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Kiev Pechersk Lavra
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Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra is one of the most famous baroque architecture style and the oldest stone Cathedral built by Petro Mohyla built in 1630/1640. The caves extending for over a kilometre. Visitors must cary candles through complicated labyrinths if they want to see unpriceble churce's relicts. Nonethetless the Lavra structures were ruined in 1240, 1930, 1961, 1941, 1988 it is the oldest (about 11th century) monastery in Kyivan Russia existing nowadays. In 1990 ensemble of the Kyiv-Pechers'k Lavra was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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