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Askold's Grave

October 23, 2023

For the opera, see Askold's Grave (opera).

Askold's Grave (Ukrainian: Аскольдова могила, romanized: Askoldova Mohyla) is a historical park on the steep right bank of the Dnipro River in Kyiv between Mariinskyi Park and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra complex.

Askold's Grave
St.Nicholas Church
LocationKyiv, Ukraine
Coordinates50°26′38″N 30°33′5″E / 50.44389°N 30.55139°E / 50.44389; 30.55139
Park "Askold's Grave" information board
Natural Reserve Fund of Ukraine official placard

Overview Edit

The park was created by the Soviets in the mid-1930s in place of an old graveyard around the Church of St. Nicholas, which, as the story goes, marks the place where Prince Askold of Kyiv was buried in the 9th century.[1]

In the Middle Ages, Askold's Grave was known as the Hungarian tract (Ukrainian: Угорське урочище, romanized: Uhorske urochyshche). According to the Primary Chronicle, it was the place where the Magyars crossed the Dnipro on the way from the Russian steppes to Pannonia. Archeological excavations have revealed a 9th-century dirham hoard and some remains of Izyaslav II's wooden palace. There's a modern stele commemorating the Magyar migration.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, Askold's Grave was settled by the Orthodox monks of St. Nicholas's Monastery. Hetman Mazepa had the monastery moved to a nearby hill, where a new Baroque penticupolar cathedral was then erected. The existing church of St. Nicholas is a modest Neoclassical rotunda designed by Andrey Melensky in 1810.

A new golden-domed chapel was built on the bank of the Dnipro in 2000. The style is Ukrainian Baroque revival.[2] The chapel is dedicated to Saint Andrew Protokletos and belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.[3]

Points of interest Edit

Lost landmarks Edit

  • Priest's House
  • Bell tower
  • St. Nicholas Hermitage
  • Necropolis (original)

Opera Edit

The Opera Askold's grave composed by Russian composer Alexey Verstovsky and premiered in 1835, tells the story of how Askold and Dir happen to be buried in Askold's grave by Olga of Kyiv.

Gallery Edit

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    Askold's Grave, a painting of Vasily Shternberg (1837)

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    St.Nicholas Church sketch by Taras Shevchenko (1846)

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    St.Nicholas Church (1911, photo)

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    St.Nicholas Church (2009, photo)

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    Chapel of Exaltation of Cross

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    Monument to Saint Andrew the First-Called

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    Sculpture of Blessed Virgin Mary

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    Askold's Tomb

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    St.Andrew's Chapel

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    Memorial to Holodomor victims with Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in the background

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    Heroes of the Battle of Kruty memorial

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    Modern stela commemorating the migration of Magyar tribes

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    Official placard identifying the National Landmark of Archaeology Uhorske village

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    Flight of steps down to Dnipro from St. Nicholas Church

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    One of the Park's trails

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    Traffic at the entrance (off Parkova Doroha, 2014)

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    Winter 2013

References Edit

  1. ^ "Аскольдова могила. История Аскольдовой могилы. Достопримечательности Киева".
  2. ^ "Церковь Андрея Первозванного » Интересные места Киева".
  3. ^ Temple of Saint Andrew Protokletos. Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

External links Edit

 
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