Kyiv. Once the holy centre of Rus', now the capital of Ukraine, it stretches on the high hills along the Dnipro River, rivalling the oldest and most charming cities of Europe. Every epoch left its mark here. Even the great Tatar invasion that shook the civilized world in the 13^th century was unable to wipe it off the face of the earth. Beginning in the 17^th century, Kyiv once again turned into a leading spiritual and cultural center. Glorious pages of the past and staggering current realities seem to have merged into a single, inimitable whole of this ancient, yet ever so youthful city.

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