The Park of Eternal Glory on the Pechersk Slopes dates back to 1894, when the commandant of the Kyiv Fortress, General Anosov, transformed an abandoned wasteland into a park with two terraces. The upper terrace offers one of the best panoramas of the city: the golden domes of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Church of the Savior on Berestov – as if the whole of ancient Kyiv were in the palm of your hand. In 1957, the park acquired a memorial significance: a 27-meter obelisk was unveiled here at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the Eternal Flame and the Alley of Heroes, where 34 soldiers of World War II are buried.
Today, the park carries several layers of memory at the same time. Along with the war memorial, there is the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide with the “Candle of Memory” and the sculpture “Bitter Memory of Childhood”, which honors the victims of the tragedy of 1932–1933. Despite the weight of these pages of history, the park is not oppressive — it is a quiet, green place for walks and reflection, where the past and present exist side by side, reminding us of the importance of memory.