“Salute” Restaurant and hotel in Kiev’s Pechersk neighborhood.
Skaters ride at the foot of a monument of revolutionary hero Slava in a city park.
Flowers sit at the base of a religious icon at a church building near Kiev Pechersk Lavra.
A man practices a form of spiritual relaxation in a Kiev park.
Inside Kiev’s Zoloti Vorota (Golden Gate) Metro Station. Online travel mag BootsnAll recently named it one of the most beautiful subway station in the world.
Kiev’s main drag is Kreschatik Street. On weekend nights the road is illuminated and open only to foot traffic.
Despite a national ban on public drinking in 2010, many people continue to consume alcohol on the streets. “It’s just our culture,” a Ukrainian friend of mine explained.