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Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra [1] [2] or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kyiv.
The tower was built between 1696 and 1701. It was heavily damaged by the great Lavra fire of 1718. [2] Historic documents state that three towers with churches, among them the Ivan Kushchnyk Tower, were set to be renovated in 1721, along other restorations of Lavra, but the plan was not realized until 1797.
The former main bell of the Great Lavra Bell Tower, the Uspenskyi, had a total weight of one ton and was cast in 1732 by Ivan Motorin, who was also responsible for the Moscow Kremlin Tsar Bell. [3] There is also a viewing platform atop the third tier, which provides visitors with a bird's-eye view of the region around Kyiv .
Pechersk is one of the most important cultural areas of Kyiv, the location of the legendary Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves), from which it received its name (pechera is the Ukrainian for "cave"). The settlement near the Lavra formed at some point in the 12th century.
A monk's underground cell, seen with icons and other items.. The Near Caves or the Caves of Saint Anthony [1] (Ukrainian: Ближні печери, Blyzhni pechery; Russian: Ближние пещеры, Blizhnie peschery) are historic caves and a network of tunnels of the medieval cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Moates and barrows of the Kyiv Fortress Hospital fortifications: 1842—1849: Streets Hospital, Shchors and Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard: monument of urban planning, architecture: 260068-N 5: Kyiv Fortress earth fortifications of citadel with bastions: 18th century: Pechersk: monument of urban planning, architecture: 260069-N 6
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In 1930, the bell tower together with St. Sophia Cathedral was closed for worship and became a part of the All-Ukrainian Museum Complex, which was established in 1926 in the area of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Probably, all the bells were removed from the bell tower at that time, except for Mazepa.