Cherepanova Hora

Cherepanova Hora (Ukrainian: Черепанова гора) is a historical neighbourhood of Kyiv and an elevation. Geographically, the area is part of Kyiv Upland, rising 185 meters above the sea.

A good portion of the neighborhood is part of the National Sports Complex in Kyiv. Besides the main Olympic Stadium, there is also a smaller Bannikov Stadium, which originally was built as a training field for the main stadium. In the same vicinity is the House of Football, which serves as the headquarters of Ukraine's football officials. In 2018, a Sheraton hotel was opened right next to the main Olympic Stadium.

Among other important landmarks are a complex of buildings and fortifications of the Kyiv Fortress, a main military hospital, National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport and its short-course swimming pool, an indoor sports complex "Palace of Sports", Kyiv National Academic Theatre of Operetta, Kyiv Planetarium, several hotels like Rus Hotel, Prezydent-hotel, Park Inn by Radisson, and others.

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