Mezhyhirya Residence
If you're traveling to Kyiv, you are highly recommended to tour Mezhyhirya Residence, the former house of Viktor Yanukovych, the previous Ukrainian President before the 2014 Maidan Revolution.
If the astonishingly huge garden or its golden gated fence fail to wow you, the once residence housing ex-President Viktor Yanukovych won't. Although it's constructed to appear low-keyed, it's like a palace financed secretly via billions of hryvnias usurped from the nation’s treasury. The evidence is everywhere inside: you'll see a one-million-dollar chandelier hanging, concealed passageways, and a fabulous 2.5 million dollar piano shining gloriously in the sunlight.
The place served as Viktor Yanukovych’s official residence from the years 2002 to 2014, first as Prime Minister and then, shooting as to "stardom," as the Ukrainian president. However, after he ran away from Ukraine in 2014 while the Maidan Revolution raged, the actual degree of his corruption came to light, and common people were allowed to visit the Mezhyhirya Residence.
Now, the area has turned into a museum where anyone can tour. The entire estate spans more than 350 acres and belongs to Kyiv's outskirts, visited easily either by bus or automobile. At the site, you'll find highlights such as Yanukovych’s yacht pier, car collection, shooting range, and pathway around his vast parkland, which may consume an entire day. In addition, Yanukovych had his own private zoo and golf course.
A substantial workforce between 800 to 1,000 employees worked in this estate in maintaining numerous functions, and it's surely worth a visit. Mezhyhirya Residence gives visitors many insights into Ukraine's colorful past as well as what people might do after acquiring a lot of illegal wealth.
Today, it costs about $5 to enter the park area and $16.67 to gain entry to the palace. You won't be disappointed.
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