Monument to Prince Volodymyr

Monument to Prince Volodymyr
Monument before the World War I
General information
Type	National Landmark of Monumental Art
Architectural style	pseudo Neo-Byzantine
Location	Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Coordinates	50°27′23″N 30°31′35″E / 50.4564°N 30.5263°E / 50.4564; 30.5263
Opened	1853
Technical details
Material	bronze
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Vasily Demut-Malinovsky

Monument to Prince Volodymyr,^[1] 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 4.4 m (14 ft) tall on a 16 m (52 ft) 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 20.4 m (67 ft).

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

• 
  Park zone around the monument, 2013
• 
  Front view of monument, 2021
• 
  Monument in winter, 2015
• 
  Stamps of Ukraine, 2019
• 
  The monument in protective wrap during the

  Russian invasion of Ukraine

  , 2022
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  Monument sketch, 1894
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  "Christianization of Kyivan Rus'", high relief
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  "Built in 1853" (in Russian), high relief
• 
  "

  Order of St. Vladimir

  ", low relief
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  Depiction of

  Saint Michael

  , low relief
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  Memorial placard "restored in 1953" (in Ukrainian), 1953
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  Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Ukrainian banknotes
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  Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Soviet jubilee coin of 25 

  Rbls
• 
  Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Ukrainian jubilee coin of ₴50

See also

• Christianization of Kievan Rus'
• Monument to Magdeburg Rights, also known as the Saint Volodymyr Lower Monument
• Statue of Saint Volodymyr, London
• Monument to Vladimir the Great (Moscow)

References

External links

• Monument to Prince Volodymyr at the Kyiv e-Encyclopedia