Golden Gates
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 We'll start from the Golden Gates. They were build in
1037 by the King Yaroslav the Wise and served as a main entrance to the city until
it grows beyond the city moll. But, as many other monuments in Kiev, the Golden Gates were destroyed during the tatar-mongol raids. The Golden Gates were reconstructed in 1982 when Kiev celebrated 1500 years from its foundation. |
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 Near the gates there is a monument to Yaroslav the Wise. King
Yaroslav was a great warrior, political leader and diplomat. He founded a lot of
cities, composed the first collection of laws in Kiev Rus and married his daughters to
powerful kings of Europe, - Quinn Ann for example was a wife of French King Heinrih I and
a regent of France while her son King Phillip I was too young to rule by himself. |
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 He is holding a model of St. Sophia Cathedral,
which was also build by him. It will be our next stop. |
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