Did you know that besides the famous labyrinths of the Near and Far Caves, the total length of which is 851 m (the Near Caves are 383 m long, while the length of the Far Caves together with the Varangian Caves is 468 m), the researchers are exploring 19 underground structures in the Upper Lavra territory?
Let us introduce the new release of “In memory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” photo project to you. Today we would like to tell you about the monasteries located on the so-called Zvirynets hill, the upland, next to the hill occupied by Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Did you know that: In the 18th century, Russian military caused the deterioration of the sanitary condition of Pechersk town.
Did you know that: According to the Decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union devoted to the issues of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, the Printing House of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was to be placed at the disposal of the Academy on January 25, 1921.
Today we would like to tell you about the photographs with the images of painters who decorated the churches of Kyiv-Pechersk monastery in the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
Did you know that: Metropolitan Residence of Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery served as the hotel for the imperial guests?
Did you know that: In 1934, an exhibition of mummified samples opened for the visitors of the “All-Ukrainian Museum Town” State Historical and Cultural Preserve. It operated then on the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery?
