tour around the city
Stalinki buildings - 30’s era
Four mil people
Three metros
Palace of young pioneers - scouts
Famine 32-33
Three botanical gardens Main one has 60+ lilacs
Kyiv three brothers and a sister from a plain maybe, at river
Tree of happiness
~980 pagan coversion to Christianity threw the gods into the river
Motherland monument highest civil sculpture
Military museum entry
Famine 32-33 24k/day 7 million?
https://allthatsinteresting.com/holodomor-ukranian-famine - Holodomor
Kalina tree
Congress building had prototype KGB, all curves so no dangerous corners
European area mined by soviets as they ran
Independence square
Archangel Michael or Batman
St Michael Built in 90’s
Revolution of dignity
St Jonas - wood roof from 17th century
St michaels golden dome, started Christian habit of it
St. Andrews church museum Green roof
Golden gate
Opera house
Guy made first opera for kids - goat something?
Lunch at puzata hata - $15 for three people to eat well
metro from Khreshchatyk to Arsenalna - deepest subway station in the world
walked past palace of children and youth and a few other things, across the bridge of kisses
monument to unknown soldier
somehow got into a discussion on james cook and how he was eaten in hawaii - because the tour guide knew that not us
Monastery / lavra
Hermits in a cell until death starving themselves
Elijah from Moravia - superman
bus back
chicken kyiv for dinner
so. much. vodka.
room service vodka.