Buildings and Structures
Only a few churches of this monastery have survived over the centuries. One of these is the Collegiate Church of Saint Michael, which was built on behest of Vsevolod I and partly reconstructed between 1766 and 1769 by architect M. I. Yurasov. The Ukrainian baroque structures include the magnificent 5-domed St. George Cathedral, Transfiguration of the Saviour Church and refectory, all dating from 1696-1701. A belltower, commissioned by the Hetman Danylo Apostol, was erected in 1727-33 and built up in 1827-31.
Many distinguished individuals are buried there, including:
- Y. Handzyuk - Commander of the First Ukrainian Corps (1918), exectuted by the Bolsheviks
- Bogdan Khanenko (1848–1917) - collector and patron of the arts, his collection was moved to the Kiev Museum of Art and Industry after his death
- Konstantin Ushinsky (1823–1871) - pedagogue, advocate of teaching in Ukrainian (which was prohibited in the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th century according to the Ems Ukase.)
- Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz (1834–1896) - anatomist famous for his discovery of giant pyramidal motoneurons which are now called Betz cells.
- Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil (1768–1836) - artillery general during the Napoleonic Wars.
Since the late 1990s, the monastery is administered by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate. The Vydubychi Church Choir was among the first choirs in newly-independent Ukraine to reinstate singing of the Divine Liturgy in the Ukrainian language.
Read more about this topic: Vydubychi Monastery
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