Mamaieva Sloboda. An 18th-century open-air Cossack village in the middle of Kyiv

A wooden church and bell tower in Mamaieva Sloboda
A thatched house in Mamaieva Sloboda
A white stone house in Mamaieva Sloboda
Cannons in the yard of the Cossack village of Mamaieva Sloboda
A windmill in Mamaieva Sloboda
The wooden church of Mamaieva Sloboda
A wooden church and bell tower in Mamaieva SlobodaA thatched house in Mamaieva SlobodaA white stone house in Mamaieva SlobodaCannons in the yard of the Cossack village of Mamaieva SlobodaA windmill in Mamaieva Sloboda

An open-air museum that recreates an 18th-century Cossack settlement of the Dnipro region, with a church, windmills, a tavern and an officer’s stone house. More than 9 hectares in Vidradnyi Park, seven kilometers from Khreshchatyk. In a few hours you can travel from the big city to a Cossack village and see how your ancestors lived.

Why visit

  • A recreated 18th-century Cossack settlement of the Dnipro region: 98 sites on more than 9 hectares
  • The wooden Church of the Protection, built after the churches of the Zaporozhian Sich, is the heart of the whole settlement
  • A tavern under a thatched roof, an officer’s stone house, a smithy, a pottery, an apiary and old wooden windmills
  • Workshops in an authentic smithy, folk holidays, festivals and children’s programs all year round
  • An ethnographic walk for the whole family in a green park just seven kilometers from Khreshchatyk

Good to know

Ticket prices
Admission is UAH 200. Reduced, UAH 100, for internally displaced people, pensioners and school students with ID, and for university students on weekdays with a student card.
Free admission
For citizens of Ukraine: preschool children (except organized groups), people with Group I–II disabilities, conscript soldiers and sergeants, veterans of the war with Russia and their children with a combat veteran ID.
Opening hours
Daily from 10:00 to 18:00, except Monday. Closed on Mondays.
Getting there
The Vidradnyi neighborhood in the Solomianskyi District, near the National Aviation University, about seven kilometers from Khreshchatyk.
Workshops and holidays
The settlement hosts tours, workshops in an authentic smithy, folk holidays, festivals and children’s programs; the schedule is posted on the complex’s website.
Photos
The best shots are by the wooden Church of the Protection, the windmills and the tavern under its thatched roof.

Mamaieva Sloboda is an educational ethnographic complex named after the legendary Cossack Mamai. On more than 9 hectares around the spot where the Lybid River rises, 98 sites and buildings from the era of the Zaporozhian Cossacks have been recreated. At the heart of the settlement stands the wooden Cossack Church of the Protection of the Mother of God, built after the churches of the Zaporozhian Sich. Next to it are a Cossack officer’s stone house with stucco decoration, a tavern under a thatched roof, Cossack homesteads, a smithy, a pottery workshop, an apiary, a water mill and windmills. The settlement is more than an exhibition: it hosts tours, workshops in an authentic smithy, folk holidays and festivals, and children’s programs. For families with children it is a chance to see how the Cossacks lived and worked, not just read about it in a textbook. The complex is in the Solomianskyi District, near the National Aviation University, so it is easy to reach by public transport.