KYIV SIGHTS
2. The Golden Gate
Gap-fill exercise
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1. The Golden Gate, built in 1037 under Yaroslav the Wise, was the main
construction
entry
fortified
gate
monuments
remains
watchtower
of the Kyivan Rus.
2. The
construction
entry
fortified
gate
monuments
remains
watchtower
of the Golden Gates can be seen at the corner of Volodymyrska and Pidvalna streets.
3. The gate was a complicated
construction
entry
fortified
gate
monuments
remains
watchtower
.. of a stone wall with an entrance arch.
4. On top of the wall was the small Annunciation Church which also served as a
construction
entry
fortified
gate
monuments
remains
watchtower
.
5. The Golden Gate was heavily
construction
entry
fortified
gate
monuments
remains
watchtower
, even Mongol-Tatars hordes could not break through it.
6. In 1648 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi made his triumphant
construction
entry
fortified
gate
monuments
remains
watchtower
through the Golden Gate into Kyiv.
7. Today the Golden Gate is one of the oldest historical
construction
entry
fortified
gate
monuments
remains
watchtower
of Kyiv and Kyivan State.
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