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Kyiv is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavic settlement on the great trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople, Kyiv was a tributary of the Khazars, until its capture by the Varangians (Vikings) in the mid-9th century. Under Varangian rule, the city became a capital of Kievan Rus', the first East Slavic state. |
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Built by Kiev monks back in 1051, this striking building is the most holy place in the Ukraine. The caves on the property serve as burial grounds for monks. |
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Rodina Mat ( The Motherland Monument ) is an absolutely stunning and amazing monumental statue in Kiev that you have to visit if your planning a trip to this most eclectic of city's. The statue is actually part of the National Museum Of The Historic Of Ukraine In The Second World War. Everything about this statue is big,standing 203 high ,the sword alone is 52 feet long while the shield is 43 feet by 26 feet in length and width ,it just so impressive and most certainly the number one landmark of the city . |
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Beautiful church on a hill in Podil territory. On top of steep street with lots of shops and restaurants. |
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The cathedral was built over nine centuries and is a great example of Byzantine and Ukrainian Baroque architecture. The interior contains mosaics and frescoes dating back to the 11th century. |
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Khreshchatyk is the main street of Kyiv, Ukraine. The street has a length of 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi). It stretches from the European Square (northeast) through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square (southwest) where the Besarabsky Market is located. Along the street are the offices of the Kyiv City Council which contains both the city's council and the state administration, the Main Post Office, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting, the Central Department Store (TsUM), the Ukrainian House, and others. |
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The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War is a memorial complex commemorating the German-Soviet War located in the southern outskirts of the Pechersk district of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the picturesque hills on the right-bank of the Dnipro River. The museum was moved twice before ending up in the current location where it was ceremonially opened on May 9 (Victory Day) in 1981 by the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. On June 21, 1996, the museum was accorded its current status of the National Museum by the special decree signed by Leonid Kuchma, the then-President of Ukraine. It is one of the largest museums in Ukraine (over 300 thousand exhibits) centered on the 62-meter tall Motherland statue, which has become one of the best-recognized landmarks of Kyiv. |
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Oleg Antonov State Aviation Museum is the youngest and, at the same time, the largest historical museum of the country's technical history. It was established in 2003, and its opening crowned the major date – 100th anniversary of world aviation. Museum is located at the territory of the former Educational Air Base of KIIGA (now NAU), and aircrafts assigned to Base became the core of its collection. However, started with only 30 machines, today SAM owns the exposition of more than 80 aircraft and helicopters. |
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Located on the outskirts of Kiev (Kyiv) the Pirogovo Open - Air museum, also known as the National museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine, is a reproduction of an entire Ukrainian village from the past. As much of what to see is situated outside, it would be best to visit during spring through to autumn when the weather is warmer. Not the easiest place to get to so either take a taxi or organise a guided tour where you will be picked-up. |
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The Taras Shevchenko National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet is regarded as one of the oldest musical theatres in all Ukraine. Its present name has come after countless changes and the theatre was originally called the ‘Russian Opera House’. It was only in the early 1900s that the building took on the name of ‘State Opera House’. Just seven years later in 1926 the National Opera House received its ‘Academic’ status. The year 1934 again saw a dramatic change, with the name being altered to ‘The Ukrainian Theatre of Opera and Ballet’. Finally in 1994 – sixty years after the last modification – “Ukrainian” was replaced by the word “National”. |
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Micro art museum of Mykola Syadristy is situated on the Kyiv Pecherska Lavra territory. In the collection are presented the works only of one author – this is no wonder, as the skills to shoe a flea have not so many people. The key element of the art is that all works are handmade, made with the use of special technology invented by the author for the each and every kind of work. Only in micro art museum in Kyiv one can see unique works, which show great talent of their creator and strike one by their precision and by, much more then small, dimensions. The microminiatures, exhibited in museum collection, broaden one’s outlook for man’s faculties. Syadristy manufactured the smallest in the world acting electromotor, its’ size is 1/20 mm. It’s almost 20 times less then poppy seed. |
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St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The monastery is located on the edge of the bank of the Dnieper River, northeast of the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The site is located in the historic administrative Uppertown and overlooks the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter, the Podil neighbourhood. Originally built in the Middle Ages by the Kievan Rus' ruler Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych, the monastery comprises the Cathedral church, the Refectory of St. John the Divine, built in 1713, the Economic Gates, constructed in 1760 and the monastery's bell tower, which was added c.1716–1719. The exterior of the structure was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style in the 18th century while the interior remained in its original Byzantine style. The original cathedral was demolished by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, but was reconstructed and opened in 1999 following Ukrainian independence in 1991. |
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti is the central square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the city's main squares, it is located on Khreshchatyk Street in the Shevchenko Raion. The square has been known under many different names, but often it is called by people simply Maidan ("square"). In the 19th century, the square contained buildings of the city council and noble assembly. |
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