Museum St. Andrew - Tour to Kiev

St.Andrew church is called a "swan-song" of an outstanding master of architecture Bartolomew Rastrelli. It mountains on one of the slopes of Starokievskaya hill.

There is a marvellous view to Dniper and sightseeings around from its terrace. The church was built by order of Russian empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The project was made up by B.Rastrelli in 1748, the building works were done under guidence of a Moscow architect Ivan Michurin. Many specialists of Sanct-Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev took an active part in building the church thus, St.Andrew's church is a result of hard creative work of Russian and Ukrainian masters. The church has been reconstructed many times. after building it, the church was fallen into oblivien and got desolated as tsar's court stop taking interest in Kiev after Elizabeth's death. The temple was blessed in 1767. In XIX the upper part of the church was renewed that disfugured its original shape of dome and lost of its decoration. The church was having such look by 70th of XIX. The works on maintaining of church foundation and reconstruction of the fountain, interior, preservation of paintings and carving. In 1970, by order of Sophia State Preserve, the photocopies of Rasstrelli's drafts of St.Andrew Church were delivered from Museum Albertina of Vienna. According to these drafts, the restorers of Kiev (by project of architect V.Korneeva) reconstructed the original dome shape and this wonderful monument of Russian and Ukrainian architecture was returned its original look in 1978, as it had been seen by Rastrelli.

St.Andrew church is one of the most splendid buildings done in baroque style which was spread in Russian and Ukrainian architectural art in the end of XVII-middle of XVIII century. It had been borrowed originally from the west but was influenced much by local masters and got in the end some national features.

Baroque is characterised with some magnificence, luxury and showiness of style, rich decoration and colourful wall paint, much gilt. St.Andrew church has all these features.

Its decor has some sculpture - heads of cherubs, figures of angels, three-figured image of "Crucifixation", completing altar. B.Rasstrelli was in run of the project and interior works particularly. All the painting represents religious scenes, however, it also presents some pictures of high life which are characterised with showy poses, images of smart clothes, details from everyday life, landscapes and still life, just according to baroque style. The painting is harmoniously combined with sculpture, carving and architectural shapes. In whole, the interior of the church is bright, elegant, jovial - it produces an impression of a luxury palace hall. In 1968, St.Andrew church was declared a museum.

Museums

Water Museum Kiev-Pechersk Monastery Lavra National Music Academy of Ukraine. P. Tchaikovsky Museum of eminent Ukrainian culture - Lesia Ukrainka Michael Staryts The National Museum of the History of Ukraine National Art Museum of Ukraine National Museum of Literature in Ukraine Observatory museum Kiev memorial house-museum of Mikhail Bulgakov Circus museum Museum of Miniatures Paleontological museum Museum of sewage of Kiev Ivan Honchar Museum Toy museum Pedagogical Museum of Ukraine Museum of history of toilet A museum of history of cars is in details Kiev Museum of Wax Figures

Kiev Museum of Pushkin State Museum of books and printing of Ukraine The State Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art Golden gate, museum, branch of the National preserve Sofia Kievan Pharmacy-museum Museum of Sports Glory of Ukraine Aviation museum Museum of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Museum of hetmanship Museum of Russian Art Mamaeva Sloboda, ethno-Center National Museum of Natural History Kiev fortress, Hospital stronghold Historical and Memorial Museum of Grushevsky Museum of history of Kiev Bogdan and Varvara Khanennko museum of arts (Easten and western arts museum) Museum Chernobyl National architecture and life museum «Pirogovo» Taras Shevchenko museum

One Street Museum The memorial complex "The National Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Medicine museum "Art Arsenal, the museum complex of culture and art The Central State Archive of Literature and Arts of Ukraine National Reserve "Sophia of Kyivskaya" State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Ancient Kiev" Kiev Literary-Memorial Museum-Apartment Tychina Museum St. Andrew Museum Cyril Church - architectural monument of XII century. " Kiev literary-memorial museum of Maxim Rylskogo Kyiv Childrens Art Gallery Literary and Memorial House-Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kiev Maria Zankovetskaya Memorial Museum Museum of Historical Treasure of Ukraine (The National Museum of History of Ukraine branch) State Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Art Museum of Beekeeping P.Kavaleridze Museum-Workshop Museum of Culture Heritage