<p><br />

A view of Podil from the observation<br />

area of the Volodymyrska hill. A classic panorama of Kyiv, with its<br />

hills and lowlaands. One can see the St. Andrew church atop a hill and<br />

Podil in the lowland. A lone male figure can be seen below on the<br />

left. A German inscription shows the Ukrainian sounding of the name<br />

of Kyiv. The photo may have been taken in 1918 by German<br />

photographers who documented the life of the city in a rather<br />

detailed way. The housing of Podil was rather dense at that time,<br />

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