Zalyshky Fundamentu Desyatynnoyi Tserkvy
Excavated stone foundations of the first stone church of Kyivan Rus', founded in the tenth century.
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This guide stands you at the stone outline of the Church of the Tithes in Kyiv, the first stone church of Kyivan Rus', raised by Volodymyr the Great and paid for with a pledge that gave it its name. It follows the people buried here, from Princess Olga to a Byzantine princess, and the December of twelve forty, when Batu Khan's army reached the city walls. Later chapters bring in a Russian imperial architect and the Soviet officials who came after him. Best heard walking slowly along the low foundation lines.
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