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Kiev sights
Kiev is the capital of Ukraine and one of the biggest cities in Europe. It has been standing on steep hills overlooking the Dnipro River for more than 1,500 years. According to the ancient legend, Kiev was founded by the three brothers Kyi, Schek and Khoryv and their sister Lybid, and it was named after the eldest brother Kyi. Since then, Kiev has developed into a valuable center of East Europe attracting foreign businesses and investors to its economic and natural potential. As an important administrative center, Kiev is a place for Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Verkhovna Rada, Parliament, and nearly all ministries and governmental departments. Its financial part consists of the National Bank of Ukraine, as well as investment companies and funds, representative offices of foreign financial institutions, exchange markets, and more than 220 commercial banks. In Kiev, more than 2,000 objects belong to historical, cultural, and architectural monuments.

Kiev-
Pecherska
Lavra
The Dnipro hills are dominated by the greatest monument of Kyiv, the Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra, built almost nine centuries ago. A complex of churches, masterpieces of architecture by themselves, has been a holy place of worship for devoted Christians. Famous for its catacombs with the saints' relics, Lavra is aiso called the Monastery of Caves ...
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Kiev opera
Kiev has one of the most beautiful operas in the world and the prices are unbelievable.
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Volodymyr the Baptizer
On the slope of the Volodymyr Hill stands the imposing monument to Prince Volodymyr who is also called the Baptizer of Rus. He converted Kyivan Rus to Christianity in 988. The bronze statue was erected in 1853.
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St. Nicolas Catholic Cathedral
The cathedral was built in 1899-1909 by the architea Horodetsky. The building is placed on one of the central streets (Chervonoarmiyska st,), and it can be easily recognized by its distinctive Gothic style and a pair of beautiful needle tow-ers. It was restored in 1980 and now is used as both the conceit hall for organ music and thet church where Roman Catholic? services are held.

Golden Gate
This fortified wall, defining the limits of the city and serving as a protective barrier from invaders in the past centuries, dates back to 1037, the reign of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. The place was restored to its present condition in 1983, and it now serves as the Golden Gate historical museum.
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St. Sophia Cathedral
St. Sophia's thirteen gorgeous golden
domes nicely blend with the city skyline. The grandiose ensemble was
built by Prince Yaroslav the Wise in
the XI century in commemoration of the victory over the Pecheneg tribe. The cathedral became a major cultural and political
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