Tag: Kyiv

The Spring in Kyiv. In late April – early May, Kyiv is suddenly transformed by a flood of green as the sun shines down through the bright, fresh new leaves. Four months of a hot dry summer later, and the foliage will have been scorched and burned i ...

One of the oldest and most revered trees of the city has significant surroundings – it grows on StaroKyivska mountain, a few steps from the basement of the Tithe Church and not far from St. Andrew’s Church. For several decades now, there has been ...

Kyiv Day, or officially the Day of Kyiv , is a holiday in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The historical age of Kyiv was not defined by archaeologists, but by the decree of the old Soviet authorities. In 1982, they decided to celebrate the 1500th anniver ...

The interesting history of Chestnut Trees in Kyiv. Kyiv has been associated with the horse chestnut tree for more than 150 years. In 1842, construction of the Boulevard Shaussee (now, Taras Shevchenko Boulevard) began. Horse chestnut trees were plant ...

Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv were three legendary brothers. Who founded Kyiv and when? This question is ever-present in scholarly minds. Archaeological excavations show that settlements in the Kyiv region existed 15,000-25,000 years ago. Claudius Ptolemy w ...

Who Is the Archangel Michael? In 1782, the tsarist authorities approved Kyiv’s official coat of arms: the image of Archangel Michael in a silver gown with a flaming sword in his hand against an azure background. In 1851, Nikolay I ordered the imper ...

Dear friends, Our publishing house SKY HORSE located in Kyiv, which has issued many books about Ukraine and its capital over the past 12 years. You know that our country is going through a difficult time right now. Alas, we can no longer publish pape ...