The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, also referred to as the Great Church, is the main cathedral of the monastery complex. In the time of the Kyivan Rus the cathedral also served as the
The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The Great Church of the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves by Vasily Vereshchagin (1905)
Destroyed Dormition Cathedral (1942)
The cathedral in ruins after WWII (1958)
History of Kyiv (1657–1811)
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The history of Kyiv from the end of the Khmelnytsky Uprising until the Great Fire of Podil encompasses the period in which it served as a significant city – although not the capital – within the Cossa
Most of the current structures of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv were built in 18th-century Ukrainian Baroque style.
The Partition of Ukraine after the Truce of Andrusovo (1667). Russia refused to return the city of Kiev to Poland in 1669, violating the treaty of 1667.
Ivan Kushchnyk Tower, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, built between 1696 and 1701 in the Ukrainian Baroque style of Ivan Mazepa.
The First City Theatre of Kyiv, built in 1804–1805