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Back in 11th century St. Demetrius’s Monastery stood here. It was founded by Prince Isyaslav of Kiev (Christian name – Demetrius). In July 1108 his son Sviatopolk (Christian name – Michael) started to bulid the stone St. Michael’s church inside the monastery built by his father. The dome was plated with gold, and the new cathedral became known as the St. Michael’s Monastery of the Golden Domes. By the middle of the 18th century and after numerous …
Kyiv’s oldest standing church, St. Sophia’s was built in 1037 by Prince Yaroslav the Wise, who incidentally was laid to rest inside. He commissioned the project to commemorate the site of a victory of Kyivan Rus over the Pechenegs (Asian nomadic tribes) and to glorify Christianity. It was named after the famous St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Constantinople. This majestic 13-cupola sanctuary adjoined Yaroslav’s Palace and became a holy place of worship …
The Ar-Rahma Mosque is a mosque in Kiev. It was built between the years 1996 and 2000 in the Tatarka neighborhood of the city. The first attempts to build a mosque in Kiev were made as early as 1897. Muslims of that time were able to open a house of worship in Kiev on 5 Peace Street – in the house of Kalinovich in Podil. The next attempt to build a mosque was made only in 1991. The big event for Muslims of Ukraine in Kiev was the erection of the …
Garden is divided into 2 parts — park and scientific. Park area is free for all visitors. It is especially popular in spring when magnolias blossom in the valley and rhododendrons on the alley.Collection boasts more than 40 species of the formers. Admission to the scientific part is allowed only for guided tours. There you can find green houses with the plants from the tropical and sub-tropical countries, among them coffee and melon-trees, coco …
The most famous indoor market town , built in 1912. The name of the market is already a national brand, testifying to the quality and high price, selling products here .The building market constructed in the style of Ukrainian modernism with the features of constructivism. Architect J.Guy , trying to show features of materials and structures and left beams above window openings and balcony brackets and other structures open. The building market …
Национальный музей «Мемориал жертв Голодомора» является государственным музеем – Мемориалом, рассказывающий о истории Голодомора – геноцида украинского народа, организованного руководством коммунистической партии (большевиков) и правительством СССР в 1932-1933 годах. Потери украинской нации от Голодомора по неокончательным данным составляют не менее 7000000 – в тогдашней Украинской ССР и 3 миллиона – за ее пределами: на Кубани, в …
The Golden Gates of Kiev is a major landmark of the Ancient Kiev and historic gateway in the ancient city fortress, located in the capital of Ukraine. Currently it serves as a museum and can be found on the corner of Volodymyr street and Yaroslaviv Val Street (Yaroslav’s Moat). The name Zoloti Vorota is also used for a nearby theatre and a station of the Kiev Metro.
Mikhail Bulgakov was a Soviet writer of the 20th century. He is well known for his novel The Master and Margarita, which The Times of London called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. The monument is right next to the Bulgakov’s museum.
This monument you can find on Kontraktova square. Petro Sahaidachnyi, the famous Ukrainian Hetman, is sitting on top of a horse, dressed in a typical clothing of zaporozhian cossacks. The famous Ukrainian figure won battles during the Polish-Turkish war of 1621 fighting against Krimean Tatars and Turks.
On the pedestal you can see not only the Princess but also St. Andrew, the First-Called Apostle (who predicted that on these hills will be a great city), and Cyril and Methodius (they became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavic peoples. They received the title “Apostles to the Slavs”). Olga was the first ruler woman who took Christian tradition, she was baptized in Constantinople. The monument was opened in 1911, the sculptor was Ivan …
