The Monument to the Founders of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Пам'ятний знак на честь заснування міста Києва, romanized: Pamiatnyi znak na chest zasnuvannia mista Kyieva) is a statue located on the banks of the river Dnipro in Navodnytskyi Park [uk], Kyiv, Ukraine.
[7] The monument depicts siblings Kyi, Shchek, Khoryv, and Lybid, the legendary founders of Kyiv.
[4] To commemorate the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv, a number of construction projects were undertaken, including the building of Ukrainian House, the restoration of the Golden Gate, and the raising of this monument to the city's founders.
[11][a] The monument was constructed with reinforced concrete and covered in copper leaf because the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ordered that nonferrous metals not be used due to financial considerations after the 1980 Summer Olympics.
[15] Designed by sculptor Anatolii Kushch [uk], the monument in Maidan Nezalezhnosti also features Kyi, Shchek, Khoryv, and Lybid', but has a completely different composition.