Ambroise Tézenas
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Khreshchatyk, the main boulevard of Kiev

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Spirit of Hope

Commission for Travel & Leisure (USA)

Kiev, Ukraine
story by Gary Shteyngart

So much of Ukraine’s past is marked by the scars of war and loss, yet its capital has persevered despite such adversity. And now, even as new tensions take hold in the former Soviet region, Kiev remains a cosmopolitan city with a strong culture, a striving populace, and an indelible spirit of hope.

Khreshchatyk, the main boulevard of Kiev

Sunday mass at the Refectory Church, which is part of Kiev’s historic Monastery of the Caves

St Sophia’s Cathedral

The Rodina Mat or Motherland Monument erected by the Soviets

The metal arch of the Friendship of Russia and Ukraine

Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II – Memorial Complex

Khreshchatyk, the main boulevard of Kiev

Holodomor Memorial

Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II – Memorial Complex "Alley of the Hero Cities”

The metal arch of the Friendship of Russia and Ukraine

 

Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II – Memorial Complex

The metal arch of the Friendship of Russia and Ukraine

 

Lavra church complex