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The sun rises over St. Stephen's Cathedral, in a photo taken from a room at the InterContinental Kiev. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann

Less than half a mile from St. Stephen's is St. Sophia's Cathedral, seen here in an image taken from its bell tower. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann

St. Andrew's Church, built atop a hill within walking distance of St. Stephen's Cathedral and St. Sophia's Cathedral, is the third point in what a local guide referred to as ''the magic triangle.'' Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann

A statue in Kiev depicts Russian and Ukrainian workers holding the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples. The flag painted on the pedestal is that of modern Ukraine, and the government plans to replace it and nearby Soviet-era statues of friendship with a memorial dedicated to veterans of the present-day Russian-Ukraine War. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann

The Memorial to Holodomor Victims in Kiev commemorates a famine orchestrated by Soviet leader Josef Stalin in 1932-33 to repress a Ukrainian nationalist movement. Records were poorly kept, but an estimated 2.5-7.5 million Ukrainians starved to death in what is now regarded as an act of genocide. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann

A restaurant in Kievan Rus Park, which attempts to recreate the early history of the country. It's decorated in a style inspired by medieval Kiev (the cellphone in the hand of one of the diners not withstanding). Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann