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Monument in honor of the granting of Magdeburg Law to Kyiv
Full name of the monument :

Monument in honor of the granting of Magdeburg Law to Kyiv

Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
Kyiv, Naberezhna road, 8
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1802 - 1808 роки
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Imperial period from XVIIІ centuries to 1918
The author of the monument is considered to be Kyiv architect Andrii Melenskyi, but there is a version that the author was Kyiv provincial architect Oleksii Eldezin.
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
object(s)
Size :
The height of the monument is 18 meters
Components of the monument :
It is a column of the Tuscan order, crowned by a ball with a cross. The pedestal has three arches on a brick base, above it the column is intercepted by three rusticated arms, and above it is a decorative belt in the form of a column.
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Imperial era
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Kyiv City Council
Institution’s website :
https://kmr.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The Monument to Magdeburg Law in Kyiv (Column of Magdeburg Law, also the Monument to the Baptism of Rus; lower monument to St. Volodymyr) is a monument in honor of the return of Magdeburg Law to Kyiv, located in the historic Khreshchatyk tract. The monument is traditionally considered the oldest existing monument in Kyiv. The monument was erected in honor of the return of Magdeburg Law to the city in 1802, which it first received in the 15th century. Kyivans celebrated this event for three days with illuminations and balls, and later raised 10 thousand rubles for the construction of a chapel and a monument with a fountain.