Andriivskyi Descent: A Walk Through Kyiv's Historic StreetWalk Kyiv's Andriivskyi Descent from Podil to the Upper Town: Bulgakov's house, Richard's Castle, St. Andrew's Church and the stories behind its old buildings.
Kytaieve: A Walk Through Kyiv's Wild ValleyKytaieve is one of Kyiv's most peaceful corners: wild woods, ponds, an ancient hillfort, cave monastery and the 18th-century Holy Trinity Church by Kovnir.
Castle Hill (Zamkova Hora) in Kyiv: History and LegendsCastle Hill in Kyiv: a Lithuanian castle, an old cemetery and a Soviet jamming station. The history and mystique of one of the city's most enigmatic hills.
Landscape Alley in Kyiv: How It Came to BeLandscape Alley in Kyiv was laid out in the 1980s along the line of 10th-13th century fortifications, offering sweeping views of Podil and the Left Bank.
Prorizna Street in Kyiv: History of Its Names and MonumentsHow Kyiv's Prorizna Street appeared in the mid-19th century, cut through the old Yaroslav-era rampart, plus its former names, lost buildings and monuments.
Trukhaniv Island: Old Kyiv's Favorite Summer RetreatHow Kyiv families once rowed across the Dnipro to Trukhaniv Island for picnics, crayfish and beer, and how one ambitious restaurateur's empire there collapsed.
Kontraktova SquarePodil's main square: a market since princely times and home to the great Contract fairs of the 19th century, still framed by Hostynyi Dvir, the Mohyla Academy and Pyrohoshcha church.
VozdvyzhenkaThe old potters' and tanners' hollow below Zamkova Hora: a Soviet-era wasteland turned colourful 2000s quarter, with the church where Bulgakov was baptised.
KhreshchatykKyiv's main street: from a filled-in ravine and 19th-century banks to the ruins of 1941 and a post-war Stalinist neoclassical ensemble lined with chestnut trees.
Maidan NezalezhnostiKyiv's central square: from Duma Square to the Independence Monument, scene of three revolutions in 1990, 2004 and 2013–2014, and since 2022 a field of flags for the fallen.
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