Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

Brief Description: 

Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St Vladimir in 988. The spiritual and intellectual influence of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox thought and the Orthodox faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century.

  Ukraine
Kiev
N50 27 9.288 E30 31 0.696
Date of Inscription: 1990
Minor modification inscribed year: 2005
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Property : 29 ha
Buffer zone: 220 ha
Ref: 527bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org