Archeological excavations show evidence of the first settlements on the territory of Kyiv 15.000 to 20.000 years ago. Legend has it that at the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th centuries, three brothers, Kiy, Scheck, and Khoriv, and their sister, Lybid, founded a town and named it after their elder brother Kiy, as “Kyiv”.  

The early settlers of Kyiv built their citadel on the steep right band of the Dniepro River to protect themselves from marauding nomadic tries. Later, Kyiv’s Grand Princes built their places and churches on Starokievskaya Hill, while artisans and merchants built their houses next to the wharf on the Dnieper. At the end of the 9th century, when the Kyivan-Rus princes united scattered Slavic tribes, Kyiv was the political center of the Eastern Slavs. Kyiv maintained wide foreign and commercial trade links due to its position in the middle of trade routs between the Vikings and Greeks.

Now it’s a Majestic city on the Kyiv cliffs that is a capital of independent Ukrainian state. The world has other cities that are older, bigger, richer, smarter and more comfortable. But Kyiv is beautiful and unique in its own way. The city’s natural landscape with boundless expanses of the Dnieper is itself remarkably picturesque. Set amidst the natural landscape, the city’s architectural masterpieces create a unique impression. Many historic monuments are preserved here. These memorials remind us of the outstanding Kyivans who made their city famous throughout all the continents. Kyiv consists of different parts, among them are the favorites:

The sacred place of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra where thousands of pilgrims have been coming during the centuries, gold domes of St. Sofia Cathedral, St. Michael Cathedral and many other churches hidden in splendor greenery.

Ancient epic places like Gonchari and Kozhumyaky, Andriyivskiy uzviz, which remembers knyaz’ (prince) Igor and now is a heaven for artists

High cliffs and width of Dnieper River crossed with the stirring bridges, gold fields of beaches and snow-white boats.

Modern looking Maidan NEZALEGNOSTI – the Central Square and festive oldness of Pechersk descent, peculiarity of ancient Podol (the old city) and wide avenues of recently build parts of the city.

Here old and new live side by side, in such way image of ancient and the same time eternally young city is made.

Kyiv always looks beautiful: in the brilliance of chestnut trees “candles” in spring, in magnificence of colors in summer, in the gold of leaves in autumn and in the mystery of winter evenings. This city is our favorite and we invite you to walk together through its streets, squares, parks; to enjoy monuments of the past and its modern view, to be fascinated with Kyiv.