1. Saint Sophia 's is a azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship treasure of Ukraine.
2. St. Sophia 's Cathedral is the Kyiv's oldest surviving azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship . Today it is a museum.
3. The exhibits of the azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship include models of ancient Kyivan Rus' towns.
4. Saint Sophia's is the azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship of many visitors' stay in Kyiv.
5. The azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship 13-domed church was named after the Constantinople's Saint Sophia's.
6. St. Sophia's Cathedral was built in 1037 during the azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship of Yaroslav the Wise.
7. It was built to commemorate the azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship over the Pechenegs and to glorify Christianity.
8. azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship has it that this was the site where Yaroslav the Wise defeated the hordes of Pechenegs.
9. The azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship is 37 meters long, 35 meters wide and 29 meters high.
10. Bell Tower is the four storeyed, azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship and white structure, 16 metres high. It was built in 1752.
11. In 1707 the Cathedral was rebuilt in the style of Ukrainian azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship /sky-blue and white colours/.
12. Saint Sophia's became a holy place of azurebaroqueCathedralchurchhighlightLegendmajesticmuseumnationalreignvictoryworship for ancient Kyivites.