According to the chronicles, the beginning of construction of the Tithe Church dates back to 989. It was built by Russian and Greek architects for 6 years as a cathedral not far from the prince’s tower – a stone north-eastern palace building, the excavated part of which is located at a distance of 60 meters … Read more
Before the installation of the monument, the territory was occupied by the vineyards of Mikhailovsky Golden-Domed Monastery. However, numerous floods of the Dnieper caused severe subsidence of soil under the vineyards and provoked a series of landslides on Vladimirsky descent. This caused indignation among local authorities, since a lot of money was invested in dressing … Read more
The first Holy Cross Church in Kyiv was erected by Prince Mstislav Galitsky at the beginning of the 13th century over the cliff of Starokievskaya Mountain, towering above Podol, where the famous St. Andrew’s Church. On the site of the modern church, until 1811 there was a wooden parish church of Kozhemyatskaya Sloboda on a … Read more
A wooden church with this name was first mentioned in written sources in 1520. The new building of the stone Church of the Nativity of Christ was built on the site of the old wooden church, which was dismantled in 1807. The project was developed by architect Andrey Melensky (Contract House, monument to Magdeburg Law, … Read more
The Church of St. Nicholas at Askoldova Mogila is a Kiev Greek Catholic church located in Askoldova Mogila Park. In 1809, the Voronezh merchant Samuil Meshcheryakov wished to perpetuate the memory of his wife, who died in Kyiv and was buried at Askold’s grave. For this purpose, he ordered Andrei Melensky (known in Kiev for … Read more
After the fire in Podol, which occurred in 1811, the building of the first contract house, which was built in 1801, completely burned down. It was decided to restore the building using modern building materials in 1815-1817 according to the design of the English architect William Geste (who also participated in drawing up the master … Read more