Former Mezhyhirya Monastery

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The Mezhyhirskyi Monastery (Ukrainian: Межигірський монастир) was a historic Cossack monastery located near the city of Vyshhorod in Kiev Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The complex was situated in the Mezhyhirya ravine, on the right bank of the Dnieper River (Dnipro).

Founded in 988 AD, the Mezhyhirskyi Monastery was one of the first monasteries established in the East Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. Throughout its existence, it was destroyed, and then restored numerous times, yet it was not spared destruction by Soviet authorities in 1935. At its height, the Mezhyhirskyi Monastery was considered a spiritual center of the Cossacks.

As an important monastery of the Zaporozhian Host, the monastery left a rich legacy behind it. It was mentioned in one of Taras Shevchenko's poems, "Chernets," written in 1847, and was the subject of a drawing by him. Nikolai Gogol's novel, "Taras Bulba," published in 1835, also mentions the monastery.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezhyhirskyi_Monastery
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Coordinates:   50°37'11"N   30°28'21"E

Comments

  • may be 'cause it is not in english (and this is english page)
  • There’s no monastery here any more, it is the residence of current president Yanukovych.
  • http://wikimapia.org/21860782/Ukrainian-president-resedence-of-V-Yanukovich
  • mine official residence
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