Monument To Prince Volodymyr

It is located on Volodymyrska Hill, the steep right bank of the Dnipro. It is the oldest sculptural monument, a dominating feature of the Dnipro banks, and one of the city's symbols.

Monument to Prince Volodymyr
Monument before the World War I
General information
Type	National Landmark of Monumental Art
Architectural style	pseudo Neo-Byzantine
Location	Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Coordinates	50°27′23″N 30°31′35″E / 50.4564°N 30.5263°E / 50.4564; 30.5263
Opened	1853
Technical details
Material	bronze
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Vasily Demut-Malinovsky

The bronze statue of the Baptizer of the Rus' people, depicting him in a coat with a big cross in his right hand and the Great Prince hat in his left, stands 4.4 m (14 ft) tall on a 16 m (52 ft) tall pedestal that has the silhouette of an octagonal chapel in pseudo-Byzantine style on a square stylobate. The brick pedestal and stylobate are revetted with cast iron plates. The total height of the monument is 20.4 m (67 ft).

Started by Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, the monument was finished by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg in 1853.

The monument is also depicted on Ukrainian karbovanets banknotes issued in 1993 to 1995.

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  Park zone around the monument, 2013
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  Front view of monument, 2021
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  Monument in winter, 2015
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  Stamps of Ukraine, 2019
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  The monument in protective wrap during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022
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  Monument sketch, 1894
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  "Christianization of Kyivan Rus'", high relief
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  "Built in 1853" (in Russian), high relief
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  "Order of St. Vladimir", low relief
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  Depiction of Saint Michael, low relief
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  Memorial placard "restored in 1953" (in Ukrainian), 1953
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  Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Ukrainian banknotes
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  Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Soviet jubilee coin of 25 Rbls
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  Monument to Prince Volodymyr on the Ukrainian jubilee coin of ₴50

• Christianization of Kievan Rus'
• Monument to Magdeburg Rights, also known as the Saint Volodymyr Lower Monument
• Statue of Saint Volodymyr, London
• Monument to Vladimir the Great (Moscow)