2020-Ukraine

Below is the Holy Ascension Florovsky Monastery - a convent on Podol in Kiev, presumably founded in the early 16th century. Photo taken from Castle Hill (also known as Horivitsa Hill)

The Castle Hill (also known as Horivitsa Hill) is a historical hill in the center of Kiev on the right high bank of the Dnieper. It is an outlier separated from the neighboring plateau of Old Kiev Hill by erosion that occurred in the Quaternary period. The height above the level of the Dnieper is 80 m. According to archaeological data, the first settlement on the territory of Horivitsa emerged in the Bronze Age. The residence of the founder of Kiev, Prince Kiy, could be located on this hill In the period 1370-1380, a wooden castle of the Lithuanian voivode Vladimir Olgerdovich was built on Horivitsa, which gave the mountain a new name. The castle was burnt down during the devastation of Kiev in 1482 by the army of the Crimean Khan Mengli Gerey. After the destruction of the Castle buildings, the hill was used by local residents for vegetable gardens for a long time. In 1816, a cemetery for the surrounding population was built on the Castle Hill under the patronage of the clergy of the Frolovsky Monastery. In 1857, a cemetery church was erected on the hill, and the cemetery was surrounded by a brick fence, the remains of which have survived to novadays. Officially, the cemetery existed until 1921.

In the center, right below, the Holy Ascension Florovsky Monastery is a convent on Podol in Kiev, presumably founded in the early 16th century. Photo taken from Castle Hill (also known as Horivitsa Hill)

The construction of the gate together with the St. Sophia Cathedral is mentioned in the annals under the year 1037.

The construction of the gate together with the St. Sophia Cathedral is mentioned in the annals under the year 1037.

The project of the building was created by the architect Ignatius Ledokhovsky. Construction was carried out in the period 1907-1908. Two years later, the house became the property of doctor Makovsky. Since 1910, a private clinic with the most modern equipment at that time was opened here.

The city of Zhitomir was left behind