Well, what was supposed to be a 5-day visa run to Kiev, turned into a 20-day stay... We were thankful for the little vacation He provided us, but we are VERY glad to be back in Ivanovo. So... while we were there we visited a few places:

This is a statue at the end of a major street in Kiev. I forgot what it is called :/ Sorry! However, there is a HUGE mall underneath it. That seemed to have been the trend in Kiev: underground malls. and, yes, OF COURSE, we visited them!

Kiev was the first city of what is now Russian Orthodoxy. This is a very large, working monastery and seminary of Russian Orthodoxy. It had many very beautiful churches. It sits high on a hill, beside the Dniper river, overlooking Kiev. It is a very beautiful place!

One of the churches at the monastery...

This stature is nicknamed "The Metal Mama"... It is HUGE!!!!!!!!! It towers over the city, and is a memorial of WWII... There is a WWII museum there, as well, but we didn't go inside. They have tanks, helicopters, other monuments, etc. located all over the grounds at the memorial site. That was interesting :)