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Currently there is a Kiev Charity Museum here. But the main exhibit still remains the building itself – one of the legendary Kiev buildings, which survived the fire in 1811. Known as The house of Peter I, it always attracted attention by its unusual architecture. Besides, it has a long history with unexpected turns.
Kiev fortress is a generic name for the 19th century fortification buildings situated in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, that once belonged to western Russian fortresses. These structures (once a united complex) were built in the Pechersk and neighbourhoods by the Russian army. Now some of the buildings are restored and turned into a museum called the Kiev Fortress, while others are in use of various military and commercial installations. Having lost …
Kiev main Passenger Railway Station services more than 170,000 passengers per day. The Railway Station provides long-distance service (including international) and a short-distance service (including nearby regions). Officially, Kyiv-Passazhyrskyi Railway Station is used to be the whole huge complex of passenger terminals, railways and depots. The old Kiev railroad station was constructed during 1868-1870. The new railway station’s main building …
Prince Vsevolod (Christian name – Cyril) Olgovich of Chernigov, who occupied Kiev in 1139, founded a monastery in a northern suburb of the city named after his heavenly protector St. Cyril of Alexandria. In the second half of 12th century Princess Maria built here the stone Church os St. Cyril, which became the family chapel and housed the family sepulcher. About 800sq. meters of fresco paintings from the 12th century have been preserved. Part of …
Vydubitsky Monastery was founded by Prince Vsevolod, the son of Prince Yaroslav the Wise and father of Vladimir Monomakh, between 1070 and 1077. The monastery controlled the ferry across the Dnipro River. Many of the best scholars of Kievan- Rus lived and worked in the monastery. Among them, chroniclers Sylvester and Moisey, made a great contribution to writing ‘The Story of Bygone Years’. Only a few churches of this monastery have survived over …
Sticking back to the history, the idea to construct the St. Andrew’s church came to Empress Elizabeth, who visited Kiev in 1744, and with her own hand she laid the first stone of the future church. Now the monogram of the sovereign is inscribed on the frontons of Saint Andrew’s Church. The chief-architect of the court was Bartolomeo Rastrelli, who was known for numerous constructions in the baroque style – grandiose palaces and churches in Saint …
Among all conserved architectural monuments the world famous St. Sophia of Kyiv is the most ancient through Eastern Europe. Based on the Byzantine traditions the work of artists, who has raised this cathedral and decorated its walls with mosaics and frescoes, with its perfection and beauty impresses everyone who crosses the threshold of St. Sophia. Within the walls of this temple the first generation of Kyiv builders and painters has been …
This was the first monument in Kiev. It was erected in 1802 by A.Melensky to honour the confirmation by Tsar Alexander I of the Magdeburg Right for the Kievans. The base of the column contained the “Khreshchatisky source” – a small basin filled with water from underground springs. This monument is also called “the monument to the Christening of Rus” as it stands more or less at the same place where Vladimir christened his sons.
The synagogue, designed by Vladislav Gorodetsky, was built from 1898 to 1902 in the Moorish style. The building was defiled during the World War II by Nazis. Probably at this time it lost the dome which was part of the original structure. During the Soviet times a contemporary wing was added to the building and it was converted into the Ukrainian House of Actors, remaining as such today. Unlike most of the other synagogues in Ukraine it was not …
The monument in the honor of great Ukrainian poet is placed in a park just across the Red building of Kiev University were he once worked.
