The Cabinet has approved the corresponding decision at session on October, 26th.
The restoration of Sofia Kiev will occur under the budgetary program " Reconstruction and restoration of objects of a cultural heritage in the cities of carrying out the championship of Euro-2012.
According to the decision, for performance of works it is planned to spend 1,6 million UAH.
As it is known, to Sofia Kiev was to spend an accomplishment on 1 million 100 thousand grivnas. The Ukrainian-Polish enterprise Ukrpolrestavratsija became the winner of the open auctions on an accomplishment of the territory of reserve.
However 1150000 state UAH which should go on an accomplishment of Sofia Kiev in 2011, haven't come till now to reserve.
During Kiev tour with our company "Tour to Kiev" you'll not only know but see that with your own eyes. The cathedral of Sacred Sofia has been constructed in the XI century. It is located in the centre of Kiev city. 260 sq.m. of mosaics and 3 thousand in sq.m. of frescos have remained and centuries later have reached us. Hardly somewhere it is possible to find a church where there are so much frescos of the XI century in Europe. Round a cathedral there are the monastic structures of the 17 century executed in the architectural style of the Ukrainian baroque. The internal furniture of a cathedral didn't change almost. In the end of the 18the century there was an iconostasis and in the 19th century - pig-iron floor tiles.
Sacred Sofia Kiev is not exhausted well of arts works, to which historians and tourists come to see and admire miracle of the Byzantian and Old Russian architecture. Everyone who crosses a cathedral threshold, the figure in the central to an apse - a figure of praying Sacred Maiden Maria amazes with its size. Height of a mosaic is of 6 meters. The mosaic is made of stone and glass plates of various colors and shades (about 177 shades of different colors). Mosaics on which the Eucharist and Fathers of Church is represented, amaze with its the equation. The central apse and a dome are decorated by the mosaics, cathedral walls are painted by frescos.
Architectural forms and cathedral list form unique unity could be seen also during Kiev tour. Frescos as an embroidery ornament decorate walls, columns, the arches. Among the refined and bright painting it is possible to see the images of Sacred and plots from the Gospel. Unlike other samples of the Byzantian church painting who have reached our times, on some frescos in a cathedral bible themes, and wordly plots - among them portraits of Grand duke Yaroslav's family are not presented.
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