Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Ukraine

16 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

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The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra, also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv. Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051, the Lavra has been a preeminent center of Eastern Christianity in Eastern Europe.   read more…

National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide in Kyiv

22 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  12 minutes

National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide with Kyiv Monastery of the Caves in the background © Moahim/cc-by-sa-4.0

National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide with Kyiv Monastery of the Caves in the background
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The National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, formerly known as the Memorial in Commemoration of the Holodomor-Genocide in Ukraine, is Ukraine‘s national museum and a centre devoted to the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, a man-made famine that killed millions in Ukraine. The museum was opened on the day of the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor in 2008. It gained the status of a national museum in 2010. The museum is located on the Pechersk Hills on the right bank of the Dnieper River in Kyiv, adjacent to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.   read more…

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