Kyiv In More Peaceful Times - Part One [DONATION]

in Photography Lovers3 years ago (edited)

Привіт/Pryvit/Hi!

With respect to very sad developments in Ukraine, I dust off the idea to write a couple of more posts about our visit of Ukraine. Here is the first post about its capital. More importantly though, my full author's reward will be donated to support the Ukrainian cause through a legit, non-governmental, non-profit organization People in Need.

Last time we did donation, it was for Beirut, we raised 26 bucks. Hopefully this time it will be at least ten times more.

After the payout, I will evaluate it and post about donation details. The collected author's reward will be then converted into fiat money and sent to the charity organization, details will be shared for sure.

Now enjoy first batch of photos of our visit of the wonderful Kyiv city at more peaceful times. And don't forget to vote it up. Дякую/Dyakuyu/Thanks!


Now a few lines in Czech language.
Ahoj hiveři!
Po nějaké době alespoň krátce taky česky. Připravuji několik postů o našem skromném putování po Ukrajině, ještě v polo-mírových dobách. Tady je první z nich - o Kyjevě. Co je ale zajímavé a nemělo by vám uniknout, je to, že moje autorská odměna z tohoto příspěvku půjde na dobrou věc - na pomoc Ukrajině. Patrně využiji prověřeného Člověka v tísni. Veškeré detaily pak nasdílím v dalším článku. V posledním podobném příspěvku jsme na Beirut vybrali 26 dolců, no snad to bude tentokrát aspoň 10x více. Tak si užijte pár fotek z Kyjeva a nezapomeňte hlasovat. Dyakuyu!😉



We take the bus from the Boryspil International Airport to the downtown. Kind of surprised to see the horse on the busy crossroad😀
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For traveling across the city, we use metro. To enter it, you pay with these tokens (unsure if they are still in use nowadays).
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The Golden Gate of Kyiv👌
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We cannot miss this building - The bell tower of Saint Sophia Cathedral. Let's climb it up!
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Nice chime!
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Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery down there. Will be there shortly.
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Galleries of the bell tower.
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Saint Sophia Cathedral.
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Now views from the highest available floor.
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Last shot of the bell tower from the square in front of it.
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Even pigeons can refresh themselves in these little golden fountains. Why not?
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There it is, the Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. Amazing!
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Quick look inside.
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Really love that drainpipe😁
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Right next to it, you can find the refectory of St. John the Divine. Its wooden tiled roof, it is really something!
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Time to move on! Looks tempting, we pass this time as we rush somewhere...
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View from the Lach Gate. Guess where we are heading. The Independence Square / Maidan Nezalezhnosti!
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(I still haven't managed to obtain full consent of the photographed individual to publish photos with all the deails😆)
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The Independence Monument is surrounded by several info-pannels made of steel, to commemorate sad events from the Maidan revolution of Dignity (2013–2014, Wiki).
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At the time of our visit, the monument is very popular with youths.
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Before our visit, I was totally unaware that there was a huge shopping mall located beneath this square😮
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6 PM, the sun is about to go down in a bit.
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This clock truly works.
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We seek a calm place...
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... where to enjoy some local beer!
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Cheers!
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A fountain.
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The monument in detail - goddess Berehynia (Wiki).
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Another fountain.
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That is all for today. Thank you for reading this post about our visit of Ukraine back in 2018. If you like it, stay tuned as more cool stuff will definitely come😁 Don't forget to check out my Pinmapple profile to see all places I have visited on the map! Stay strong, Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏

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Bylo tam hezky. A snad zase bude.

Určitě bude!

Pěkné gesto ;) Když to jde na dobrou věc, tak ti sem vyklopím všechno, co mám dnes k dispozici...

@tipu curate 4

Jinak doporučuju sledovat trending page, několik ukrajinských Hivers tam pravidelně sdílí updaty jejich aktuální situace. Je to celkem depresivní čtení, ale zas aspoň člověk vidí, jak se tam věci opravdu mají. A ta vlna solidarity v komentech zahřeje u srdce...

Děkuji za tipu, rád to pak předám dále🙏

A díky za tip, kouknu.

Je hezké, že přispíváš na Ukrajinu. Též jsem přispěl, i když mimo Hive.
Něco pro odlehčení. Kašna ve Vlašimi...

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Přispívám i mimo Hive samozřejmě. Jen mi přijde užitečné využít hive i k něčemu užitečnému.

Ta kašna je super, asi dobrá haluz, díky!

Rozhodně, Hive je vynikající k dobrým účelům, protože je odolný proti cenzuře ;)
Těžko říct, kdo s tou kašnou od koho opisoval, třeba vznikly nezávisle na sobě :)

Teď se mi ještě ozvali Reny a Tom (@craftingwithreny), že i oni autorskou odměnu tohoto jejich postu pošlou na pomoc Ukrajině. Takže i tady mohou vaše upvoty udělat dobrý skutek ;) Díky.

Edit: Dnes jsem se přidal i já ;)

https://hive.blog/hive-174578/@phortun/staying-with-ukraine-my-fundraising-post

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