 |  St Volodymyr's Cathedral is a cathedral in the centre of Kiev. It is one of the city?s major landmarks and the mother cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy, one of two major Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. |
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|  The Kyiv Opera group was formally established in the summer of 1867, and is the third oldest in Ukraine (after Odessa and Lviv). Today, the Kyiv Opera Company performs at the National Opera Theatre of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv. |
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|  The remains of the Golden Gates of Kyiv one of Ukraine's oldest surviving historical monuments stand in a small public park at the corner of Volodymyrska and Velyka Pidvalna Streets. This gateway was one of three constructed by Yaroslav the Wise, Prince of Kyiv, in the mid-eleventh century. |
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|  Saint Sophia Cathedral is an outstanding architectural monument of Kyivan Rus'. Today, it is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first Ukrainian patrimony to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. The first foundations were laid in 1037 but the cathedral took two decades to complete. |
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|  St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv was originally built in 1108-1113 by Prince Svyatoslav II. It was later renovated and enlarged in the exuberant Ukrainian Baroque style in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, though the interior remained Byzantine. St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral was the second largest medieval church in Kyiv. |
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|  The Church of the Tithes was the first stone church in Kyiv. It was built by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir (Volodymyr) the Great between 989 and 996 by Byzantine and local workers to commemorate the Baptism of Kyivan Rus' and was originally named the "Church of Our Lady". Vladimir set aside a tithe of his income to finance the church construction, which gave the church its popular name. |
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|  Andriyivskyy Descent is one of the historic streets in Kyiv and one of the city's main tourist attractions. It is often called the Montmartre of Kyiv.
The baroque St Andrew's Church was built in Kyiv in 1747-1754, to a design by the imperial architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Overlooking the historical Podil district from a steep hill to which the church gave its current name (Andriyivska Mount, former Uzdyhalnytsya, this exuberant and colourful structure is one of the city's best known landmarks. |
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|  Kyiv's Podil is a historic neighborhood in the city. It is also the name of one of Kyiv's raions (a unit of administrative subdivision of Kyiv). It is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Kyiv, the birthplace of city's trade and industry. It still contains many architectural and historical landmarks, and new archeological sites are still being revealed. |
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|  Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is an ancient cave monastery in Kyiv. It was founded in 1051 by monks Anthony and Theodosius, and has become an important center of Orthodox Christianity in Kyivan Rus. |
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|  Overall the open-air museum (150 hectares) there are 300 architectural monuments from all over Ukraine. |
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|  Maidan Nezalezhnosti
is the main square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, located on the Khreschatyk Street. "Maidan" is originally a Persian word which means square. |
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