Вся история Киева за 23 минуты

The entire history of Kyiv in 23 minutes—from a hilltop fortress to its modern capital. In 1240, one of Europe's largest cities vanished in a matter of days. But Kyiv rose again and again—on the same hills above the Dnieper. This is the city's complete history: how it grew, burned, was razed almost to the ground, and was reborn each time. This film tells the entire biography of Kyiv, from the first fortresses on the Dnieper hills to the present day. The legend of Kyi, Shchek, and Khoryv, and an Arabic coin proving that money from half the world flowed through these hills. The city's first stone church—the Church of the Tithes—and bricks bearing the personal stamp of Prince Vladimir. Yaroslav the Wise's monumental advance: seventeen-meter ramparts, St. Sophia Cathedral with its golden mosaics, and the Golden Gate, which declared Kyiv equal to Constantinople. Craftsmen's dugouts just steps away from golden domes. How the city's greatness gave rise to civil strife—and led to its terrible devastation by Batu Khan in 1240, with mass graves under the collapsed buildings. Four centuries of Kyiv as a ghost town, when the upper town was overgrown with forest, and life flickered only in Podil. The Pechersk Lavra and the first academy of Eastern Europe. Its rebirth as part of the empire, the Contract Fair, the Great Fire of 1811, after which Podil was reborn in stone. Khreshchatyk, the city's pearl—its destruction in 1941, and its restoration in stone after the war. And modern Kyiv, beneath which lie layers of all previous eras. All historical views of the city are recreated using neural networks trained on historical images—you'll see Kyiv as no one remembers it. If you enjoyed this journey through the centuries, subscribe—it greatly helps the channel. New cities are coming, which we will bring back to life. And in the comments, let me know: which city's story should we show next? #historyofkiev #kyiv #history #kyievanrus #yaroslavmudr #dnipro #cities #documentary