Architecture of Kyiv

Ukrainian television, 1988.

A kind of TV tour film dedicated to the historical monuments of the city of Kyiv from wooden architecture to modern buildings.

The film consists of several parts: ‘Roots’, ‘Glory’, ‘Phoenix’, “Palette”, ‘Metropolis’.

The video features: reconstruction of ancient Kyiv, wooden buildings; St Sophia of Kyiv, churches of Kyiv, frescoes and mosaics, history of creation; Golden Gate, Podil, different views; World War II, a fragment of black and white newsreels with Kyiv during the German and Soviet occupations; Khreshchatyk, different angles of the city, everyday life of the city's residents; new residential areas of the city, history of creation, the Left Bank of Kyiv, monuments of the city.

The film is dubbed in Russian. The text is read by Ukrainian theatre actor Viacheslav Slanko.