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Another of the monuments and tourist attractions for the occupants was the Church of San Andrés (often called San Andrés Cathedral) is a baroque building that was built between 1747 and 1754 under the design of Russian imperial architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
It is located in the historic district of Podil, at the foot of a hill: Andriyivska hill, which is what gives it its name and is in fact one of the four architectural jewels of Ukraine and Treasury of Humanity.
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Two photographs of the church of St. Andrew of Kiev taken by two German soldiers.
And to finish this small section dedicated to the monuments of the city that attracted the attention of German photographers, we will talk about the cathedral of St. Vladimir.
St. Vladimir's Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral erected in the center of the city. One of the most important temples of the city, it was erected on the occasion of the ninth centenary of the Christianization of the Rus of Kiev, construction began in 1862. In neo-Byzantine style, important contemporary Russian artists participated in its colorful and luxurious interior decoration.
It was consecrated in 1896, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II. During the communist era, the cathedral was used as an antireligious museum, archive, and after World War II, again as an orthodox church open to worship. In 1992, it was designated headquarters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Patriarchate of Kiev.
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Two photographs of the cathedral of St. Vladimir taken by two German soldiers.
In any case, in the most important monument of the city and perhaps the most fotographed by the Germans, it has its own story during World War Two, that deserves to be told in an independent chapter.
Kiev Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves
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TABSTABS1964 you sir are a scholar and a gentleman.
Thank you for this thread and fantastic history lesson. Just wow... impressive work.
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Thank you very much for your kind words. Comments like yours, encourage me to continue sharing stories on the forum. Very friendly.
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Once the door was crossed, this was one of the facades that could be contemplated.
A soldier and a group of three, perhaps with a local guide are photographed in front of the facade, now disappeared.
That facade and the Cathedral of the Assumption do not exist now, at least as they were originally, for something that happened on November 3, 1941.
That day the leader of an allied country of Nazi Germany made an official visit to Kiev. And he wanted to know that wonder of art that was the Monastery of Lavra.
An image of Joseph Tiso, the Slovak leader (who was a Catholic priest) greeting Hitler.
Two images (of poor quality) of the visit of the Slovak leader to the monastery.
In this link there is a small video of the visit:
YouTube
So on November 3, 1941, one of the few Kiev churches of the pre-Mongol period, the Assumption Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra monstery, was blown up.
Last edited by TabsTabs1964; 10-03-2020 at 08:21 PM.
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This post was extremely interesting to my wife & I as we have been going to Kyiv yearly for 23 years, since 1995. We recognize many of the pictures such as St. Andrews, St. Sophia & Perchersk Lavra. I have pictures of the Assumption Cathedral in ruins from 1995 and now it completed taken from the Bell Tower. Thanks for your work and posting.
William
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