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A view of Podil from the observation

area of the Volodymyrska hill. A classic panorama of Kyiv, with its

hills and lowlaands. One can see the St. Andrew church atop a hill and

Podil in the lowland. A lone male figure can be seen below on the

left. A German inscription shows the Ukrainian sounding of the name

of Kyiv. The photo may have been taken in 1918 by German

photographers who documented the life of the city in a rather

detailed way. The housing of Podil was rather dense at that time,

consisting mostly of two-, three- or four-storied houses.</p><p><i>Olga Martyniuk</i></p>