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St. Nicholas Military Cathedral

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Kiev military cathedral
Kiev military cathedral

St. Nicholas Military Cathedral (Ukrainian: Військовий Микільський собор, Russian: Никольский военный собор), popularly known as The Great Nicholas (Ukrainian: Великий Микола) was one of the military cathedrals of the former Russian Empire. It was sited in the Kyiv Fortress overlooking the Dnieper River. As a cathedral it was adopted after establishing the Russian Kyiv Fortress in the 19th century. This pentacupolar Ukrainian Baroque building was originally designed by Osip Startsev at the bidding of Hetman Ivan Mazepa to serve as the main church of St. Nicholas's Hermitage traditionally associated with Askold's Grave. The church was consecrated in 1696. It was famed for its dazzling gilded icon screen commissioned by Mazepa. A free-standing Rastrelliesque bell tower was completed in the mid-18th century. The Russian Imperial Army became the church's patron in 1831. A set of cannons near the building proclaimed its military associations. In 1934, the Soviets blew up the cathedral, replacing it with a Pioneers Palace.Struggle for a reconstruction of a temple is growing. The president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko supported idea of restoration of a temple.Now Divine services are carried out at open-air near to a place where there was a temple earlier. A website of parishioners - https://web.archive.org/web/20130925162354/http://mykilsky.org.ua/

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St. Nicholas Military Cathedral
Ivana Mazepy Street, Kyiv Pechersk

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Ivana Mazepy Street 13
01010 Kyiv, Pechersk
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Berestove
Berestove

Berestove (Ukrainian: Берестове) is a historical location of Kyiv. It is located in the Pechersk Raion of the city in the historic Hungarian tract. The location is situated between Lypky, Klov, Zvirynets and the right banks of Dnipro. In the past it was a princely village of Berestiv to the east from the early city of Kyiv. Today the place is part of the Park of Eternal Glory and upper parts of the Caves monastery of Kyiv (Kyiv Pechersk Lavra). The name has derived from a local name for Field Elm (Berest). In the village was located a suburban palace of Volodymyr the Great where the Grand Prince died. The palace is mentioned in chronicles of the 10-12th centuries, particularly by Nestor the Chronicler. The palace was made of stone and had two stories. It was surrounded by courtyards princely servants. Many times mentioned in the chronicles "porches"-galleries joined separate buildings into a mansion complex, representing a characteristic part of the princely dwelling. In the following years Berestiv was inhabited by the Grand Princes Yaroslav the Wise, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, Vsevolod I of Kiev and Vladimir Monomakh. Here were adopted state acts and admitted foreign ambassadors. In 1091 the palace was burnt down by Cumans, but it was rebuilt in 1113. Alas it was not preserved. The Church of the Saviour at Berestove is first mentioned as part of Saint Saviour monastery that was built around the Church of Saint Apostles (previous name for Church of the Saviour). There were buried Yuri the Long-arm (1157), a daughter of Vladimir Monomakh, Euphimia (1138) and Gleb of Kiev (1171). Another notable landmark of the place is the Church of Saint Nicholas at the Askold's Grave. It is believed that around here were killed one of the legendary princes of Kyiv Askold and Dir.