Description of the attraction
The Vydubitsky monastery was built in the 70s of the 11th century during the reign of Prince Vsevolod Yaroslavich, the son of Yaroslav the Wise, as a family monastery. The name of the tract is associated with a legend that tells about the order of Prince Vladimir at the time of the baptism of Russia to throw all the pagan wooden idols of Perun and other gods into the Dnieper. The people of Kiev, devoted to the ancient faith, ran along the river and called upon the gods to appear and swim out, shouting "Perun, blow out!" The place where the idols finally swam ashore was called Vydubychi.
The architectural ensemble of the monastery consists of the Church of the Archangel Michael (1070-1769), the Church of St. George (1696-1701) and the Church of the Savior (1696-1791), built in the Ukrainian Baroque style, and the refectory.
Only a few of the monastery's churches have survived centuries. One of them is the Church of the Archangel Michael, built under Vsevolod and partially reconstructed in 1769.
At the monastery there is a necropolis where many outstanding scientists, arts and public figures, mainly of the 19th century, are buried. Lelyavsky, Ushinsky, Afanasyev, Bets, etc. are buried here. Taras Shevchenko dreamed of being buried here, but he was a disgraced poet, so the city authorities did not allow him to be buried within the boundaries of Kiev and in its environs.
