The various architecture storing in its silhouettes many secrets and legends, atmosphere of creativity and freedom reigning here, proceeding from each stone of a paved roadway, – all is Andreevsky descent. If you'd like to know more about this corner of Kiev - just order tour to Kiev and our guides will tell you all facts about it during the tour.
Why Andreevsky descent is named by Andreevsky?
Apostle Andrey is more known as Andrey Pervozvannyj (Pervoprizvannyj, the first pupil of the Christ), followed it till the end of its terrestrial way and became the witness of Revival and Rise owing to what on the apostle has condescended gift to cure, prophesy and bear messages about affairs of the Christ on various adverbs of the world – in honour of it and is named as the most mystical from streets of Kiev.
Legends say that once on a place of the Dnieper river there was a sea, and apostle Andrey had come, and gave up as a bad job one of hills, and water has subsided, the elements have obeyed will of the person. On that place the Andreevsky church and also the unique church in Kiev without a belltower has uplifted the domes. Therefore as if to trust a legend, the first ring of a bell from this dome could clear waters which will flood all Left bank.
During the Kiev tour you could see near to Andreevsky church the monument to Golohvostov and Prone Prokopovna, the characters of the story «For two hares». The Kiev newly-married couple has selected this sculptural composition one of favourite places of celebratory photos and daily here there are wedding bouquets.
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