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Kiev (or Kyiv in Ukrainian pronunciation) is one of the most remarkable cities in the former Soviet Union. Full of green parks and gardens, gold church caps between an ancient city creates a comfortable atmosphere to visit. Kiev is full of sightseeing, its history counts over 1500 years and this city is considered to be a cradle of Russian, Belorussian and Ukrainian culture. One can only imagine what Kiev would have become
if not for the invasion in 1240 by the roaming Mongol Tatars led
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Lyadski Gate, located at the present site of Independence Square,
was not quite as strong, as this is where the plunderers eventually
broke through. Of over 8000 homes and buildings, only two structures
were left standing. Of 50,000 people, only one thousand people escaped
with their lives. Crafts, traditions, chronicles, art, buildings,
all were lost. The great Kyivan Rus dynasty ceased to exist. The Mongols
held Kiev for the next 80 years before they just "roamed "away. |
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Only several centuries later did life come back to the central part of today's Kiev. During the first half of this century again Kiev's historic architecture, treasures, art, spacious boulevards lined of chestnut and linden trees would suffer at the hands of the Bolsheviks, Nazis and Soviets. The Germans destroyed 40% of the city during their occupation, but it was the retreating Soviets who destroyed much of Khreshchatyk Street (the "main street of Kyiv") and blew up the Dormition Cathedral. With the fall of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's declaration of independence in 1991, changes are taking place at an amazing pace. Statues of communist heroes have been toppled; streets, squares and avenues are being renamed. There you can find a unique outdoor museum of Ukrainian architecture, which occupies many acres. You can watch a National opera or ballet, or perhaps go down into underground caves in Lavra Orthodoxal monastery, with a candle in your palms... Kiev looks great in May in chestnut blossom time or in October when leaves turn colors. |
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Kreschatyk
street at nights looks marvelous! On weekends the entire traffic is
rerouted turning over the area to pedestrians and street shows. Mimes,
clowns and street actors make the public laugh and have fun. Young
people make dates at nearby Kreshchatyk metro ( underground) station
and restaurants. In the center of the city you can visit many ethnic
restaurants, such as Ukrainian, Irish, Mexican, Thai, American, Chinese
and others. In the Nezalezhnosti square underground cross you can
find Ukrainian alternative to McDonalds- fast food restaurant "
Shvydko" where you will find vareniki stuffed with mushrooms,
mashed potatoes, Russian and Ukrainian salads and Ukrainian beer.
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As you can see, we are witnessing a great time in Kiev's and in Ukraine's history. The re-birth of a nation before our very eyes. Maybe this is one of the reasons why I strongly urge everyman who is considering this wonderful pursuit of his own dreambride, to include Kiev in your plans. The cleanest and safest of all the larger FSU cities I have seen, things are much cheaper here than in Moscow or St. Petersburg. No traffic problems, easy to get around the city, the dollar goes a lot further, many wonderful things to see and do and a LOT of sincere, beautiful women live here. |
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Our services:
In Kiev, we at FirstDream have some 15 to 20 nice flats within 10 minutes
walk of the city center, Khreshchatyk Street, and two flats ON Khreshchatyk!
Our flats are safe, secure and clean.
Due to the volume of business we do with the local Kiev newspaper, we receive deep discount's and are able to publish well placed and circulated personal ads for our clients. With many of our clients we run ads a few weeks before there arrival and are able to give them a large stack of letters from ladies who have written them as we pick them up from the airport. We help a lot of men meet a lot of nice ladies every week in Kiev. Pick up and deliver to the International and local airport as well as the train station and bus terminals. We can register your passport and have back to you with-in two hours in most cases. Interpreting, sightseeing, drivers, guides, escorting to select marriage agency, booking of restaurants, tickets for ballet and opera, acquiring telephone cards and many other things.
Some of our clients have their ladies come to Kiev and meet them and we will meet these ladies as they arrive (usually by train early in the morning before he arrives) and we escort her to your flat. There the ladies rest and re-freshen and we go by and pick her up on the way to pick up the man at the airport. We take our job of taking care of our clients quite serious. We try to save our clients money and always negotiate the best bargains from taxi's and gypsy taxi's (who often try to charge Westerners twice the normal rate). We check the correctness of your bills in restaurants and/or other public places. We will instruct you on how to use the telephone cards and helping you to get the best telephone card for your needs often allowing you the chance to call home at savings of 60 to 75%. Locations of Internet cafes and how to use them and ATM's that pass out dollars, not Hryvnia's (the Ukraine currency).
I know the secret to any successful company is its people. In Kiev, as in the other cites we provide services, I have surrounded myself with wonderful, trusted people.
Apartments in Kiev
We must confess that prices in Kiev hotels for foreigners are equal to the same prices in 5 stars hotels in USA, but the service is not equal.As you can mention searching the hotels, the hotel prices are pretty high. The same as in as all over Ukraine and Russia is accepted they have set some difference between prices set for residents and foreigners. Last have pay more, unfortunately.
There are several links you can check up the prices in the hotels:
Hotels in Kiev and more in Ukraine
President
hotel
Salut hotel
Dnipro hotel
See other links to Kiev history and traveling, as its weather, airplanes
table-time etc.