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Bogdan Khmelnitskiy monument
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A monument to Bohdan Khmelnitskiy — one of the most famous Hetmans of Ukraine who leaded a freedom fighting war against polish oppression stands in Sofievskaya square. Khmelnitskiy points with his right hand to the north in the direction of Moscow. more → |
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Saint Vladimir monument
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Proud and magnificent figure of Prince who christened Kievan Rus is placed high on a hill over Dnieper. Saint patron of Kiev has a great cross in his right hand and the prince’s crown in left one. The statue erected on top of the iron-bent brick pedestal made in the shape of a chapel. more → |
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Kyi, Schek, Khoriv and Lybid (monument to the founders of Kiev on the Dnieper bank)
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A big boat is swimming through the waves of Dnieper. There are four persons in the ancient clothes aboard — it is three brothers Kyi, Schek and Horiv and their sister Lybid. These four are the mythical founders of Kiev. more → |
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Mikhail Bulgakov monument
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Monument to famous writer Mikhail Bulgakov, author of the world-wide known novel «Master and Margarita». more → |
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Mikhail Hrushevsky monument
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Hrushevsky is the famous historian and politician of the early XX century. In 1918 he was elected as the first President of Ukrainian republic. The statue in his honor is placed on the corner of Vladymirskaya street and Taras Shevchenko’s boulevard, in the vicinity of Yellow hall of the National University. more → |
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Taras Shevchenko monument
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The monument in an honor of great Ukrainian poet is placed in a park just across the Red hall of Kiev University were he once worked. more → |
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Yaroslav the Wise monument
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The Monument to a grand duke Yaroslav Mudriy (Yaroslav The Wise) in time of who's reign Kievan Rus reached it fullest flower. more → |
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Vladislav Gorodetskiy, the architect
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The famous architect of XIX and early XX centuries is sitting at the table in the street cafe with the coffee cup in his hand. It is the same cafe he had visited so often while living in Kiev. more → |
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Nikolay Schors monument
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This impressive equestrian statue was erected in honor of Nicholay Schors, who was the Soviet commander served in the World War I and Russian Civil War. 20ft-height statue is made of bronze and placed on the Shevchenko boulevard in the vicinity of the Central railroad terminal. Before the Revolution there was another famous monument in this place — it was the statue of Duke Alexis Bobrinsky who propagated and brought to reality the idea to connect Kiev up to the railroad network in the middle of the XIXth century. more → |
Pronya Prokopovna and Golohvastov
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These two are brightest figures of «Chasing two hares at a time», one of the most talented Soviet-time movies about old Ukraine. The light-hearted monument depicting a passionate scene with Svirid Golohvastov on his knees proposing his arm and heart on behalf of Pronya Prokopovna. more → |
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