Kiev

[September, 2011] Regarding the Cave Monastery in Kiev which I wrote about the other day , once I understood that this complex was started with a cave, and that is why it is called by…

[September, 2011] One of our purposes of this trip to Kiev was to see a ballet performance in the National Opera House. Kiev ballet company used to be one of the top 3 companies in Soviet…

[September, 2011] The Cave Monastery in Kiev (Kiev Pechersk Lavra) was founded in 11th century, but in the Soviet era it was broken, so recently they rebuilt it. So the new golden domes were shining against…

[September, 2011] Do you know who the president of Ukraine is? It is currently Yanukovych, who was the opposition leader when there was an Orange Revolution which was highly thought by Americans and Western Europeans in…

[September, 2011] This was taken in Kiev. This wooden cat was made by people who missed a cat which belonged to a restaurant near by. Not only this one, but there are other 2 statues around…

[September, 2011] This is one of the places our guide took us during the Kiev city tour. It is called the Golden Gate, but it is not gold at all. According to her, when people went…

[September, 2011] The title of this statue is ‘A Rain Drop’. There is a big drop on his face. We found this near the children’s park in Kiev.

[September, 2011] This is a children’s park in Kiev. You can play with these statues made of small tiles which often are seen in typical Japanese public bath. On this Sunday, it was full of families…

[September, 2011] This photo was taken in a park in Kiev. According to the guide, this gathering is for discussing culture, not politics or economy. It seems a part of process for independent Ukraine after Soviet…