Hill Vladimir in Kiev

Vladimir Hill

Everyone knows from Kiev Vladimir Hill, c slopes of magnificent view of the Dnipro, Hem, Truhanov island Darnitsa. Monument to Saint Vladimir with a cross on St. Vladimir's Hill became a symbol of Kiev.

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The ancient name of this mountain - Mikhailovskaya, comes from the name of St. Michael's Monastery was founded here in 1108. For a long time the mountain was almost bald, trees do not grow here. Only in 1940, commissioned by the city hall on the hill began the creation of the park - a military engineer, developed a beautification project Leshevsky steep slopes, masterminded the upper and lower terraces. The upper level is located at the monastery of St Michael, the middle was intended for the monument of Prince Vladimir, and the lower envelope was a foot of the mountain road from the Downtown to the Hem. In 1853 the grand opening of the magnificent monument of St. Vladimir, who baptized Rus. Since then, Hill was named Vladimir. In 1890 the cross of the monument to St. Vladimir reinforced a series of tubes - since every night a huge cross shone brightly in the dark sky.

Vladimir Hill became the first park in Kiev free to all comers, the other parks were surrounded by a fence and they were allowed only for the money. And if other urban gardens visited only with the beginning of warm spring days, with the observation deck of Vladimir's Hill beheld the beauty all year round.

The famous open-work gazebo on Vladimir Hill has been seen as Moscow merchant Vasily Kokorev, millionaire oil tycoon. Impressed by the beauty of Kiev, in 1863, he donated $ 100 Kiev authorities for arranging gazebo on the cliff top slides. Money put in the bank for temporary storage, and why we forget about them for many years. When recalled, the amount of interest due to increased threefold. As a result, instead of one pavilion was built as much as 2 - a survey on the top floor of Vladimir's Hill, and the second at St. Andrew's Church. The upper "kokorevskaya" gazebo has become a favorite place for youth meetings and visits.

In 1900 h on Vladimir's Hill appeared innovation - Michael electric lift, which is now called the funicular. The lift has become an important part of the transport system in Kiev at the time. Tram line came straight to the front door of the upper and lower halls funicular - passengers just five minutes from the transplanted "horizontal" line in "inclined" to continue the path and then again in normal trams.

In 1902, at St. Vladimir's Hill has another attraction - a round pavilion, within which showed a panorama of "Calvary," which was a scene of Christ's crucifixion. After a year and a half of the panorama was taken in Kiev to Odessa and then to Kharkov, later she returned to Kiev. After the revolution, the panorama building was dismantled and transferred to the canvas in the Kiev Art Institute for art students.

In 1935 by decision of the Communist Party of St. Michael's Cathedral in Vladimir's hill was destroyed. After Ukraine gained independence in January 1996 it was decided to restore the temple.