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- Craft Tours
- St. Sophia Cathedral
- Famous Kyivities - Zino Davidoff
- Working in Ukraine
- Ukraine's Political framework
- Kyiv In Your Pocket in iPaper
- MOLODIST FEST
- Driving in Kyiv
- Tourist Information
- Palaces for the Masses
- History
- Jewish Kyiv
- Kyiv vs. Kiev
- Golden Domes of Kyiv
- Trinity at Pyrihovo
- Cover Photos
- Around Lypky
- Kyiv Beaches
- Literary Monuments
- Kyiv Days
- Between legend and fact
- Back to the USSR
- Where to find us
- Ukrainian cuisine
- Parks & Gardens
- What's in a name?
- Chernobyl
- One day walking tour
- Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Eggst)
- Country info
- Beer in Ukraine
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Palaces for the Masses
Every day thousands of passengers in Kyiv use the most convenient and reliable public transportation system, the metro.... -
Around Lypky
Lypky is a prestigious Kyiv district located between Khreschatyk and Pechersk. The General Governor’s palace, banks, hotels, the Mariinsky Palace, and a shed load of other mansions were built here in the 18th-19th centuries.... -
Country info
All you need to know for a successful stay in Ukraine...AlcoholUkrainian beer (pyvo) is quite tasty and extremely cheap to boot.... -
Trinity at Pyrihovo
The ancient Trinity holiday is one of the main holidays in the Orthodox religion. It comes on the 50th day after Easter and marks the beginning of summer.... -
Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Eggst)
Ukrainian kids have not yet adopted the western tradition of hunting for Easter eggs on Easter Sunday yet, but that is not to say the egg has no role to play in a Ukrainian Easter; far from it in fact.... -
Jewish Kyiv
There has been a significant Jewish community in Kyiv for more than a thousand years. At the turn of the 20th Century, Kyiv was one of the most important centers of Jewish culture in Eastern Europe.... -
Driving in Kyiv
Most westerners will find driving Kyiv’s main thoroughfares relatively easy. The problems kick in when you drive anywhere outside these well-surfaced and signposted routes.... -
Parks & Gardens
“Some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on.” Although temperatures in Kyiv can soar in the summer months, it is possible to beat the heat.... -
Ukraine's Political framework
To understand Ukrainian politics, imagine a carnival complete with clowns, freaks and a main attraction where magicians make billions of hryvnias disappear from taxpayers’ pockets.... -
Tourist Information
Tourist information centre is located on the ground floor of Khreschatyk Business Centre, right near the Kreschatyk metro station entrance.... -
St. Sophia Cathedral
Ukraine’s going to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of St Sophia Cathedral on September 21. St.... -
Chernobyl
The effects are still being felt 23 years later. The disaster occurred at 1:23 am on April 26, 1986, when a safety test of reactor N°4 went horribly wrong....
Kyiv vs. Kiev
I like Kyiv better than Kiev.
Really, Volodymyr? It's a sign provincialism to insist on your own interpretation, since names of cities have varied over the years and the world doesn't march to your drum. Prague is Praha in Czech, Warsaw is Warszawa in Polish, but I suppose these countries are mature enough not to worry that someone else calls it by a historical name which happens to be different.
No argument from me, but there's the whole world out there that uses Kiev. I've got an atlas from the 1950's that uses Kiev. But, hey, if you want us to use Kyiv, then Kyiv it is. Whatever you call it, it's still one of my favorite destinations.
Kyiv. Simply because, if the representatives of the people say it's capital is to be called Kyiv, then it is to be called Kyiv. Period. Anything else is a deliberate show of disrespect.