Simon Petliura Simon Petliura is a political and military leader. Born in Poltava in a philistine family. In 1895-1901 studied at the Poltava Theological Seminary, from which he was expelled because of the "Mazepa" spirit. 1900. Simon Petlyura began his political career, joining the ranks of the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party. At the beginning of the Ukrainian revolution in June 1917 he was elected to the Central Rada and the first Ukrainian government as Secretary General for Military Affairs. The choice fell on Simon Petlyura because his understanding of military affairs was combined with deep Ukrainian patriotism, perseverance and selflessness. The institution, headed by Simon Petlyura, was located in Kyiv on ul. Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 11 (then Fundukleevskaya). It was there that the figure was engaged in the creation of the Ukrainian army. He managed to organize the Gaidamak kish of Sloboda Ukraine, which in January-February 1918 played a decisive role in the battles with the Bolsheviks for Kyiv and the liquidation of the Bolshevik uprising at the Kyiv Arsenal plant. In November 1918 Simon Petlyura led the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic as the Chief Ataman, and from February 1919 became the head of the UNR Directory. After the capture of Kyiv by the Bolsheviks on February 5, 1919 a significant part of political figures, believing that the further struggle was futile, emigrated abroad, but not Simon Petliura. The army lacked weapons, ammunition, medicines, there was no international support, but despite all the difficulties under the leadership of Petlyura, the Ukrainian army continued the armed struggle for the preservation of the Ukrainian independent state against numerous enemies for almost a year and a half. Only at the end of 1920 Simon Petliura was forced to emigrate. He died in 1926. in Paris from the bullet of a Soviet agent. He was buried there. In honor of Simon Petlyura, a street was named in the Shevchenko district of Kyiv between the railway station and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, and a memorial plaque was installed in his honor on the house 2/4 of this street.

Ivan Mazepa Ivan Mazepa - military and political figure, hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army (1687-1709). Born on a farm in the Belotserkovsky region in a gentry family. He studied at the Kyiv Collegium (now the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), the Jesuit Collegium. Ivan Mazepa spent his young years at the court of the Polish king Jan II Casimir. Subsequently, he was sent by the king to study abroad, in 1656-1659. visited the countries of Western Europe, in the Netherlands he studied artillery. In the 1660-1670s. carried out diplomatic missions of the Ukrainian hetmans and the Polish government, participated in military campaigns in Ukrainian lands. July 25, 1687 Ivan Mazepa was elected hetman. Thanks to his personal authority and wide political contacts, he had a significant influence on the position of the Russian government regarding Ukrainian lands. During the two decades of leadership, the hetman was not only able to preserve and strengthen the hetman's power, but also made great efforts to unite the Ukrainian lands on both sides of the Dnieper in one state. With participation in the Great Northern War (1700-1721), Ivan Mazepa, under the threat of losing Cossack statehood, decided to abandon the Russian protectorate and in early 1709 entered into an alliance with the Swedish king Charles XII. Hetman took care of the construction, restoration and decoration of churches in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine. In honor of Ivan Mazepa in the Pechersky district of the capital, a street leading to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was named, one of the patrons of which was the hetman. And the monument on Glory Square is dedicated to the charity of Ivan Mazepa.

Peter the Grave Peter Mogila is a church and educational figure. Born in Suceava. The son of the Moldavian master (prince), later - one of the contenders for the Moldavian table. He participated in the wars of the Commonwealth with the Turks, a participant in the Tsetsorsky (1620) and Khotyn battles (1621). Since 1622 Peter Mogila lived in Kyiv, in 1625 he took the monastic rank in the Pechersky Monastery, from 1627 he became archimandrite. 1631 he created a school at the monastery, a year later combined it with the Fraternal School, which gave rise to the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. 1632 Peter the Grave was elected Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia and All Russia. He worked on the problem of unity of Ukrainian churches (Orthodox and Uniate) in one structure - the Kyiv Patriarchate. Notable achievements of Petro Mohyla were the restoration of Kyiv churches, the creation of a modern training program, and the introduction of metric books. He prepared the "Orthodox Confession of Faith" (1640), which was approved by the Orthodox patriarchs of the East, and it became one of the three symbolic books of world Orthodoxy. The pinnacle of the activity of Peter the Grave is the liturgical book "Trebnik" (1646) with texts of church services and the order of the sacraments. The metropolitan died in Kyiv, he was buried in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Proclaimed a saint of the Orthodox Church. Petra Mohyla Street existed in Kyiv for many years, now it is known as Kopylenka. A monument to the Metropolitan is erected on the territory of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Another monument to Peter Mogilev stands in the Goloseevsky district of the city.

Anna Yaroslavna Anna Yaroslavna - Russian princess, known as the Queen of France (1051-1060). Daughter of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise and Ingigerda, daughter of the Swedish king Olaf III. "The Tale of Bygone Years" does not report anything about Yaroslavov's daughters, so we learn all the evidence about Anna from foreign sources. Her date of birth is not exactly known. Different years are called: 1022, 1028 and 1032. Anna's childhood passed in Kyiv during the period of political and cultural prosperity of the country. In the middle of the XI century. the international authority of Russia was strengthened, diplomatic relations were established with many European countries, in particular, with the French kingdom. 1048. Anna was seized for the French king Henry I Kapeting (1008-1060). The wedding took place in May 1051. in the city of Reims. According to legend, Anna brought to France a rich dowry and the Gospel (known as Reims), written in the Slavic language, on which the kings of France later swore. In marriage with Henry, Anna gave birth to four children. 1060. her eldest son Philip I (1053-1108) became king of France. Queen Anne (second name Agnes) for some time had a fairly high authority, influenced French politics and helped her son, participated in the signing of documents. On the letter of Philip I, granted to the abbey in Soissons (1063), the signature of Anna, written in Cyrillic "ANA PNNA" (Anna Queen), is preserved. Anna's letter of foundation of the church and monastery of St. Vincent in the city of Senlis (1060) is known. 1062. she married a second time to Count Raul de Crepi de Valois. This marriage caused indignation of the church and the court, because of which Anna gradually lost political influence. Only after the death of her husband (1074) she was able to return to the royal court. The last time Anna was mentioned in a document under 1075. The exact date of death and place of her burial are not known. Anna of Russia (or Anna of Kyiv) became the ancestor of at least 30 French kings, among her descendants is the Spanish royal Bourbon dynasty, which still retains the throne. The memory of the Russian principality is honored both in France and in Ukraine. 2005. in the city of Senlis, a monument to Anna of Kyiv, the Queen of France, was inaugurated, the author of which was the Ukrainian sculptor Valentin Znoba. 2017. in Kyiv, they installed a copy of this monument, created by the son of the sculptor Nikolai Znoba. There is the mentioned sculpture near the Arsenalnaya metro station. 2016. the monument to Princess Anna Yaroslavna was opened in the city center, in the square on Lviv Square. The authors - sculptor Konstantin Skritutsky and Fedor Balandin, depicted the future queen in the form of a child, symbolizing her childhood in Kyiv. 2020. square on Lviv Square was named in honor of Anna of Kyiv. Also, one of the Kyiv streets in the Svyatoshinsky district bears her name. Since 2015 the capital hosts the annual international arts festival "Anne de Kyiv Fest."

Volodymyr Sviatoslavych - Grand Prince of Kyiv, known as the Baptist of Rus. The youngest son of Prince Sviatoslav Ihorovych. In 980, he took the throne of Kyiv after a feud with his brother Yaropolk. He launched an energetic activity aimed at strengthening the state and proved to be an outstanding statesman. During his reign, the process of uniting the East Slavic tribes and forming the territory of the Kyivan state was completed, and its borders were defined and consolidated. Volodymyr created a new system of government. He transferred the lands ruled by local princes to his sons. This was the end of their autonomy and the centralisation of power in the country. In 988, Volodymyr introduced Christianity as the state religion. This had a huge impact on the further development of Rus. The adoption of Christianity contributed to the rapid development of culture, including the spread of writing, rapprochement with Byzantium, and the strengthening of Russia's international authority. Volodymyr developed the capital of Rus', Kyiv, and launched stone construction. In 996 he built the stone Tithe Church. To protect the southern borders of the state, he built a number of fortress cities along the border and created many kilometres of earthen embankments - the ‘Snake Vales’, which became a very effective means of protection against steppe nomads. He was the first among the princes to start issuing his own money - zlatnyks and sriblianyks. A trident was minted on the coins as a sign of Vladimir. pp. Thanks to the prince's efforts, Rus became a powerful state in medieval Europe. Volodymyr died on 15 July 1015 at his residence in Berestov and was buried in the Church of the Tithes. Later he was canonised by the church as an equal-to-the-apostles saint. One of Kyiv's oldest central streets, Volodymyrska, was named after Prince Volodymyr. In 1853, a monument to Prince Volodymyr, the Baptist of Rus, was erected in the capital (by Petro Klodt, Vasyl Demut-Malinovsky, and Oleksandr Ton). Thanks to the monument, the hill became known as Volodymyr's Hill, and a park was built there. Nearby, from European Square to Kontraktova Street, there is a street that is now called Volodymyrsky Uzviz. One of the largest and most revered churches in Kyiv, St Volodymyr's Cathedral, built in 1862-1882, is also dedicated to the prince.

Olga Olha was the Grand Duchess of Kyiv, the wife of Kyivan Prince Ihor Rurikovych. After her husband's death, she became regent under her young son Sviatoslav and was actually the ruler of Rus in 945-964. We do not know the exact date and place of Olha's birth, nor is there any comprehensive information about her background and early life. The Tale of Bygone Years only mentions that Prince Oleg brought a bride from Pskov to Igor in 903. However, Olga's very name, Helga, seems to indicate the princess's Scandinavian origin. According to one version, the future princess was a close relative of Prince Oleg. According to another, she came from a family of Bulgarian kings and was born in the Bulgarian capital Pliske. A popular legend is that Olga was a simple girl from the village of Vybutino, and Igor met her while hunting in the Pskov forests. The beginning of Olga's reign was marked by the brutal suppression of the Drevlianian uprising and revenge for the murder of her husband. An important state measure of the princess was to regulate the collection of tribute and establish clear regulations for the collection of taxes from the population, to organise the princely domain economy, and to create centres of central princely power on the ground. Thanks to her decisive actions, the separate lands subordinated to Kyiv were transformed into an orderly state territory. In the mid-tenth century, the international prestige of the Rus. In 957, Olga made a diplomatic trip to Constantinople, where an official reception was held in her honour. According to the chronicles, the princess converted to Christianity in the capital of the empire. In 959, she made her first attempt to establish diplomatic contacts with Germany. Olga died in 969. She became the first Christian princess, for which she was canonised and is honoured as an equal to the Apostles. In the 1830s, the Church of St Olga was built in Kyiv on Pecherska Square. In 1935, the church was destroyed by the Bolsheviks. Today, St Olha's Cathedral, built in 2004-2010, stands in the Kharkiv district of Kyiv. A monument to Princess Olha, along with the Apostle Andrew the First-Called and the enlighteners Cyril and Methodius, designed by sculptors Ivan Kavaleridze and Petro Snitkin and architect Valerian Rykov, stands on Mykhailivska Square in the capital.