Рассказ о софийском соборе на английском
УКРАИНА И УКРАИНЦЫ
ST SOPHIA’S CATHEDRAL
It’s just a short walk from Golden Gate to kiev’s oldest surviving church, St. sophia’s Cathedral. Begin walking down the street Zolotovorotskaja directly across from the entrance to the Golden Gate. Keep to the right at the end of this short street and you will come into Vladimirskaya Street. The entrance to St sophia’s is just a few steps to your left through the Southern Gate Tower.
Today, the complex of building and churches that make up St sophia’s is a museum. In addition to the cathedral, exhibits include models of ancient Kievan-Rus towns as well as local archaelogical discoveries.
St sophia’s is the highlight of many visitors’ stay in Kiev. This majestic 13-domed church was named after the famous St sophia’s Cathedral located in Constantinople. («Sophia» in Greek means «wisdom»). The Cathedral was built in 1037 by Prince Yaroslav the Wise to commemorate the victory over the Pechenegs and to glorify Christianity. The church became a holy place of worship for ancient Kievites as well as a major cultural and political centre in Kievan Rus. It was often used to receive foreign diplomats and negotiate treaties. The Christian school for rich people’s children and the first Kievan-Rus library founded by Yaroslav the Wise were situated here. St sophia’s made a huge impression on the ordinary citizens of Kiev in that era, with its rich фрески and mosaics, many of which are still intact almost a millennium later. St sophia’s is a national treasure of Ukraine.
Behind the Cathedral on your right there is the four-storey azure and white, stone Bell Tower (1744-1752). The Ukrainian Baroque золочеными cupola of the tower were added in 1852.
On your left there is the 18th century Refectory. It’s now a museum and houses archaeological and architectural displays. Model panoramas of the city in the 10th-12th centuries depict Kiev before it was razed by Mongol-Tatar invaders in 1240.
1. Where is St. sophia’s Cathedral situated?
2. What is it today?
3. Who built this Cathedral?
4. How was it used in ancient times?
5. What is there behind the Cathedral?
6. What is there on the left from the Cathedral?
Это просто короткая прогулка от Золотых ворот совсем недалеко до старейшего киевского храма, Софийского собора. Идите по улице Золотоворотською через вход Золотых ворот. Придерживайтесь правой стороны в конце этой короткой улочки, и вы выйдете на улицу Владимирскую. Вход в Софийский собор находится в нескольких шагах слева через южную башню Золотых ворот.
За собором, справа от вас, поднимается окрашена в голубой и белый цвета каменная колокольня высотой с 4-этажный дом, построенный в 1744-1752 гг. Позолоченный купол колокольни в стиле украинского барокко был достроен в 1852 г.
