The shining onion-shaped domes of Lavra Monastery identify it from afar as an important center of Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe and are testimony of Kiev’s historic importance. Other musems are less godly, like the Motherland Museum heralded by a gigantic statue. It exhibits items from the Great War and more recent one, the war at its eastern border. The real bummer is the Museum of Corruption, which blows your mind. One of many residences for former president Yanukovych, he burned tax money for the most soulless homes.
Kiev Pechersk Lavra – Kiev Monastery of the Caves 11th century