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Pessimism - is a luxury that Jews can not afford.
Golda Meir
Century-long history of Kyiv is inseparable from the history of Jewish community, which origin dates back to the pre-Christian Rus times. Prominent Jewish manufacturers and merchants, engineers and lawyers, penmen and artists worked here. Future political leaders of Israel – Golda Meir and Yefraim Katsir –were born in Kyiv. The famous writer Sholem Aleikhem lived and worked in Kyiv. During our tour you will have a chance to visit synagogue and Babiy Yar – the place of mass execution of the Jews in the World War II.
The excursion "Jewish Kiev" is for you if you want to know:
• when the Central Kiev Synagogue was built?
• why the shooting of Jews was started at Babi Yar?
• who was the chief Maecenas of Kiev?
• where Golda Meir was born?
• Why Podil is called "small Odessa"?
• why it was forbidden for Jews to trade in the Jewish market?
• how many Jewish pogroms were in Kiev?
Objects: Central synagogue, Sholem Aleikhem monument, memorial Babiy yar, Golda Meir house. (List of objects and excursion route could be changed depending on a traffic situation and churches operating mode.)
Dress code: casual
Our tourists photos you can find in our photo gallery.
Type |
Duration |
1-3 pax |
4-5 pax |
6 and more |
car/bus |
4 hours |
5600 UAH |
7800 UAH |
req. |
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