Kyiv · city guide
Discover Kyiv
the city where legends come alive
A guide to the capital we have been writing about since 2010: places worth seeing, a thousand years of history, the people who shaped the city, and old photos side by side with today.
01 · Guide
Places to see
Palaces, churches, parks, museums and walks — with history, addresses and tips on getting there. Explore places → 02 · PeopleFamous Kyivans
Princes and patrons, writers, artists and scientists — people whose names are forever tied to Kyiv. Meet them → 03 · TimelineSix eras
From Kyivan Rus to the present day: the key events, buildings and people of each era. See the timeline → 04 · ArchivePhoto memories
Old photographs of Kyiv next to modern ones: see how the streets and squares have changed. Look back →People
Famous Kyivans
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Guide
Places to see
Babyn YarThe ravine where the Nazis shot tens of thousands of people in 1941–1943, above all the Jews of Kyiv. Today a memorial preserve with the Menorah, the…
Askold's GraveA park on the Dnipro slopes where, the chronicle says, Prince Askold was buried: Andrii Melenskyi's Empire rotunda, a lost cemetery and the graves of…
Vydubychi MonasteryA monastery founded by Prince Vsevolod above the Dnipro in 1070, with the 11th-century St Michael's, the Baroque St George's Cathedral and the…
St Cyril's ChurchA 12th-century church at Dorohozhychi, burial place of the Olhovych princes, with Baroque façades by Hryhorovych-Barskyi, medieval frescoes and…
