Embassy of Ukraine

Very cute embassy from the outside. Didn’t get a chance to go inside and tour but got to pose in front of it for a photo so that was cool! Will be sure to come back and visit to tour and update my review to reflect that

I don’t have any manner of dealings with them, so this is way skewed. Mainly, I wanted to note the plaque denoting Marbury, Pierre L’Enfant, the establishment of the District of Columbia, and so on. This spot comes closest so until I figure out how to add the other one, this shall do. As a former law student (and a historyphiliac American!), this bears great significance for me.

Don’t even bother trying to call the general number as that would result in a extensive meandering through an endless tree on connections and options before finally timing out and disconnecting you. Knowing this, we just showed up. Okay, so first of all you have to know at least Russian if not Ukrainian to get in here in the first place. There are about three doors that we found which were under lock, key, and gate before we actually went on the side street and found a working door. The security guards are actually from Ukraine (so English is NOT going to really work unless you’re going to a specific person and you just say the name). Luckily as I was sheepishly trying to explain what we were doing there, a guy who works there was coming in and let us in after a few questions on his part and slightly shortened explanations on mine. Once you’re in, and the security guards take your passports and the people who work there have to answer your questions and talk to you.
The reception room was reminiscent of an early 90s suburban living room with the shutters drawn and a dim light. Eventually a young guy did come out and talk to us (in English!), and answered all of our questions. They obviously don’t get a lot of non-​Russian/​Ukrainian visitors as it felt like they were very confused and while perfectly polite and nice wanted us to leave… soon. I think that I read that they had open hours during the mornings of certain days so maybe they’re more accessible then. Otherwise your best bet is probably to find a Ukrainian who has some connection to the embassy itself or stand around the entrance waiting for that nice guy that let us in. On the whole, coming here felt like past travels in Ukraine (the eastern part) for me; a mixture of confusion, uncertainty, bluntness and a couple of nice people here and there. Ukraine… always an experience.