Golden Gate

The Golden Gate of Kyiv became the principle gate in the 11^th century fortifications of Kyiv, the capital of Kievan Rus'. It become named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople. The shape become dismantled in the Middle Ages, leaving few vestiges of its life. It become rebuilt completely by using the Soviet government in 1982, even though no snap shots of the original gates have survived. The rebuilt shape at the corner of Volodymyr road and Yaroslaviv Val Street includes a branch of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" museum.

The name Zoloti Vorota is likewise used for a close-by theater and the Zoloti Vorota station of the Kiev Metro. Modern records accepts this gateway as one in all three built with the aid of Yaroslav the Wise. The golden gates had been built in 1017-1024 at approximately the identical time the Saint Sophia Cathedral turned into erected. Mentions of an older production, which include the one offered on a portray with the aid of Jan Matejko of king Boleslaw I of Poland placing the Golden Gate with his sword at some stage in the intervention inside the Kievan succession crisis in 1018, it's miles now appeared a legend.