Saint Vladimir Monument

The Saint Vladimir Monument is a monument in Kiev, dedicated to the Great Prince of Kiev Vladimir the Great, built in 1853. It is located on Saint Vladimir Hill, the steep right bank of the Dnieper. It is the oldest sculptural monument, a dominating feature of the Dnieper's banks, and one of the city's symbols.

Monument to Prince Volodymyr
Monument before the World War I
General information
TypeNational Landmark of Monumental Art
Architectural stylepseudo Neo-Byzantine
LocationKiev
CountryUkraine
Coordinates50.4564°N 30.5263°E / 50.4564; 30.5263
Opened1853
Technical details
Materialbronze
Design and construction
ArchitectVasily Demut-Malinovsky

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 mentioned in the Russian song about Kiev "Without Podil Kiev is impossible" (Russian: Без Подола Киев невозможен) where it compares the impossibility of the existence of the monument without its cross to the impossibility of Kiev without its central Podil district.

The monument is also depicted on Ukrainian karbovanets banknotes issued in 1993 to 1995.

  • Park zone around the monument, 2013
  • Front view of monument, 2007
  • Monument in winter, 2011
  • Monument at night, 2012
  • Monument sketch, 1894
  • "Christianization of Kievan Rus'", high relief
  • "Built in 1853" (in Russian), high relief
  • "Order of St. Vladimir", low relief
  • Depiction of Saint Michael, low relief
  • Memorial placard (in Ukrainian), 1953
  • Saint Vladimir Monument on the Ukrainian banknotes
  • Saint Vladimir Monument on the Soviet jubilee coin of 25 Soviet rubles
  • Saint Vladimir Monument on the Ukrainian jubilee coin of 50 hryvnias

See also
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