St. Cyril’s Monastery was given over to distilling as early as the 18th century, and by the end of the 19th century a whole industrial district had grown up here: breweries, butter factories, cement and brick works.

Why go

  • See where the land of St. Cyril’s Monastery became an industrial district as early as the 18th century
  • Learn the story of a brewery that worked on the same site for over 140 years, until 2014
  • See the cement plant co-owned by Władysław Horodecki, the architect of the House with Chimaeras
  • The guide will show you where Kyiv’s first central power station stood at the end of the 19th century
  • A compact route, entirely on foot, with no transport needed between stops

Route

Starting point:
Corner of Kyrylivska and Nyzhnoiurkivska Streets
Meet at 17:00
Former M. V. Richert brewery
35 Kyrylivska St – one of the oldest industrial estates in Podil
Podil brewery
41 Kyrylivska St – in operation until December 2013
Former Lurie butter factory
Today the Kyiv feed mill
Walk to Kurenivka
~20 minutes on foot
Fort cement plant
Built in 1898 to a design by architect Władysław Horodecki
Site of Kyiv’s first central power station
In operation from 1898–1900, it powered the city’s first trams and street lights
Kurenivka
Expected to finish around 19:30

Good to know

What’s included
The price covers only the FantoTravel guide – the route is entirely outdoors, and entry to the buildings themselves is not included.
Viewing format
Most of the factories described are active or mothballed private sites, so you view them from the street.
Footwear
The route is entirely on foot; we recommend comfortable shoes.
Tour language
The tour is conducted in Ukrainian.

The route starts at the corner of Kyrylivska and Nyzhnoiurkivska Streets, one of the oldest industrial sites in Podil. M. V. Richert’s brewery stood here, and next to it the Kyiv Brewery Company, known to locals as the Podil brewery; it kept working right up to 2014, with its last brew made in December 2013. Nearby on the same street there were once Lurie’s butter factory (a feed mill stands on the site today), two yeast and distilling plants, a tile works and a brickworks. And in Kurenivka, the Fort cement plant was built in 1898 to a design by architect Władysław Horodecki, who was also its co-owner – the same Horodecki who built the famous House with Chimaeras. We finish near the site where Kyiv’s first central power station appeared at the turn of the 20th century (1898–1900) – it powered the tram network and the city’s first street lights.

Schedule

Tue
Nov 10
17:00
15 seats left

Organized by: FantoTravel · Guide: Shevchuk Taras Olehovych