EXCURSIONS IN KIEV

All Kiev in 3 hours!

Our excursion with a professional guide interpreter starts from Old Kiev Hill (Vladimir’s Hill, to the honor of Prince Volodimir, the baptizer of Kiev Rus), the place, where according to the chronicles, the first settlement was established by 3 brothers: Kiy, Shcheck, Horiv and their sister Lybid in 482 A.D. On Vladimir’s Hill you will see the duplicate of the basement of Decytinnaya Church (10th), which was completely destroyed in 1240 during the tatar-mongol invasion. A nice example of Old Rus architecture raises over Volodimir’s Hill (the architector Rastrelli).

From the epoch of Volodimir we proceed to the epoch of Yaroslav the Wise, the son of Volodimir. The historical monument, preserved up to our days, is St. Sophia’s Cathedral (1037). It is a unique specimen of Old Rus architecture. Mosaics and frescos in the interior of the Cathedral are of great value. There is a nice view from Sopia’s Square to St. Michael Golden Domed Cathedral (1113), which was destroyed to the earth in 1934-35 by soviet regime and restored in 1998. Continuing our tour of the city we can not pass by the famous Golden Gates (11th), which were the part of fortifications of Kiev in their time, were completely destroyed in 1240 and reconstructed in 1750, 1837. The beauty and grandeur of the Golden Gates inspired a famous musician Musorgsky to write a composition “Pictures from the exhibition”.

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