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Volodymyrska Hill originally only referred to a park located at the highest and middle terraces of the historic St. Michael's Hill, which was named after St. Michael's Golden-Domed
Cathedral and Monastery. However, the name "St. Michael's Hill" went into decline after destruction of the cathedral and
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is located near the park's southern border by the Three Saints Street (vulytsia
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Construction of the terraces as they appear today started in the 1840s. Volodymyrska Hill park became the first free-of-charge public park in Kyiv.
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serves (mostly for tourists) as a transport connection between Kyiv's Upper Town neighborhood and the historic commercial district of
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