Tag: Kyiv

In 2013, by unanimous vote of the UNESCO Committee, eight wooden churches in Ukraine were recognized as world heritage sites. Most of the churches are located in western Ukraine, the rest are in various regions of the country. Unfortunately, many of ...

Fixed route taxi-buses, which citizens call “marshrutka”, appeared in Kyiv in the 1960s but in Soviet times they were considered rather extravagant. The fare was 15 kopecks ($0.25), which was 3-5 times more expensive than other means of public tr ...

The history of the Kyiv trolleybus. The trolleybus, as well as the tram, has always been a favorite of Kyiv residents. Many like it even more than the tram for its environmental friendliness and almost complete absence of noise. Today in Kyiv there a ...

The unique Karaite kenesa appeared in Kyiv in 1902. The man behind the project was talented and popular city architect Vladislav Gorodetsky. He worked together with his regular partner, the sculptor Elio Sala, who executed the decoration and finishin ...

History of the Lutheran Church in Kyiv. In the 18th century there were few Germans in Kyiv and religious services for this small group were held in the house of the Kyiv pharmacist George Bunge. But as numbers grew the house could not accommodate the ...

History of St. Nicholas Church. At the beginning of the 20th century, about 40,000 Catholics were in Kyiv. And the existing Roman Catholic church – St. Alexander’s in the old city – only had a maximum capacity of 1,000. Obviously, a bigger chur ...

The Askold Tomb takes its name from legendary Prince Askold, who was killed close to here by Prince Oleg in 882. According to legend this is where he was buried. In olden times, a tribe of Ugrs – who would later found their own state of Hungary – ...

Saint Nicholas Church the Wonderworker on the water, a.k.a. Church of Saint Nicholas on the water, Floating Church of Nicholas, the Kyiv Cathedral of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, and officially the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas is an Orthodox churc ...

The history of Alexandria Park. Like Uman’s Sofiyivka, Alexandria Park is named after its owner, Countess Alexandra Branitskaya, the wife of the crown hetman of Poland. Having received the estate of Bila Tserkva (87 km / 54 mi south of Kyiv) as a g ...

The history of Pokrovsky female Сonvent. In 1889 the Grand Princess Alexandra Romanova (who later became a Abbess), wife of Prince Nikolay Nikolayevich, brother of Emperor Alexander II, founded the Pokrovsky female convent. The family chapel was als ...

Saints Cyril Church and Athanasius of Alexandria Church is a remarkable survivor of ancient history. In its time, the church suffered much and was repeatedly at risk of destruction but it has survived. The church was founded in a once distant suburb ...

Saint Andrew’s Church was built in honor of Saint Andrew who is recognized as the “Apostle of Rus”. According to the chronicle “The Tale of Bygone Years”, Saint Andrew came to banks of the Knieper in the 1st century AD and erected a cross � ...