Postcard made in the Soviet Union with the monument of Saint Vladimir. The Saint Vladimir Monument is a monument in Kyiv, dedicated to the Grand Prince of Kyiv Vladimir The Great. Built in 1853. It is located on Saint Vladimir Hill, the steep right bank of the Dnieper.
It is the oldest sculptural monument, a dominating feature of the Dnieper’s banks, and one of the city’s symbols.
The bronze statue of the Baptizer of the Rus’ people, depicting him in a coat with a big cross in his right hand and the Great Prince hat in his left, stands 4.4 m (14 ft) tall on a 16 m (52 ft) tall pedestal that has the silhouette of an octagonal chapel in pseudo-Byzantine style on a square stylobate. The brick pedestal and stylobate are revetted with cast iron plates. The total height of the monument is 20.4 m (67 ft). Started by Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, the monument was finished by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg in 1853.