17 bank robberies for the previous 6 months

For the previous 6 months there were 17 bank robberies in Ukraine, 7 of them detected, said deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Volodymyr Yevdokymov at the press conference in Kyiv. 

Moreover he said that for the years of independence there were 164 bank robberies where 7 officers and 11 cash messengers were injured. 

According to Yevdokymov, one of the main reasons of robberies in the banking branches is the unsatisfactory level of the security and technical equipment.

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Weekend in Kiev

If you have a family and its summer weekend is going to be perfect. Becouse you have lots of atractions to do.

First of all everywhere is green, you can go for a picnic to any where. When i was living in istanbul if  you want to have picnic you must drive min 1 hour away.but in kiev only few minutes walk :)

So we are always out with the family. This weekend we have been to the ZOO :)

Oh my god everybody was there it was too crowded. Entrance is 15 hrv(3,13 usd) its not well organised but you can see lots of animals there.

Lots of toys for kids also lots of parks.

There is a train tour also existing in. 

The elephant was the biggest i have ever seen :)

So we enjoyed at the zoo. It s also good for children. Now i have to plan for next weekend...

Time Line History of Kiev

• 482 Archaeologists tell that there were people living in the Kiev area as far back as 20,000 years ago. According to the chronicles the city was founded in 482 by the brothers Kiy, Schchek, Khoriv and their sister Lybed. The city name came from the eldest brother Kiy. The successors of Kiy were in control of the city until the 9th century.

• 860 Military campaign by Prince Askold of Kiev against Byzantium, Christening of Askold.

• 882 882-912. The Varangian Prince Oleg arrived from Novgorad to rule and turn the city into a large state connected with the lands of Novgorod, after killing the rulers of the city, Askold and Dir. Olegs words about Kiev became proverbial "Here will be the mother of Rus cities." This was the beginning of the Kievan Rus' state which lasted until the year 1240 when the Mongols (Tatars) invaded. Oleg also was entrusted by Rurik to look after his son Igor (Ingvar) who became Olegs successor.

• 912 Death of Prince Oleg. Chronicles tell of a legendary story that a profit told Oleg he would die from falling off his favourite horse. Oleg decided never to ride his prized horse again. When the horse died, Oleg laughed and stepped on the horses skull. A snake emerged from the skull and bit Oleg on the leg, killing him.

• 945 Igor Rurikovich gets killed by the Drevlianians a tribe that inhabited the forests north west of the city. After the death of Igor Rurikovich, his wife Princess Olga takes rule from 945 to 969 as regent for her son Sviatoslav 1. Princess Olga was the first ruler to convert to Christianity. She tried hard to spread Christianity, but failed to convert her son Sviatoslav 1. It was left to the illegitimate son named Vladimir Sviatoslavich to make Christianity the lasting state religion.

• 972 972-980. Prince Yaropolk the son of Sviatoslav 1, ruled. However after the death of Sviatoslav 1, civil war broke out between the brothers.

• 980 980-1015. Prince Vladimir Sviatoslavich the illegitimate son of Sviatoslav 1, takes to the throne after defeating his brother, Yaropolk. This was a time of great change.

• 1019 1019-1054. Yaroslav the wise came to rule.

• 1036 In the first half of the century, the nomadic Pecheneg tribe began to attack the Ukrainian populace living in the border regions of the Ukrainian state of Kievan Rus'. During the year 1036, the Pechenegs approached Kyiv itself, stopping just before the city ramparts. Yaroslav the Wise, was extremely distressed at seeing this enemy encampment just outside his great city. Knowing it would not be an easy task to rout the Pechenegs, it is said that he prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, promising her that he would build a church in her honour if he obtained victory in the difficult battle ahead. There was indeed a fierce battle for possession of the city of Kyiv but, though the military might of the Pechenegs was great, King Yaroslav inflicted a devastating blow upon the army of the Pechenegs and virtually drove them off Ukrainian soil.

• 1037 After the war of the previous year, Yaroslav The Wise ordered the construction of the magnificent Cathedral of Saint Sophia on the spot where the decisive battle took place. He also ordered the construction of the metropolitan church, the Monastery of Saint George and the Convent of Saint Irene.
  

• 1051 Foundation of the Pechersk Lavra (Cave Monastery).

• 1113 1113-1125. Vladimir Monomakh comes to rule.
  

• 1125 1125-1132. Mstislav The Great comes to rule.
  

• 1155 1155-1157. Yuri Dolgoruky comes to rule.
  

• 1240 Capture of the city by Batu Khans horde, the Tatars (Mongols). The siege lasted for several weeks and finally their efforts destroyed the fortifications near the Lysadskiy Gate. (Situated at the present day Independence Square.) From inside the city Batu Khans horde also destroyed the heavily fortified entrance of The Golden Gate. Desiatinnaya Cathedral gets destroyed on December 6th.

• 1362 Annexation of Kiev to Lithuania.
  

• 1482 Khan Mengly-Gyrei sacks Kiev.
  

• 1569 Lublin Union, Kiev comes under Polish rule.
  

• 1614 1614-1622 Hetmanship of Piotr Konashevich-Sagaydachny.
  

• 1648 1648-1657 Hetmanship of Bohdan Khmel'nitsky.

• 1651 Invaded by the Polish Lithuanian army.

• 1654 Kozak leader Bogdan Khmel'nitsky turns to Tsar Aleksei of Russia (Muscovy) for help to defeat the Polish army.

• 1687 1687-1689 Hetmanship of Ivan Mazepa.
  

• 1695 First detailed plan of Kiev.
  

• 1731 Construction of the The Great Bell Tower in the Pechersk Lavra begins.
  

• 1745 Construction of the The Great Bell Tower in the Pechersk Lavra completed.
  

• 1781 1781-1788. Activity of the first bank in Kiev.

• 1782 The image of the Archangel Michael is chosen as the coat of arms for the city.
  

• 1793 Transfer of the right bank Ukraine from Poland to the Russian Empire.
  

• 1814 March 9th, the birth of Taras Shevchenko.

• 1834 Liquidation of the Magdeberg Right in Kiev.
  

• 1839 Creation of the A.V. Fomin Botanical Gardens.
  

• 1845 1845-1847 Activity of the brotherhood of Cyril and Methodius.
  

• 1853 Opening of the first permanent bridge over the Dnipro. Also the unveiling of the Monument To Saint Vladimir.
  

• 1861 Death of Taras Shevchenko.
  

• 1870 Beginning of railway communication in Kiev.
  

• 1888 Celebration of the 900th anniversary of the christening of Rus. The unveiling of the Monument to Bogdan Khmel'nitsky.
  

• 1889 Opening of the Taras Shevchenko Park. in Kiev.
  

• 1892 The cities first tram system.
  

• 1897 The cities first car.
  

• 1908 Creation of the "Ukrainian Club" a union of national intellectuals headed by composer Nikolai Lysenko.
  

• 1910 First flight by aviator Sergey Utochkin over Kiev.
  

• 1911 Murder of prime minister Piotr Stolypin in Kiev.
  

• 1913 All Russian industry exhibition and the first all Russian Olympiad in Kiev.
  

• 1917 Tsarist empire was overthrown and Mikhail Grushevsky is voted as the president of the Ukrainian Central Council (UCC) The UCC held power from 1917 to 1918.
  

• 1918 During January the first Ukrainian banknotes were issued.
  

• 1919 During February soviet troops entered Kiev and in December Soviet power is established.
  

• 1920 During May to June, Kiev was temporarily under the occupation off Poland. Kiev became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  

• 1922 The inclusion of the Ukrainian Socialist Republic (UkSSR) into the USSR.
  

• 1927 The annexing of left bank territories to Kiev.
  

• 1932 The foundation of the Kiev region.
  

• During 1932-1933 over seven million Ukrainians perished in a forced famine by the Kremlin. This holocaust was meant to force collectivization and destroy any independent national consciousness. It turned Ukraine into a mass graveyard. Before Ukraine declared independence this crime against humanity was never officially recognized. The genocide was denied, its perpetrators never punished.
  

• 1934 The transfer of the UkSSR from Kharkov back to Kiev.
  

• 1941 1941-1943. Germany invades Kiev and take up occupation for 2 years, making 80 percent of the city folk homeless. November 3rd the Dormition Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra gets blown up.
  

• 1943 November 6th, Red army moves into Kiev to liberate the city.
  

• 1960 Opening of the first Metro line.
  

• 1961 Hotel Ukraina opens.
  

• 1964 Hotel Dnipro opens.
  

• 1965 Presentation of the Golden Star to the Hero City Kiev.
  

• 1980 Olympic football tournament in Kiev.

• 1982 The 1500th anniversary celebration of Kiev, which was founded in year 482.
  

• 1986 April 26th, 1986. Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Many of the fire fighters that travelled from Kiev to the disaster site got killed from radiation exposure. The radiation level found today is minimal compared to 1986 and so there is nothing really to worry about. The reactor site is approximately 60 miles north of Kiev.

• 1988 Celebration of the 1000th Anniversary of the christening of Rus.
  

• 1989 The fall of communism.
  

• 1990 On July 6th Ukraine gets proclamation of being a sovereign state. Raising of the national flag in front of the Kiev City Council building.
  

• 1991 On August 24th, Ukraine has independence and on December the 1st an all Ukrainian referendum expresses a 93 percent support for independence. First presidential elections lead to Leonid Makatovich Kravchuk being voted as the first president of Ukraine.
  

• 1992 The adoption of new state symbols.
  

• 1994 On July 10th, 1994, Leonid Kuchma, former director of the world's biggest rocket plant, defeated Leonid Makatovich Kravchuk to become the second President of independent Ukraine.
  

• 1995 Archangel Michael once again becomes the symbol of Kiev.
  

• 1996 Introduction of the Ukrainian national currency - Hryvnia (UAH). June 26th sees the introduction of the current constitution of Ukraine.
  

• 1997 1997-2000 sees the reconstruction of Mikhaylovsky Gold Domed Monastery.
  

• 1998 During the period of 1998 to 2000 the Dormition Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra (Cave Monastery) was rebuilt.
  

• 1999 During the month of May there was an election for the first Mayor of Kiev.
  

• 2000 The city is visited by Bill Clinton, President of the United States. On June 5th Bill Clinton lays a reef to honour those who lost their lives during the forced famine of 1932-1933. Reconstruction completion of the Dormition Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra (Cave Monastery) and Mikhaylovsky Gold Domed Monastery.
  

• 2001 During 2001 Kiev was visited by Pope John Paul who met Kievans at the National Philharmonic Building. On August the 24th. Kiev celebrated 10 years of independence.
  

• 2004 Ruslana wins the Eurovision song contest for Ukraine and during Kiev City Days, she performs live on a stage in European Square.
  

• Elections of Viktor Yanukovich and Viktor Yuschenko.
  

• 2005 In May Ukraine allows visa free travel for countries of the European Union and United States for up to a 90 day stay. Also the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Kiev.
  

• On the 22nd November President Yuschenko Celebrates 1 year of The Orange Revolution.
  

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Prices in Kiev

Before ı come to Kiev I was wondering about the prices. Now ı know :) Nowadays some friends are saying Kiev is an expensive city? Agree or not. Depends on your income. Let me write down some prices. No comment.

1. Hotel room 100 Euro (only 3 stars)
   
2. Renting a flat for one month starting from 500 usd (only one room and avarage standarts)
3. Electric,water,gas bills max.50 usd/month
4. Standart bread 0,40 usd
5. Benzin is always increasing.Today 95 octan normal benzin=1,34 usd.
6. Cigarettes avarage 1 usd. Thank God ı dont smoke !
7. Metro is the cheapest in the world. Only 10 cents.
8. Minibus depends on the distance but max 40 cents
9. Fanta 2 lt = 1,2 usd.
10. Patotoes: 75 cent
    
11. Tomato: 3 usd
12. Milk:1 usd
13. Mc Donalds Fish Mac menu= 4,5 usd
14. 35 cm pizza 6,25 usd
15. Motorway free of charge.
16. Having a picnic in the forrest free of charge.
17. Passing the bridge through the river free of charge
18. Calling your friends on the same gsm operator Free of charge !

Let me know your comments.

Have a nice weekend.

10 reasons of this blog

Why is this blog?

Becouse;

• I did not find enough info before ı come to Kiev.
• I want to inform people about this city.
• There is no enough blog/website for foreigners.
• Excisting sites give general info.
• I can contact people through here
• I like getting info about different cultures.
• I want to invite people to Kiev.
• I like writing
• I like Kiev.
• You must see Kiev at least once in your life.