The best city hikes and walks around Redkino lake

Wonderful landscapes of Kyiv. A good place for a walk or picnic. Lots of playgrounds.

St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev - the oldest, historic Latin cathedral in Kiev, the seat of the bishopric of the Catholic Church in the Kiev diocese, belonging from 1412 to the Lviv metropolis. The cathedral was located in the Padole district of Kiev, next to the Dominican monastery. The construction of the first wooden cathedral st. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev should be associated with the introduction of a church organization in Kievan Rus. Already in the time of Prince Vladimir, there was a wooden cathedral in Kiev, which burned down in 1017. The earliest records of the temple come from the chronicle of Thietmar, which describes the entry of the troops of Bolesław the Brave and Sviatopolk I into Kiev in 1018, and also mentions that the "monasterio Sophiae" was burned down in the previous year. The wooden cathedral in Kiev was mentioned in the inspection from 1569. In the 16th century, the Bishop of Kiev, Józef Wereszczyński, erected a new wooden cathedral in Kiev in the dynamically developing part of the city called Padół, in the jurisdiction called Biskupie. At that time, the cathedral had no canons, and according to Erich Lassota von Steblau, "while Kyiv itself has wooden buildings, it is not surrounded by walls, but embankments." https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawod_%C5%9Bw._Zofii_w_Kijowie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quNSQPmUQIs

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

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

The Taras Shevchenko Opera House is an opera house in Kyiv. In 1992 the house received the status of a national opera.

In front of the Golden Gate stands the monument to Yaroslav the Wise

Orthodox Cathedral from 1037 with monastery buildings, gilded dome, necropolis and museum. Unesco World Heritage.

This is a place where history was made.