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Photo, Print, Drawing The Golden Gates of Kiev.

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Title

  • The Golden Gates of Kiev.

Summary

  • This view of the Golden Gates of Kiev is from Souvenir of Kiev, an early 20th-century album showing the main sites of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine and at that time one of the most important cities of the Russian Empire. Located on the south side of the city, the gates formed one of three entrance gateways to Kiev constructed in the first half of the 11th century by Yaroslav the Wise. They were a considerable achievement in fortifying Kievan Rus. It has been determined that the structure was a huge tower pierced by three tiers of apertures. Although heavily damaged over the centuries, the ceremonial gateway endured until the mid-17th century. In the 18th century, the remains of the Golden Gates were covered over with earth. Archaeologists led by Kindrat Lokhvytsky rediscovered the ruins in 1832 and uncovered them, and five years later the extremely thick gate walls were strengthened by buttresses and iron rods, which is how they appear here. The 25 views in Souvenir of Kiev are collotypes, made using a chemically-based printing process widely employed before the invention of offset lithography.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1900 to 1920]

Headings

  • -  Ukraine--Kiev
  • -  1832 to 1920
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Gates
  • -  Ruins
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Walls

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photomechanical print : collotype.
  • -  Original resource at: Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.
  • -  Content in German and French and Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Souvenir of Kiev

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669071

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

The Golden Gates of Kiev. Ukraine Kiev, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669071/.

APA citation style:

(1900) The Golden Gates of Kiev. Ukraine Kiev, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669071/.

MLA citation style:

The Golden Gates of Kiev. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669071/>.