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Nova Zabudova, Kyiv — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Nova Zabudova is a historical neighbourhood of central Kyiv, laid out in the 1830s below the Pechersk plateau.
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Where to stay in Nova Zabudova
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Nova Zabudova is a lived-in residential quarter rather than a hotel strip. Its long spines, Antonovycha and Velyka Vasylkivs'ka, carry trams, shops and cafés and put much of central Kyiv within easy reach, which is exactly why travellers who want the neighbourhood on their doorstep tend to book along or just off these two streets. If you want a base here, look to rooms near Velyka Vasylkivs'ka and the Kyiv Fortress rather than deep in the side lanes.
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Find hotels in Nova Zabudova
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Velyka Vasylkivs'ka
Rooms along Velyka Vasylkivs'ka sit on the neighbourhood's busiest street, walkable to shops, cafés and the Kyiv Fortress.Find hotels in Velyka Vasylkivs'kaquieter rooms a short walk off the Pechersk slopeAntonovycha
The Antonovycha end runs the full length of Nova Zabudova toward the Lybid valley, calmer than the Velyka Vasylkivs'ka frontage yet still central.Find hotels in AntonovychaHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Kyiv
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Museums & Galleries
3- Museum Of Astronautics
- Maria Zankovetska Museum
- Музей спотривної слави України
Churches & Religious Sites
3- Church of the Ascension Heritage
- Holy Trinity church on Nova Zabudova, Kyiv
- Володимиро-Либідська церква
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Vasyl Bozhenko Monument, Kyiv Heritage
- Statue of Sholom Aleichem in Kyiv
- Повернення Архипенка (пам'ятний знак)
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- 36 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
- 43 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
- 28 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
- 34 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
- 30 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
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- 38 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
- 31/27 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
- 25 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv Heritage
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About Nova Zabudova
What are the main landmarks in Nova Zabudova?
The dominant sight is the Kyiv Fortress, whose construction in the nineteenth century is the very reason this neighbourhood exists. Two churches punctuate the streets: the Church of the Ascension and the Holy Trinity church, both parish landmarks of the old quarter. The Maria Zankovetska Museum honours a great figure of Ukrainian theatre, and a Statue of Sholom Aleichem stands nearby in memory of the Yiddish writer.
Saksahanskoho Street lines up a run of protected historic houses. Small museums fill in the rest.
What is the history of Nova Zabudova?
Nova Zabudova arose in the 1830s and 1840s as land set aside for people resettled from Pechersk, whose old homes were cleared to make way for the New Pechersk Fortress. The name marks that origin. What grew here was a planned district on the right bank of the Dnieper, filling the valley below the fortified plateau and spreading between the works and the Lybid river.
Over the following century it hardened into one of central Kyiv's characteristic nineteenth-century quarters. The fortress made the neighbourhood.
Where is Nova Zabudova?
Nova Zabudova fills the valley on the right bank of the Dnieper, between the Lybid river and the Pechersk plateau in central Kyiv.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Nova Zabudova?
Velyka Vasylkivs'ka: a stay on Nova Zabudova's tram-served main spine. Antonovycha: quieter rooms a short walk off the Pechersk slope.
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Updated October 2026