The best walks and hikes around Redkino lake

There is no monument to pseudofrienship anymore, hurray Only broken arch

The church is 46 meters high, 30 meters long and 23 meters wide. It is cross-shaped, with one main dome and four small towers topped with smaller domes. The entrance to the church leads through a fourteen-meter staircase. On all sides, the building is decorated with rows of Corinthian pilasters and gilded reliefs with floral motifs. The windows of the church are round or semicircular (at the level of the main dome). The church iconostasis was made in 1754–1761 by Antropov and Wyszniakow. The temple was built on the initiative of Empress Elizabeth in 1744–1753 according to the design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli on the site of the former Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. According to legend, this hill was passed by St. Andrew and pointed them out as a place where, thanks to God, a city and a wonderful temple will be created. The construction works were managed by Iwan Miczurin, the rococo interior decorations were made by O. Antropow, H. Lewicki, I. Wyszniakow and P. Borispolec according to Rastrelli's ideas. A total of twenty-three and a half thousand bricks were used to build the facility. The tsarina laid the cornerstone herself. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerkiew_%C5%9Bw._Andrzeja_w_Kijowie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3nf23aJ6-s

St. Michael the Archangel with the Golden Domes (Ukrainian: Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир) - an Orthodox monastery complex in Kiev. Cathedral church (main temple) of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The original, unpreserved complex of sacred buildings was built by Światopełek II and expanded in the 18th century. It consisted of the buildings of the monastery, the cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, belfry (1716–1719), refectory with the church of St. John the Theologian (1713) and the Economic Gate (1760). In the years 1934–1937 it was demolished by the decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine. After 1991 and the independence of Ukraine, the monastery was rebuilt. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaster_%C5%9Bw._Micha%C5%82a_Archanio%C5%82a_o_Z%C5%82otych_Kopu%C5%82ach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9YrwE8odCA

Independence Square (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності, trb. Maidan Nezalezhnosti) - the main square in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, located in the Shevchenkiv region, a place of important state ceremonies and cultural events. The present appearance of the square is the result of a thorough reconstruction in 2002. The earlier socialist realist style, with a large number of fountains, was replaced with a more modern one. History: 1151 - the first mention of the Lacki Gate and Lacki Słoboda that exist in this place 1240 - The Mongols attack the Padole Gate as the first 1516 - King Zygmunt I privileges the largest Kiev fair, the so-called Krszczeński, lasting from January 6 for 20 days 1604 - the name Biskupie appears in the document of King Sigismund III around 1730 - the first wooden buildings appear, around 1850, made of brick until 1871 - there is a market on the then Chreszczatycki square, and games are held 1876 - the newly built building becomes the seat of the city council, the square is named "Dumski" 1913 - the monument to Piotr Stolypin was officially unveiled, demolished in 1917 1919 - the name was changed to Plac Radziecki 1922 - the statue of Karl Marx stands on the square, dismantled in the 1930s 1935 - the square is named after Kalinina 1977 - Kalinina Square was renamed the October Revolution Square after a major renovation 1977 - a monument to the October Revolution erected on the square, knocked down in 1991 1991 - the square receives its present name 2004-2005 - Independence Square becomes the scene of the Orange Revolution 2007 - demonstrations related to the political crisis 2013-2014 - protests against the failure to sign an association agreement with the European Union https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plac_Niepodleg%C5%82o%C5%9Bci_w_Kijowie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxBtpXnsVJk

Complex built in the Ukrainian baroque style with cathedral, bell tower, refectory and gates.

This is a place where history was made.

The St. Michaelskloster (Ukrainian Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир / Mychajliwskyj solotowerchyj monastyr; Russian Михайловский златовський златастыверхий монастыschyj monastyr Ukraine) is a Michaelskloster Monastery of Kiyovsky, Mikhailovsky monastery in Ukraine. It is the seat of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The monastery complex is located on the western side of the Dnieper on the edge of a cliff northeast of the Kiev Cathedral of St. Sophia. It occupies an area of around 38,000 square meters and consists of the golden gate church, the cathedral on its site, some former residential buildings, the trapeze church of John the Baptist (Johann Boguslaw), an economic gate, the refectory and other buildings designed by the Kiev theological School. In front of the entrance to the church there is a memorial for the millions of victims of the Holodomor, the great famine of 1932–1933, which hit Ukraine particularly hard due to the wrong policies of Stalin. The monastery was blown up in 1936 and rebuilt in the 1990s and opened in 1999.

Nice view of Kiev. From here you can take a very romantic walk past the monument to Vladimir to Andreevsky descent. Evenings are most beautiful. Street musicians usually perform as well.