Kiev Key Attractions
Kiev's oldest church was built in 1037 by Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Ukraine's powerful leader who was laid to rest inside. Thirteen golden cupolas sit atop the complex of white towers best viewed from the 76m (250ft) bell tower at the entrance.
Sofiskaya Square
Tel: (044) 278 2083.
Website: www.sophia.org.ua
Admission charge.
Kievo-Pechersky Caves Monastery
This stunning complex of churches built on the banks of the Dnieper has UNESCO World Heritage status and its architecture cannot fail to impress. Under the golden-domed churches there is a network of candle-lit catacombs (lavra) where Ukrainian saints are encased in glass coffins.
Sichnevoho Povstannia 21
Tel: (044) 280 7349.
Website: www.lavra.kiev.ua
Free admission (but you are expected to buy a candle at the entrance).
Bulgakov Museum
An interesting if eccentric insight into the family life of Kiev's most famous son (the writer Mikhail Bulgakov) as a young boy. Exhibits focus on the White Guard, an autobiographical account of his experiences in Kiev during the Russian civil war, rather than his most well-regarded masterpiece, Master and Magarita.
Andriyivsky Uzviz 13
Tel: (044) 416 3188.
Admission charge
National Chernobyl Museum
This museum is a mixture of artistic representations of the disaster, artefacts from the site itself and model reconstructions commemorating the heroics of the first rescue workers, many of whom died fighting the fire. Dozens of signs hanging from the ceiling makes a haunting memorial to the evacuated towns still too dangerous to live in.
Provulok Khorevy 1
Tel: (044) 417 5427.
Admission charge.
The National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
A memorial complex commemorating Ukraine's controversial participation in WWII when its capital population halved under the Nazis. It is one of the largest museums in Ukraine (over 300,000 exhibits) and a Brezhnev era 62m (203ft) tall titanium Motherland statue, with a lift to the top, stands guard over it.
Sichnevoho Povstannya 44
Tel: (044) 295 9452.
Website: www.warmuseum.kiev.ua
Admission charge.
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