In ancient times, somewhere in the V -VI centuries AD, lived as the legend says, the Dnieper three brothers took a fancy to rise Borichev Kyi, Schek - mountain nearby (Schekovitsey later called her people), and Horiv-Mount Horivitse.It was their sister -Lybed.They chose the perfect place.Around the stretches for tens of kilometers thick pine forest, intercepted a wide belt of the Dnieper.Animals, birds and fish in these parts were many, brisk trade.Besides transportation gave considerable profit.
In "Tale of Bygone Years", however, are skeptical that the carrier Kyi could work, although wrong with nothing.The neighbors - the Slavs, the Czechs - the first prince of Przemysl was, for example, a plowman.To him as a sunny day people came and asked for advice prophetess Libuse become a Czech prince, he put on his princely clothes and shoes and sat down on a hot horse, but the old sandals had brought to Vyshgorod, hung them, do not hesitate, in the prince's chambers.Several hundred years sandals woven from bark, reminded the princes of their ancestors, which for the wisdom and ingenuity in the state and a purely human affairs called "advance ponders", "sverhobdumyvayuschim."The Slavs in those ages work commoner was not considered demeaning to the princes.
But the author of "The Tale of Bygone Years" for some reason did not want Kyi was the carrier or so at least the owner of the ferry across the Dnieper, he immediately made him a prince, in whose honor and named the brothers he founded the city of Kiev.
Rhode Kyi known and respected far beyond the Dnieper.According to legend, the prince went to Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire and the master received him with great honor.Much or how little time spent Kyi in Constantinople (the city still called Constantinople), about the silent chronicler, but only liked the prince a warm sea and the splendor of the Byzantine capital, and he decided to lay on the Danube town to stay in these fertile lands.I cut down the cue for the start of the tiny town, but local residents rebelled, not wanting to have a business neighbor.Kia had to return to the Dnieper.
He arrived in Kiev, ascended the rise Borichev, examined gave native, surprised beautiful it is!But another beauty, southern, sunshine soaked, blue-green marble surrounded by the sea, would not let him rest.Strong he was a man.No case was not afraid.But McDermott looked to lift Boricheva the hills and plains, pine forests and even painted, washed by majestic Dnieper, and it became painfully to his heart: do these forest lands can be a beautiful city to build ?!
short-lived Kyi returned to their homes.He died soon, nobody knows why.Then died Cheek, Horeb and Lybid, perhaps with longing for the beloved brother.But Kiev, which they have laid, stayed forever.These cities have a wonderful property - they do not grow old.Sometimes raid on them storms and thunderstorms, and sometimes enemies-enemies, turn the town into ruins, sprinkled with the ashes of wars and fires, leaving a seemingly no chance to survive, but held a day or two, and appear on yesterday dead streets andsquares sprout new life.
This is the city of Kiev.
Its founder, Kyi, died in alarm, but he missed nothing.After going through all the hardships, handsome Kiev became even more magnificent than before.
