Monument to Prince Volodymyr

{{Short description|1853 monument in Kyiv}}

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| architect = Vasily Demut-Malinovsky

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Monument to Prince Volodymyr,{{cite web | url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1761-2001-%EF#Text | title=Всі документи бази даних "Законодавство України" (станом на 8 липня 2022 р.) }} is a monument in Kyiv, dedicated to the Grand Prince of Kyiv Volodymyr the Great, built in 1853. It is located on Volodymyrska Hill, the steep right bank of the Dnipro. It is the oldest sculptural monument, a dominating feature of the Dnipro banks, and one of the city's symbols.

Description

The bronze statue of the Baptizer of the Rus' people, depicting him in a coat with a big cross in his right hand and the Great Prince hat in his left, stands {{convert|4.4|m|abbr=on}} tall on a {{convert|16|m|abbr=on}} tall pedestal that has the silhouette of an octagonal chapel in pseudo-Byzantine style on a square stylobate. The brick pedestal and stylobate are revetted with cast iron plates. The total height of the monument is {{convert|20.4|m|abbr=on}}.

Started by Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, the monument was finished by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg in 1853.

Legacy

The monument is also depicted on Ukrainian karbovanets banknotes issued in 1993 to 1995.

Gallery

File:Saint Vladimir Monument in Kiev. P1030718-1.jpg|Park zone around the monument, 2013

File:Статуя Владимира Великого в Киеве (2021).jpg|Front view of monument, 2021

File:Пам'ятник Володимиру Великому у Києві.jpg|Monument in winter, 2015

File:Stamp of Ukraine s1751.jpg|Stamps of Ukraine, 2019

File:Saint Vladimir Monument during Russian invasion of Ukraine (03).jpg|The monument in protective wrap during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022

File:KIEV(1894) p162.jpg|Monument sketch, 1894

File:KhRusi.jpg|"Christianization of Kyivan Rus'", high relief

File:2013. Kiev 059.jpg|"Built in 1853" (in Russian), high relief

File:Пам’ятник Володимиру Великому (постамент).JPG|"Order of St. Vladimir", low relief

File:2013. Kiev 062.jpg|Depiction of Saint Michael, low relief

File:Monument to Volodymyr the Great in Kyiv, detail 2.JPG|Memorial placard "restored in 1953" (in Ukrainian)

File:UkraineP99a-500000Karbovantsiv-1994-donatedao f.jpg|Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Ukrainian banknotes

File:RR3415-0001R Хр.Русі.jpg|Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Soviet jubilee coin of 25 Rbls

File:50 UAH Varfolomey A.jpg|Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Ukrainian jubilee coin of ₴50

See also

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