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Kiev , a city of 3 million inhabitants located to borders of the Dnipro river,
is the boisterous capital of the Ukraine. Old Russ de Kiev, who reached their
greater period of ascent during centuries 11 and 12, was a center of commercial
routes between the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean.
The city of Kiev and the power of the Russ de Kiev were destroyed in 1240 by the invaders Mongols and the territories of the Russ de Kiev were divided in principalities located to the west and the north: Galicia, Volynia, Creoles and later, Poland, Lithuania and Russia. Once a powerful force in the European scene, the destiny of the Ukraine in the modern times has been decided in distant capitals. As result, the modern history of the Ukraine, to a large extent, has been defined by the foreign occupation. The Kievs suffered seriously during World War II, and many irreplaceable treasures of architecture and the art were destroyed. At the beginning of the decade of 1930 the Soviet authorities destroyed many churches systematically. of restoration it has reclaimed great part of historical Kiev. The city arrived at the holders in April of 1986, when the nuclear reactor of Chernobyl exploded in the environs, but the scientists agree in which the city is now safe from the effects of radiation. In spite of the repression, the suffering, political instability and the ecological disasters, the spirit of the Ukraine and the national identity never have died. The 24 of August of 1991, after the coup d'etat bankrupt in Moscow, the Ukraine proclaimed its independence. From 1994, the Ukraine has diplomatic relations with more than 135 countries and near 60 established diplomatic missions in Kiev. correspondents of the News, representatives of the companies, and students worldwide reside in Kiev, and the flow of foreign tourists and official delegations throughout the heavy year. The resident American community is made up of personnel of the Embassy (including the relatives to position), the correspondents, the enterprise, religious representatives, professors and students. The art and the architecture of Kiev are the treasures of the world. The Cathedral of Santa Sofia, where the princes of Kiev were crowned in the years of greatness of the Kievs, is outstanding mosaic and fresh who date from century 11. With a view to the old part of Kiev, Podol, is the Ukrainian church barroca of San Andres, very wanted by the Ukrainians. Lavra Percherska, the Monastery of the Caves, a stroll in street car near downtown, has two cathedrals of century 11 in its land, besides its famous catacombs world, the bell tower, and the collections of the museum. Near downtown is the Gold Door, a structure that dates from 1037. This recently reconstructed rest of the old fortified wall of the city defines the limits of the city in the past centuries. To several pictures of distance, is the magnificent Cathedral of century 19 of San Volodymyr. Fan theater will find much to choose here. The majority of activities is in Ukrainian or Russian. Recently renewed Opera house of Kiev it presents/displays the very good opera, as well as an ample repertoire of ballets. The Young Theater of Kiev is very popular and carries out innovating stages in Ukrainian or Russian. The Theater Ivan Franko is the center of the drama of the Ukraine, comedy and musical comedies. This repertoire finishes the season 75 and includes versions shining of the Eneida and Tevel, the original version of the violinist in the tile roof. The modern center with pieces of survivors of the old city is in the mountainous west, or right margin, of the Dniéper river. The main street, Khreshchatik, extend between two lofty hills. Parallel around half kilometer to the west, is vulytsya Volodymyrska, the main street of the old zone of Kiev (Kyiv Staryj). From the North end of Khreshchatik, vulytsya Hrushevskoho rises to the south-east throughout a crest to the Monastery of the Caves in Perchersk. Forests and parks cover the pending forts most of right margin. new sections of the capital extend in the flat left margin. These characterize by great sets of houses and industrialized districts. ceramics of the Ukraine, the embroidering and the crafts are available in all the city, mainly in stores of Andrievsky Uzviz, Percherska Lavra, and the church of Santa Sofia. Quality and amount vary of store in store. An increasing number of foods of values in currencies western stores, the alcohol, clothes and electric home appliances. The majority of the prices, in the currency stores, is higher than those of the West, and the availability of existence is unpredictable.
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