Ukrainian architecture

After the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', the distinct architectural history continued in the principalities of Galicia-Volhynia and later in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Ukrainian national motifs would eventually be used during the period of the Soviet Union and in modern independent Ukraine.

Major cathedrals often featured scores of small domes, which led some art historians to take this as an indication of the appearance of pre-Christian pagan Slavic temples.

[1] The main styles found on the territory of Ukraine are the Kyiv-Chernihiv, Galician, and Volhynian schools of architecture.

St. Andrew's Church of Kyiv (1747–1754), built by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, is a notable example of Baroque architecture, and its location on top of the Kievan mountain made it a recognizable monument of the city.

An equally notable contribution of Rastrelli was the Mariinskyi Palace, which was built to be a summer residence to Russian Empress Elizabeth.

Russia, winning successive wars over the Ottoman Empire and its vassal Crimean Khanate, eventually annexed the whole south of Ukraine and Crimea.

Examples of neoclassicist architecture of this era include Kachanivka Palace, Mykolaiv Observatory, Transfiguration Monastery in Novhorod-Siverskyi, and Samchyky Manor.

For example, in the Carpathian Mountains and the surrounding foothills, wood and clay are the primary traditional building materials.

Built by architects Sergei Serafimov, S. Kravets and M. Felger, and only in three years it would become the highest structure in Europe, and its unique feature lies in the symmetry which can only be felt at one point, in the centre of the square.

Such was the fate of the House of Projects (presently the Kharkiv University), which again was designed by Serafimov, built to symmetrise the Derzhprom on the square's curvature, it too was a monumental achievement of constructivism.

By this point, the first examples of Stalinist architecture were already showing and in light of the official policy, a new city was to be built on top of the old one.

The surviving pre-war Kyivan constructions include the Building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (presently occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

None of the examples, however, share the fate of Hotel Ukraina that was to top the square as an elegant high-rise built similar to the Moscow's Seven Sisters buildings, was stripped of all decorative features and completed in what could only be described as unattractive style.

[8] An example of modern Ukrainian architecture include the reconstruction of the Maidan Nezalezhnosti in central Kyiv in 2001, based on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square.

The reconstruction was criticized for its usage of pseudohistoric architecture, reducing the size of the public space and the removal of the fountain located on the square.

The main goal of this enterprise is to direct the attention of the mass media and the citizens of the country to the most popular historical and cultural memorials of Ukraine.

that have taken place with the purpose to help discover Ukraine with its irreplaceable scenic sights, an interesting history, and rich recreational opportunities.

It is a second stage of the main project Seven Wonders of Ukraine, which was primarily aimed at historical, cultural, and architectural sightings of the country.

The second stage will identify the main geological objects such as rocks, mountain ridges, caves, lakes, rivers, natural woodlands.