Show KIEV THE MART AND THE SHRINE OF RUSSIA kiev which became a blittle battle center once mote moie during the role pole bolshevik fighting already lias has changed hands ten tell times in three years with its occupation cu hy by the poles ioles earlier this year mother of russian cities also the jerusalem of russia kiev old aid not live in III the file past anen before its becent kaleidoscopic leido adventures though it was significant a thousand years ngo ago to ghe its name to a three century period of russian history roth both the wall street and the plymouth rok of russia each february found thousands of merchants crowding its fair to contract for merchandise and produce especially beet sugar and other seasons found hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronging its unique shrine the consent of the caves few cities offer such in an agglomeration of the old and the now new kiev lies upon the muddy the ohio river of russia fori formerly carrier of some worth north of freight annually for the people within its basin near its site prince cladi ejr herded his people far wholesale baptism baltim bap tim after lie he had foramen for aken his pagan gods rod end thousand wives nives for christianity russians embraced the new religion with all the fervor with which they had offered human sacrifices to the abandoned idol rerun perun while vladimir held political sway ot at kiev there came a lowly imely monk anthony who took up tip ills his abode in a cave other devout men followed ills his example archaeologist archaeologists since have recognized in those these eaves caves the homes of dwellers of the stone age the caves constitute but one feature of the famous monastery which with its streets of churches cells inns imis and schools Is 1 a I small city in itself among the mummies that formerly lay in open coffins enveloped in costly robes was nas that of nestor the russian herodotus whose chronicles are responsible for the tradition that kiev was founded by three brothers in the ninth century from the cane cae town quarter ot of the city one emerges suddenly into the or trading quarter suggesting a new england factory city with its mills and shops for paper machinery tobacco chemicals and hardware kiev not only was the chief seat of the russian beet sugar trade but also dealt heavily in timber live stock and grain Us recent growth has haq been rapid in 1889 Is had bad less les thin than people and in 1011 more oldest of the better known cities of russia kiev gave russia tier her first christian church first library first christian school an and today it boasts the oldest cathedral of the former empire that of st sophia therein Is the so ko called virgin of the able wall bec because iube the figure resisted the file vandal frenzy of the ta tars when they sina smashed glied other priceless treasures of the church kiev is the seat of goern government ment of the new republic of ukraine it is miles southwest of moscow and miles north of odessa |