KYIV SAINT-SOPHIA CATHEDRAL CONSTRUCTION
Saint-Sophia Cathedral is the oldest temple in Ukraine, which has been preserved. In Prince Kyiv there was only one church, which had been built earlier — the Church of the Tithe. However, unfortunately, the building erected in 989—996 by Prince Volodymyr Sviatoslavych, has not been preserved. It was ruined by the Mongols of Baty-khan during the seizure of the capital of Kyivan Rus in 1240.
It was long believed by historiographers that Sophia Cathedral was built by Yaroslav the Wise in 1037.
"Yaroslav founded a city — the great Kyiv, which had a Golden Gate. He also founded the Saint-Sophia Cathedral, the wise, metropolitan —"
Unlike the "Tale of Bygone Years," Novgorod chronicle dates the construction of Sophia Cathedral back to 1017. Consideri
