Abstract

Kyiv is ancient city with a unique history. A huge role in its development the temples have played [19]. Down to ХХ of century they influ-enced formation of city structure, appearance of building, general impression from urban en-vironment and life of the population. In ХХ century the most part of temples was destroyed, the ancient town-planning structure is destroyed too [3]. But the historical past con-tinues to influence life of modern Kyiv today. In a history of Kyiv it is possible to allocate three periods, which differently formed a reli-gious situation in life of the city and process of temples construction. The period Kyivan Rus was characterized by intensive town-planning activity and construction of temples. In the Polish-Lithuanian period the building activity was less active. During conquest by the Russian empire the active construction of temples has brought new styles and types of temples into Kyiv [12, 13]. Generally such different history of Kyiv has resulted in formation of specific types of sacral objects and urban environment, in which they located down. In the combination with the pe-culiarities of natural environment, rich events of the past have created that unique look of Kyiv, which many contemporaries admired with [2].

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