- Vyshhorod
Infobox City
official_name = Vyshhorod
native_name = Вишгород
image_caption =
image_shield = Vyshg2 s.gif
shield_size = 110px
map_caption = Map ofKiev Oblast (pink) within Ukraine (blue) with Vyshhorod.
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = UKR
subdivision_type1 =Oblast
subdivision_name1 =
subdivision_type2 =Raion
subdivision_name2 =Vyshhorodskyi Raion
leader_title =Mayor
leader_name = Viktor Reshetniak
established_title = Founded
established_date =946
established_title2 = City rights
established_date2 =1968
area_total_km2 = 8.7
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 22,933
population_metro =
population_density_km2 = 2635
timezone = EET
utc_offset = +2
timezone_DST = EEST
utc_offset_DST = +3
latd=50 |latm=35 |lats=0 |latNS=N
longd=30 |longm=30 |longs= 0|longEW=E
elevation_m =
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 07300 — 07304
area_code = +380 4496
website = http://vyshgorod.osp-ua.info
footnotes =Vyshhorod ( _uk. Вишгород) is a city in the
Kiev Oblast (province), in centralUkraine . It is the administrative center of theVyshhorodskyi Raion (district), and is located along theDnieper River upstream from the national capital,Kiev . Population: 22,933 (2001 est.)The earliest historical mention of Vyshgorod, whose name literally translates as "the town upstream", dates as early as
946 , when it was described as the favourite residence ofSaint Olga . Also mentioned in "De Administrando Imperio ", Vyshgorod had been the fortified castle and residence of the monarchs ofKievan Rus on theDnieper from that time until1240 , when the Mongols sacked it. It was there thatVladimir the Great kept aharem of 300 concubines.After the Mongol invasion, the location was not mentioned until 1523 and even then it was documented as a poor village. Vyshgorod grew considerably following the construction of the hydroelectric Kiev power plant and was finally incorporated as a town in 1968. The old town was excavated in 1934-37 and 1947. The most striking find was the basement of the eight-pillared Church of St. Basil, founded by Vladimir the Great and named after his patron saint. As the church was one of the largest in
Kievan Rus , it took twenty years to complete it. Before the Mongol invasion, the church housed the relics of the first East Slavic saints,Boris and Gleb , but their subsequent fate remains a mystery. The ancient cossack military monastery, theMezhyhirskyi Monastery , was located not too far away from the city.ee also
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