National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kiev"
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National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kiev" (Ukrainian: Національний заповідник «Софія Київська», Russian: Национальный заповедник «София Киевская») is the state museum in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, responsible for maintenance and preservation of some of its most precious historic sites.
The museum has the authority over the complex of Saint Sophia Cathedral, the Golden Gate, St. Cyril's Monastery, St Andrew's Church of Kiev in Kiev as well as the Genoese Sudak fortress in Crimea
[edit] History
The creation of the museum in 1934 by the order of the authorities of the Soviet Ukraine at the site of the Saint Sophia Cathedral has likely saved this one of the holiest sites in Eastern Europe from destruction during the Soviet-wide anti-religious campaign of early 1930s. The museum's responsibilities were gradually expanded to other historic locations of Kiev.
In 1994, the sanctuary was accorded its current status of the National museum.
[edit] References
- Sophia of Kiev, official web-site
- Kateryna Shchotkina, "An ordinary date of Sophia", Zerkalo Nedeli (The Mirror Weekly), October 16-22, 2006, in Russian, in Ukrainian.
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