KYIV: The 1,500-Year-Old Capital You Only Know From the News | 4K Travel Documentary

👇 Everything we curated for this Kyiv episode. Tours, books, cookbooks, cultural resources. Most of the world meets Kyiv only as a name beneath a headline, a present-tense city that seems to have no past. The truth is older than almost everything around it. Kyiv was officially founded in the year 482, and it marked its 1,500th birthday back in 1982. It is older than Moscow by four centuries. A thousand years ago, under Yaroslav the Wise, it held more people than London and raised a cathedral of gold built to rival Constantinople, and those mosaics still glow today. This is the story of one of Europe's oldest capitals, told layer by layer, beneath the skyline you only think you recognize. In this documentary, discover how a Viking trading post on the Dnipro river became the cradle of a whole civilization, and why a city this ancient is so rarely seen for what it truly is. 📚 BROWSE THE KYIV COLLECTION Every book, cookbook, and cultural item we'd recommend for this episode → https://amzn.to/3Qv6NFh 🛍️ SEE OUR FULL W.O.E. STOREFRONT Every destination Collection in one place → https://www.amazon.com/shop/whereonearth 🎟️ TOURS AND EXPERIENCES IN KYIV Walking tours, cathedrals, and day trips around the city → https://shorturl.at/0CiLg Browse all Kyiv experiences → https://shorturl.at/c1jep 📖 PLAN YOUR KYIV TRIP Lonely Planet Ukrainian Phrasebook → https://amzn.to/4gvNAh4 Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine, by Anna Reid → https://amzn.to/4vXXOM0 📚 GO DEEPER INTO KYIV The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy, the NYT-bestselling Harvard historian → https://amzn.to/4wePSGn The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov, the Kyiv-born novelist featured in this episode → https://amzn.to/4vjPqGG 🍲 BRING KYIV HOME Mamushka, by Olia Hercules, winner of the Fortnum and Mason best debut cookbook award → https://amzn.to/4a745fJ Summer Kitchens, by Olia Hercules, recipes and photography from along the Dnieper → https://amzn.to/4ejA2CE Take a breath. Stay a while. 🌍 Every Where on Earth journey, all in one place →    • Where on Earth: 4K Travel Documentary   🔔 Subscribe →    / @whereonearth   This description contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and partner of Viator and GetYourGuide, we earn a small commission on qualifying purchases and bookings at no extra cost to you. This helps support the channel at no extra cost to you. #Kyiv #TravelDocumentary #Documentary #WhereOnEarth #Ukraine #History