Vasylkiv
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Vasylkiv is a city on the Stuhna River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vasylkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. First mentioned in the 10t
Cathedral of Anthony and Theodosius
A street in the downtown
City panorama
Remnants of medieval defensive walls in the city
Stepan Kovnir
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Stepan Demianovych Kovnir was a Ukrainian builder and master mason in Kyiv. His nearly sixty years of labor brought aesthetic unity to the ancient, sprawling center of Ukrainian culture and education,
50°26′08″N 30°33′28″E / 50.4356°N 30.5577°E / 50.4356; 30.5577 Kovnir's Building, Pechersk. (1721–73). Note the stucco work in the gables.
Pediments, Assumption Cathedral, Pechersk (1729). Kovnir's work, shown here, was destroyed by the German military during World War II and not faithfully reproduced.
50°26′05″N 30°33′23″E / 50.4347°N 30.5563°E / 50.4347; 30.5563 Great Bell Tower, Pechersk. (1731–45). Note the capitals of the Corinthian columns. They are cast ceramic and each is unique.
50°27′32″N 30°31′05″E / 50.4588°N 30.5180°E / 50.4588; 30.5180 St. Andrews Church, Kyiv (1747-1754).