enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sophia_Cathedral,_Kyiv

    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. [1][better source needed][nb 1] Aside from its main building, the ...

  3. Kyiv - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv

    Website. kyivcity.gov.ua. Kyiv (also Kiev) [ a ] is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, [ 2 ] making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. [ 11 ] Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural ...

  4. Mother Ukraine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Ukraine

    Mother Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна-Мати, romanized: Ukraina-Maty [ʊkrɐˈjinɐ ˈmɑtɪ]) is a monumental Soviet -era statue in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. [1] In 2023, the Soviet heraldry was removed from the monument's shield and ...

  5. Symbols of Ukrainian people - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_Ukrainian_people

    Since ancient times, they represent the beauty of Ukraine, spirit strength of Ukrainian nation, attesting love to the native land. Ceramics ornaments. Periwinkle symbolizes loyalty. Sunflower symbolizes coming to home. [4] Сornflower is a symbol of modesty and tenderness. [5] Chestnut is a symbol of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. [6]

  6. Ukraine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine

    Ukraine [a] is a country in Eastern Europe.It is the second-largest European country [b] after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. [c] [10] It also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova [d] to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.

  7. History of Kyiv - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kyiv

    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.

  8. Khreshchatyk - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khreshchatyk

    Khreshchatyk (Ukrainian: Хрещатик, pronounced [xreˈʃt͡ʃɑtɪk]) is the main street of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The street is 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) long, and runs in a northeast-southwest direction from European Square through the Maidan to Bessarabska Square and the Besarabsky Market. The offices of the Kyiv City ...

  9. Geography of Ukraine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Ukraine

    Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe: lying on the northern shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The country borders Belarus in the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary in the west, Moldova and Romania in the south-west, and Russia in the east. [7] The total geographic area of Ukraine is 603,700 square kilometers (233,100 sq mi).