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Driving into Kaniv from a northerly direction, you will be greeted by the “Kobzar”. A kobzar was a travelling folk singer, who would usually accompany himself on the bandura, an instrument with 20-23 strings. “Kobzar” is the title of a collection of poems by Taras Shevchenko.

Alexander Pavlovich Lensky (1847-1908 and born in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova) was a renowned actor, director, teacher and theoretician of the Russian theatre. He was famous for his Shakespearean roles amongst others. He is buried in Kaniv

Akaki Rostomovich Tsereteli (1814-1915) was a renowned Georgian poet, national liberation movement figure and an acquaintance of Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg. His bust stands outside School No. 6 in Kaniv. For a short biography go to the Wikipedia website.

No Soviet city of note lacked a statue of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), the leader of the October Revolution of 1917 and Head of the Soviet State from 1917-1924). For a short biography go to the BBC website.

The Historical Museum has around 7,000 exhibits. Items found in the various archeological excavations around Kaniv; a collection of ceramics from new stone-age times to the present day – including a unique collection of Trypillian pottery; historic documents; the story of the holodomor, the great starvation of 1932/33.