Kiev Pechersk Lavra Iconic Monastery Complex

Kiev Pechersk Lavara--Kiev Monastery of the Caves in a historic Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery founded in 1051. (The word pechera means cave. The word lavra is used to describe high-ranking male monasteries for monks of the Eastern Orthodox Church.)

We took the metro down to the deepest subway tunnel in the world. (346 feet deep) Arsenalna Kyiv Metro. Our ears popped when we got on the second escalator toward the entrance of the Metro. 

The Metro is about 5 to 6 blocks from the Monastery.

Holodomor Genocide Museum

Along the way we passed by the National museum dedicated to the 3 Ukrainian famines that were deemed genocide & their victims.

We were able to look from the hill to the Dnieper River. Another Holocaust Museum which will be constructed is of Babyn Yar.

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Babyn Yar

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Babyn Yar

We visited this site in July. It was a special sacred walk around this area. 

Babi Yar is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. 

The first and best documented of the massacres took place on 29–30 September 1941, killing approximately 33,771 Jews.

Inside the tunnel are relief sculptures of different scenes of the war. Depicted are the defense of the Soviet border against the Nazi invasion in 1941, the struggles of the Soviet partisans. and the contribution of the citizens.

Motherland Monument

Formerly the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, this huge complex was formally opened in a ceremony on May 9, 1981, by Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev. It was created to honor the sacrifices made by the Ukrainian people during World War II.

 

 180 steps up the tower. This tower overlooks the Dnieper River and Kiev City Center.