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The history of Kyiv(Kiev), officially begins when it was founded in 482, but the city may date back at least 2,000 years. Archaeologists have dated the oldest known settlement in the area to 25,000 BC.[1] Initially a 6th-century Slavicsettlement, it gradually acquired eminence as the center of East Slavic civilization.
It was designed by sculptor Vasyl Borodai, and created to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv. [2] [3] [4] [a] The monument was constructed with reinforced concrete and covered in copper leaf. [1] Completed in 1982, it partially collapsed in 2010, but was restored within a few months. [6] [1] [7] The monument is considered a symbol of ...
Ki, Shchek and Khoryv[a] were three legendary brothers—often mentioned along with their sister Lybid '[b] —who, according to the Primary Chronicle, [1] founded the city of Kiev, which eventually became the capital of Kievan Rus'. Today, the city serves as the capital of Ukraine. There is no precise and historically established information ...
2023. Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex. [2][nb 1] Aside from its main building, the cathedral includes an ...
Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності [mɐjˈdɑn nezɐˈlɛʒnosʲtʲi], lit. 'Independence Square') is the central square [1] of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the city's main squares, it is located on Khreshchatyk Street in the Shevchenko Raion. The square has been known under many different names ...
Olena Olehivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Олена Олегівна Шевченко; born 1982) is a Ukrainian women's and LGBT rights activist. After working as a teacher, she co-founded the NGO Insight in 2007 to advocate for LGBT inclusiveness on feminist platforms. She started annual events including Women's Day March, Transgender Day of ...
Kyiv hosts many universities, the major ones being Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, [140] the National Technical University "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", [141] Kyiv-Mohyla Academy [142] and the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics. Of these, the Mohyla Academy is the oldest, founded as a theological school in 1632, but ...
10.5 m (34 ft) wide x 32 m (105 ft) high. The Golden Gate of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Золоті ворота, romanized: Zoloti vorota) was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kyiv, the capital of Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople.