Old Kyiv or Old Kiev ( uk, Старий Київ) is a historical neighborhood of

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. Other names include Upper City, Old Town, and others. It is located at the far eastern portion of the Shevchenko Raion. Old Kyiv historically represents the city of

Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav the Wise or Yaroslav I Vladimirovich; russian: Ярослав Мудрый, ; uk, Ярослав Мудрий; non, Jarizleifr Valdamarsson; la, Iaroslaus Sapiens () was the Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death. He was als ...

before it was presumably destroyed by the Mongol invasion of

Batu Khan Batu Khan ( – 1255),, ''Bat haan'', tt-Cyrl, Бату хан; ; russian: хан Баты́й was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis Khan. ...

in 1240. Originated at the Old Kyiv Hill (Starokievsky Holm), it was created in contrast to the Lower City,

Podil Podil ( uk, Поділ) or the Lower cityIvankin, H., Vortman, D. Podil (ПОДІЛ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper betwe ...

. Presumably it started out from the ancient settlement of Kyi sometime at the start of the 6th century. In the 9–10th centuries it covered only mostly at the western portion of the Old Kyiv Hill. Today at that location stands the

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. The first fortifications supposedly were built during the reign of

Volodymyr the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych ( orv, Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, ''Volodiměrъ Svętoslavičь'';, ''Uladzimir'', russian: Владимир, ''Vladimir'', uk, Володимир, ''Volodymyr''. Se ...

, creating what is known as the city of Volodymyr that covered already . However already at times of

in 1037 the area of the Upper City consisted of . The city of Yaroslav included monasteries such as the Sophia monastery, monasteries of Saint George and Saint Irina. It also included the city of Izyaslav around the Saint Michael's Golden Dome Monastery and the Kopyrev End. After the Mongol devastation of the city, the Upper City lost its significance and the Kyiv city center was transferred to Podil. During the Polish-Russian War in the 17th century, the city was secured by Russia through financial compensation. During that time the Upper city was reinforced with a number of fortifications when Kyiv started to quarter a Russian garrison. However soon the garrison was transferred to Pechersk (Caves) and fortifications were decaying and getting ruined. In the 19th century the whole area came under complete reconstruction. It was then that the modern network of streets, squares, and parks was established.

Attractions

* St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery * Saint Sophia's Cathedral * St Andrew's Church *

Volodymyrska Hill Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill ( uk, Володимирська гірка, ''"Volodymyrska hirka"'') is a large park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnieper River, Dnipro River in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Its most ...

* National University of Theatre, Film and TV * Golden Gates * Building of the

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(location of former Saint Basil hree-SaintsChurch) * Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument

Gallery

File:Volodymyrska2.jpg, Old and new buildings on the intersection of Volodymyrska and Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street File:Volodymyrska1.jpg, Volodymyrska Street, looking north File:YaroslavivVal.jpg, View of Yaroslaviv Val near the Golden Gate File:Volodymyrska3.jpg, Historic building on Volodymyrska Street File:RadissonHotel.jpg, Radisson Blu Hotel, Yaroslaviv Val Street File:HistoryMuseum.jpg, National History Museum of Ukraine and St. Andrew's Church File:FireStationKyiv.jpg, Old fire station on Velyka Zhytomyrska Street File:BohdanKhmelnytsky2016.jpg, Bohdan Khmelnytsky monument

External links

Kyiv Encyclopedia
WEK.

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