Historical and architectural monuments.

Kiev's history spans over 1500 years. It is one of the ancient Slavonic centres, the capital of the mighty state of Kievan Rus, the seat of Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitanate and nowadays Kiev possesses more than 2000 objects, belonging to historical and architectural monuments, and which give a unique atmosphere of the ancient time.

You will visit Old Kiev Hill, observe the duplicate of the basement of Decimal Church, built in the 10th century and destroyed during the tatar-mongol invation in 1240. A unique specimen of the Old Rus architecture is considered to be St. Sophia's Cathedral (1037), mosaics, frescos, preserved to our days are of a great value. The Golden Gates (the 11th century) project an unforgettable impression upon visitors. The Golden Gates were part of fortification constructions, were destroyed in the 13th century, during the II World War and reconstructed in the 20th century. Exactly these Gates inspired a famous composer Musorgsky for writing a musical composition "Pictures from the exhibition". You will have a chance to see monuments to outstanding historical figures, which left a significant trace in the history: the monument to Prince Volodimir, a baptizer of Kiev Rus, to the outstanding Princes Olga, famous for its political activity as in Ukraine, so in abroad (the 10th century), to Prince Yaroslav the Wise, also to great military commanders: to Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Shchors, Vatutin.