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It is one of the best-known and most beautiful streets in Kiev. Since Kievan Rus times this descent has connected the Upper part of the city with its Lower part (ancient Kiev with Podol district), St. Andrew’s descent was named after disciple Andrew the First Called. According to the legend instead of the Dnepr river there was a sea in ancient times. When St. Andrew came to this land he placed a cross on the tip of the hill and the water went away but part of it remained under St. Andrew’s hill. When on top of this hill St. Andrew’s cathedral was constructed the well was found under the holy table. For this reason St. Andrew’s cathedral doesn’t have bells. The legend says that after the first clam the water will reappear and cover not only Kiev but also the whole left bank area.

In 1711 on an order of the Kiev governor the passage between St. Andrew’s hill and Castle hall was widened so that not only horsemen and pedestrians could pass through it but also carts.

The main building activities took place in 1890-s and at the beginning of the XX–th century. Today the St. Andrew’s descent is a place of manufacturing, exhibition and selling of visual art pieces as well as pieces of folk art. Here you can see plenty of painters, craftsmen and pot makers. They exhibit their works – paintings, jewelry, souvenirs and antiques.

There are also lots of small restaurants and cafes here where you can relax in an atmosphere of the XIX-th century Kiev.

The famous writer, author of such novels as “Master and Margarita” and “White Guard” Michail Bulgakov lived in the house №13. Today there is a Bulgakov museum in this building.

“The museum of one street” is also a place to visit here. It is a unique place where you can see paintings, photographs, sculptures and documents closely connected with the history of this legendary street.