Vydubytsky monastery was built in the 70s of the 11th century under Prince Vsevolod Yaroslavich, son of Yaroslav the Wise, as a family monastery. The name of the tract is connected with the legend telling about the order of prince Vladimir at the time of the baptism of Rus Russia to throw all the pagan wooden idols of Perun and other gods into the Dnieper. Devoted to the ancient faith, the people of Kiev ran along the river and called on the gods to appear and swim out, shouting "Perun". and swim out, shouting "Perun, blow!". The place where the idols finally swam to the shore became known as Vydup. shore, became known as Vydubychi.
The architectural ensemble of the monastery consists of the Church of Archangel Michael (1070-1769), St George's Church (1696-1701) and the Church of the Saviour (1696-1791), built in the Ukrainian Baroque style, and the refectory.
Only some of the monastery's churches have survived the centuries. One of them is the Church of Archangel Michael, built under Vsevolod and partially reconstructed in 1769.
At the monastery there is a necropolis on which are buried many prominent figures of science, arts and public figures, mostly of the 19th century. Here Lelyavsky, Ushinsky, Afanasyev, Bets, etc. are buried here. Here dreamed to be buried Taras Shevchenko, but he was a disgraced poet, so the city authorities did not allow him to be buried in the Kiev city limits. to bury him within the boundaries of Kiev and in its neighbourhood.
