Askold's Grave

Askold's Grave ( uk, Аскольдова могила, translit=Askoldova Mohyla) is a historical park on the steep right bank of the Dnipro River in Kyiv between Mariinskyi Park and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra complex.

Overview

The park was created by the Soviets in the mid-1930s in place of an old graveyard around the Church of St. Nicholas, which, as the story goes, marks the place where Prince Askold of Kyiv was buried in the 9th century.

In the Middle Ages, Askold's Grave was known as the Hungarian tract ( uk, Угорське урочище, Uhorske urochyshche). According to the Primary Chronicle, it was the place where the Magyars crossed the Dnipro on the way from the Russian steppes to Pannonia. Archeological excavations have revealed a 9th-century dirham hoard and some remains of Izyaslav II's wooden palace. There's a modern stele commemorating the Magyar migration.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, Askold's Grave was settled by the Orthodox monks of St. Nicholas's Monastery. Hetman Mazepa had the monastery moved to a nearby hill, where a new Baroque penticupolar cathedral was then erected. The existing church of St. Nicholas is a modest Neoclassical rotunda designed by Andrey Melensky in 1810.

A new golden-domed chapel was built on the bank of the Dnipro in 2000. The style is Ukrainian Baroque revival. The chapel is dedicated to Saint Andrew Protokletos and belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.Temple of Saint Andrew Protokletos
Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Points of interest

* Landmark of Architecture " St.Nicholas Church"
* National Landmark of Archaeology "Uhorske village"
* Chapels: St. Andrew, Exaltation of Cross
* Memorial burial (rebuilt, partially): Memorial to Holodomor victims, Memorial to Heroes of the Battle of Kruty
* Monument to Saint Andrew the First-Called

Lost landmarks

* Priest's House
* Bell tower
* St. Nicholas Hermitage
* Necropolis (original)

Opera

The Opera Askold's grave composed by Russian composer Alexey Verstovsky and premiered in 1835,tells the story of how Askold and Dir happen to be buried in Askold's grave by Olga of Kiev.

Gallery

File:Askold's Grave by Vasily Sternberg, 1837.jpg, ''Askold's Grave'', a painting of Vasily Shternberg (1837)
File:Аскольдова могила.jpg, St.Nicholas Church sketch by Taras Shevchenko (1846)
File:Аскольдова Могила Київ 1911.jpg, St.Nicholas Church (1911, photo)
File:Церква святого Миколая (Аскольдова могила), Паркова дорога.JPG, St.Nicholas Church (2009, photo)
File:Аскольдова могила. Хрестовоздвиженська каплиця.jpg, Chapel of Exaltation of Cross
File:Аскольдова могила - пам'ятник Андрія Первозваного.JPG, Monument to Saint Andrew the First-Called
File:Сторична місцевість-парк Аскольдова могила,.JPG, Sculpture of Blessed Virgin Mary
File:Аскольдова могила 2.jpg, Askold's Tomb
File:Kiev - chapel.jpg, St.Andrew's Chapel
File:Holodomor Genocide Memorial Kyiv.JPG, Memorial to Holodomor victims with Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in the background
File:Хрест_на_могилі_Героїв_Крут_Аскольдова_Могила,_Київ.jpg, Heroes of the Battle of Kruty memorial
File:Історична_місцевість-парк_Аскольдова_могила.JPG, Modern stela commemorating the migration of Magyar tribes
File:Kyiv Ugorske SAM 1651 80-382-0009.jpg, Official placard identifying the National Landmark of Archaeology Uhorske village
File:Аскольдова могила, Печерський район, Паркова дорога.jpg, Flight of steps down to Dnipro from St. Nicholas Church
File:Askold Grave Park.JPG, One of the Park's trails
File:Аскольдова могила 01.JPG, Traffic at the entrance (off Parkova Doroha, 2014)
File:Миколаївська церква на Аскольдовій могили. 1809 р.jpg, Winter 2013

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Cemeteries in Kyiv
Parks in Kyiv
Landmarks in Kyiv
National Landmarks in Kyiv
Tourist attractions in Kyiv
Pecherskyi District
Monuments and memorials in Ukraine