HISTORICAL PLACES OF UKRAINE IN GOOGLE EARTH PART SIX ( 6/6 )
1. VORONTSOV PALACE,ALUPKA 44°25'11.40N 34° 3'20.92E
2. BELL TOWER OF TRINITY MONBASTERY,CHERNIHIV
51°28'40.00N 31°16'45.02E
3. TOWER OF BUTCHERS,KHMEL'NYTS'KA 48°40'31.42N 26°34'36.24E
4. CASTLE AKKERMAN,ODESSA 46°12'5.91N 30°21'0.93E
5. HOLY RESURRECTION CATHEDRAL,RIVNE 50°37'9.19N 26°14'57.66E
6. IVANO-FRANKIVSK CITY HALL 48°55'22.49N 24°42'37.43E
7. GENOESE TOWER OF CONSTANTINE,FEODOSIYA
45° 1'42.76N 35°23'6.90E
8. ALEXANDER NEVSKY CHURCH, KHARKOV 49°59'20.27N 36°17'14.68E
9. ENTRANCE TO PARK,DNIPROPETROVS'K 48°27'38.10N 35° 4'10.47E
10. CHRIST-SERGIUS CHURCH,KHARKIV 50° 2'34.33N 36°13'23.46E
11. ZŁOCZÓW CASTLE,ZOLOCHIV 49°48'6.56N 24°54'23.22E
12. CITY HALL,MUKACHEVO 48°26'30.92N 22°43'4.31E
13. MONUMENT TARAS SHEVCHENKO,KIEV 50°26'30.28N 30°30'46.81E
14. ST.NICHOLAS CHURCH,DNEPROPETROVSK 48°28'0.44N 35° 4'21.73E
15. WOODEN CHURCH OF TRANSFIGURATION,KIEV 50°21'16.75N
16. CHURCH,LUTSK 50°46'6.20N 25°22'26.39E
17. WATER TOWERS,KIEV 50°27'9.43N 30°31'52.44E
18. RATUSHA TOWER&CITY HALL,LVIV 49°50'30.56N 24° 1'53.16E
19. MONUMENT OF ETERNAL GLORY,ZHITOMIR 50°14'36.88N 28°38'56.95E
20. ST.GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL,LVIV 49°50'18.86N 24° 0'47.30E
21. CHURCH,KIEV 50°22'50.03N 30°27'34.81E
22. DONETSK DRAMA THEATER,DONETSK 48° 0'7.32N 37°48'9.69E
23. MICHAEL FORT,SEVASTOPOL 44°37'40.14N 33°31'33.84E
24. ST.PANTELEIMON'S CATHEDRAL,KIEV 50°20'41.47N 30°29'15.82E
25. CHAPEL OF JOHN THE BAPTIST,DNIPROPETROVSK
48°28'16.45N 35° 2'58.42E
26. CHAPEL OF ST. ANDREW,KIEV 50°26'33.64N 30°33'10.43E
27. KREMENETS CASTLE,KREMENETS 50° 5'41.92N 25°43'50.90E
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine
Kiev is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population in July 2013 was 2.8 million, making Kiev the 8th largest city in Europe. Kiev has an area of 323.9 mi².
Kiev is a global city (beta+). It is twinned with:
Ankara, Turkey
Baku, Azerbaijan
Beijing, China
Bratislava, Slovakia
Chicago, Illinois
Chişinău, Moldova
Edinburgh, Scotland
Florence, Italy
Kastoria, Greece
Kraków, Poland
Kyoto, Japan
Leipzig, Germany
Munich, Germany
Odense, Denmark
Pretoria, South Africa
Riga, Latvia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sofia, Bulgaria
Stockholm, Sweden
Tbilisi, Georgia
Vienna, Austria
Vilnius, Lithuania
Warsaw, Poland
The Kiev metro is very similar to the metro in Moscow and St. Petersburg. But there are large areas in Kiev not serviced by the metro. Kiev is also serviced by buses, minibuses, trolleybuses, trams and taxis.
The least expensive way to get to Kiev center from the airport is via bus. There are also minibuses that serve the airport. And, of course, taxis. If you have reserved an apartment or hotel, they might also provide transportation between their apartment or hotel and the airport, usually for a fee.
Approximately 2 million people visit Kiev each year. This is a significant increase in tourism since Ukraine introduced a visa-free regime for EU-member states and USA.
Kiev has numerous visitor attractions, some of which are listed below. And some of which will be seen in this video.
Cathedrals, Synagogues and Mosques:
—Gate Church of the Trinity (Pechersk Lavra)
—Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
—Refectory Church (Pechersk Lavra)
—St Andrew's Church
—St. Cyril's Monastery
—St. Nicholas Military Cathedral
—St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral
—St. Panteleimon's Cathedral
—St. Sophia's Cathedral
—St Volodymyr's Cathedral
—Trinity Cathedral
—Brodsky Synagogue
—Galitska Synagogue
—Great Choral Synagogue
—Karaite Kenesa
—Ar-Rahma Mosque
Museums:
—Building of Pedagogical Museum
—Golden Gate
—Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II
—Ivan Honchar Museum
—Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period
—Kiev Fortress
—Kiev Pechersk Lavra
—Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine
—Mikhail Bulgakov Museum
—Museum of Ukrainian folk art
—Museum of Western and Oriental Art
—National Art Museum of Ukraine
—National Museum of the History of Ukraine
—National Museum-Preserve Battle for Kyiv 1943
—One Street Museum
—PinchukArtCentre
—Pyrohiv
—St Andrew's Church, Kiev
—Saint Sophia's Cathedral
—Savka House
—Museum of Soviet Occupation
—Ukraine State Aviation Museum
—Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum
Monuments:
—Afghanistan War Memorial
—Bykivnia Graves
—Fountain of Samson
—Independence Monument
—Kiev Pechersk Lavra
—Lach Gates
—Monument to the Magdeburg Rights
—Monument of the Great October Revolution
—Mother Motherland (Rodina Mat)
—People's Friendship Arch
—Saint Vladimir Monument
—Ukrainian House
—Vladimir Lenin monument
Squares:
—Bessarabska Square
—Constitution Square
—European Square
—Peremohy Square
—Postal Square
—Square of Contracts
In addition to parks, a zoo, and a circus, Kiev has some interesting streets which you might be interested in visiting:
—Bankova Street
This is a street in central Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, located in the Lypky neighborhood of the Pechersk District. Most of the street is pedestrianised and closed-off, as it houses the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and various official residences, notably the House with Chimaeras.
—Khreshchatyk
This is the main street of Kiev. The street has a length of 1.2 km. It stretches from the European Square (northeast) through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square (southwest) where the Besarabsky Market is located. Along the street are located buildings of the Kiev City Administration which contains both the city's council and the state administration, the Main Post Office, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting, the Central Department Store (TsUM), the Besarabka Market, the Ukrainian House, and others. During the weekends it is closed to traffic, becoming a pedestrian zone.
Kiev also has street food, typically found close to metro entrances. You can also find open air bazaars and farmers' markets, such as:
—Vladimirsky Rynok
—Demiivsky Rynok
—Bessarabsky Market
—Petrovka Market
—Kurenevskiy Market
—Zhitny Rynok
—Lukyanovsky Rynok
—Darynok.