Khmelnitsky monument

St.Sophia Square and St.Michael's Square

Visiting these two squares is also considered a must for visitors of Kiev.
You can see this impressive monument in front of the state reserve called "St.Sophia Cathedral".
This is the monument to Bohdan Khmelnitsky, the Ukrainian Cossacks' leader in then middle of the 17th century. His Cossacks army was the first to defeat the snobbish Polish army in 1648.
The great Polish Kingdom could not recover from that defeat for dozens of years.
Standing at the foot of this monument dedicat  read more