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Bradt Kiev City Guide
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With passion and detail, Andrew Evans unveils the city he knows best. Rich with cultural and historical background, Kiev: The Bradt City Guide leads you through the cobbled streets, from ancient ruins and golden-domed churches to modern shops and trendy nightspots. Here too is advice on how to approach the shifting protocols of Ukraine's stately capital.
• The stunning Caves Monastery, the Kievo-Pechersky Lavra
• Walks through Kiev’s historic streets
• Restaurants, hotels and nightlife
• Jewish sites and history
• Handy Ukrainian- and Russian-language guide
• Day trips from Kiev
About this Destination
As the ancient capital of Slavic civilisation, Kiev offers a rare landscape of stateliness alongside the splendour of old-world Europe. Rising from the wooded banks of the Dnepr, each neighbourhood’s unique personality can be discovered, with its flowering chestnuts, Soviet monuments and a hundred golden-domed churches.
Author's Note, by Andrew Evans
Updated 12 April, 2005
There’s never been a better time to visit Kiev! Not only is the city still reeling with the positive energy from Ukraine’s exuberant Orange Revolution, but the whole town is about to host Europe’s biggest party—the Eurovision Song Contest. In anticipation for the big event, and in a show of traditional Ukrainian hospitality, from May and through the summer, visas will not be required for citizens from the European Union, United States or Canada. It’s a great opportunity to come and see Kiev’s famous chestnut blossoms, visit a myriad of gold-domed churches and stroll though the historic streets of this beautiful, ancient city.
Andrew Evans, author of Ukraine: The Bradt Travel Guide, is a postgraduate of Russian and East European Studies from Oxford University. He spent two years living in Ukraine shortly after the country gained its independence. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the study of Ukrainian folk culture, music, dance, art and religion, and writes articles on such subjects. He currently lives in Washington, travelling back to Ukraine regularly.
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