The monument to Prince Vladimir is one of the city symbols. Majestic figure of Great Kiev Prince who baptized the Kievans in 988 is placed high on a hill over Dnieper. Especially for the construction of the monument the whole hill and its slopes were reinforced, dra...
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The Kievans always cherished idea to rear a cathedral in honor of the Great Prince Vladimir who introduced Christianity in 988 and who was later canonized. In 1852, metropolitan Philaret of Moscow suggested that a large cathedral should be built in Kiev to commemorate the 900th&nb...
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