Ancient Kyiv ( ) is a historic

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of the city of

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

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. The preserve is a complex of landmarks located majorly in area of the Kyiv city

Podil Podil ( ) or Podol ( ), also known in English as the Lower City,Ivankin, H., Vortman, D. Podil (ПОДІЛ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace ...

district and stretching onto part of the Upper city known as Honchari-Kozhumiaky. Created in 1987, the borders of the preserve were established by the Kyiv City Administration (Executive Committee) in 1988. All its components were official registered in the Register of National Monuments. The preserve covers an area of and includes 74 landmarks of architecture, 15 history, 22 archaeology, ant two landmarks of monumental art.

List of landmarks

* Ensemble of the Saint Elijah (Illia) Church (17th - 18th century) ** Church building ** Belfry ** Gate and walls ** Minor Seminary * Ensemble of the

Brotherhood Monastery The Epiphany or Theophany Monastery (better known as ''Bratsky'', or ''Brotherhood Monastery'') is a former Orthodox monastery in Podil, Kyiv, Ukraine, in the vicinity of Kontraktova Square. Its history has been interwoven with that of Mohyla ...

(17th - 19th century) ** Old Academic Building ** New Academic Building ** Refectory with the Church of Holy Spirit ** Sundial ** Kitchen with cells ** Cells **

Prosphora A prosphora (, ''offering'', or in Demotic Greek πρόσφορον) is a small loaf of leavened bread used in Orthodox Christian, Eastern Lutheran and Greek Catholic (Byzantine) liturgies. The classical plural form is ''prosphorai'' (). The ...

factory **

Hegumen Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (, trans. ), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, or an archpriest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, similar to the title of abbot. The head of a convent of ...

building ** Seminary * Ensemble of the Florivskyi Convent ** Church of the Ascension ** Belfry ** Refectory Church ** Hegumen building * Church of Nicholas the Embankment * Church of Nicholas the Impressive * Belfry of Nicholas the Good Church * Academy of Visual Art and Architecture building (former Theological Seminary) * Building of a Postal Station * Old Building of Contracts * Building of Contracts * Magdeburg Right Column * Prince Vladimir the Great monument * six residential buildings (various locations) * Store * Granary * College * Intercession Church * Intercession Monastery ** St Nicholas Cathedral ** Temple of the Intercession * Refectory of the Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

Rebuilt landmarks of architecture

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery The St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. It is located on the edge of the bank of the Dnipro river, to the northeast of the St Sophia Cathedral. The s ...

** Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral ** Belfry * Church Assumption of Our Lady Pyrohoshcha * Fountain of Samson * Church of the Nativity

Gallery

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Vladimir the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (; Christian name: ''Basil''; 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox ...

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External links

State Historic Preserve Ancient Kyiv
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List of landmarks

Rebuilt landmarks of architecture

Gallery

See also

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