Kiev: from past to present

This year Kiev celebrates 20 years of post-Soviet history. The country's capital is an indicator of how Ukraine, which has always been torn between East and West, has changed and is evolving.




Kiev is a city with a real drive for modernisation. Twenty years after independence it is a mixture of old and new. The imperial look of its palaces, reflecting its Soviet past, and its historical buildings coexist with modern developments, to the point where UNESCO has threatened to take the city's historic sites off the World Heritage List.




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[surrenderordie1965]

I have alot of respect for the Ukraine.Looks like a wonderful city.

[TheCossackmate]

KYIV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Erik20091113]

Noone older than 70 over there, after their psensions were inflated away.

[TheCossackmate]

Find some Ukrainians in your video ...

[MullerPetro]

the only way you can bring ukraine to the west is to dig a river on a russian-ukrainian border and kill those russians that live in ukraine. or you can colonize it like britain did to usa, canada or australia. even though ukrainians want to join eu and nato, too many russians live there with their believes.

[Angsc09]

@TKMSeznam12

But however, there is a lot of trouble-maker like those Nationalists attack everyday it just couldn't even avoid or settle with them especially this year.

[TKMSeznam12]

@bbphnix But atleast the rest of Ukraine isn't a shithole, unlike Romania.....

[bbphnix]

Huh... Kiev's kinda similar in atmosphere to Bucharest; though we have more historic buildings, pre - commie