Askold's Grave

Askold's Grave (Аскольдова могила)
National Landmark of History, Local Park-Landmark of Gardening Design
Main entrance to the park
Official name: Park Askold's Grave

Country	Ukraine
Region–City	Kiev

Coordinates	50°26′38″N 30°33′5″E / 50.44389°N 30.55139°E / 50.44389; 30.55139Coordinates: 50°26′38″N 30°33′5″E / 50.44389°N 30.55139°E / 50.44389; 30.55139

For public	open
Easiest access	Parkova Doroha (Park's Road)

Reference No.	260036-N

For the opera, see Askold's Grave (opera)

Park "Askold's Grave" information board

Natural Reserve Fund of Ukraine official placard

Askold's Grave (Ukrainian: Аскольдова могила, Askoldova Mohyla) is a historical park on the steep right bank of the Dnieper River in Kiev. The park is located along the Dnieper right bank between Mariinsky Park and Kiev Pechersk Lavra complex.

Oerview

The park was created by the Soviets in the mid-1930s in place of an old graveyard around the Church of St. Nicholas, which, as the story goes, marks the place where Prince Askold of Kiev was buried in the 9th century.^[1]

In the Middle Ages, Askold's Grave was known as the Uhorske urochishche ("locality", "tract"). According to the Primary Chronicle, it was the place where the Magyars crossed the Dnieper on the way from the Russian steppes to Pannonia. Archeological excavations have revealed a 9th-century dirham hoard and some remains of Izyaslav II's wooden palace. There's a modern stele commemorating the Magyar migration.

Back in the 15th and 16th centuries, Askold's Grave was settled by the Orthodox monks of St. Nicholas's Monastery. Hetman Mazepa had the monastery moved to a nearby hill where a new Baroque penticupolar cathedral was then erected. The existing church of St. Nicholas "Slupsky" is a modest Neoclassical rotunda designed by local architect Andrey Melensky in 1810.

A new golden-domed chapel was built on the bank of the Dnieper in 2000. The style is Ukrainian Baroque revival.^[2] The chapel is dedicated to Saint Andrew Protokletos and belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).^[3]

Points of interest

Landmark of Architecture "St.Nicholas Church"
National Landmark of Archaeology "Uhorske village"
Chapels: St.Andrew, Exaltation of Cross
Memorial burial (rebuilt, partially): Memorial to Holodomor victims, Memorial to Heroes of the Battle of Kruty
Monument to Saint Andrew Protoketos

Lost landmarks

Priest's House
Bell tower
St.Nicholas Hermitage
Necropolis (original)

Gallery

Askold's Grave, a painting of Vasily Shternberg (1837)
St.Nicholas Church sketch by Taras Shevchenko (1846)
St.Nicholas Church (1911, photo)
St.Nicholas Church (2009, photo)
Chapel of Exaltation of Cross
Monument to Saint Andrew Protokletos
Sculpture of Mary the Maiden
Askold's Tomb
St.Andrew's Chapel
Memorial to Holodomor victims with Kiev Pechersk Lavra in the background
Heroes of the Battle of Kruty memorial
Official placard identifying the National Landmark of Archaelogy Uhorske village
Flight of steps down to Dnieper from St.Nicholas Church
One of the Park's trails
Traffic at the entrance (off Parkova Doroha, 2014)
Winter 2013

References

↑ http://www.kievtown.net/rus/sights/askold.htm
↑ http://mesta.kiev.ua/churches/237-cerkov-andreja-pervozvannogo.html
↑ Temple of Saint Andrew Protokletos. Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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