Golden Gate, Kyiv

50°26′56″N 30°30′48″E / 50.44889°N 30.51333°E / 50.44889; 30.51333

Golden Gate
View of the Golden Gate after recent major renovations
General information
Status	Used as a museum
Type	Fortifications
Address	Volodymyrska St, 40А
Town or city	Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Current tenants	Golden Gate Museum
Construction started	1017
Completed	1024
Owner	National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv"
Dimensions
Other dimensions	10.5 m (34 ft) wide x 32 m (105 ft) high

The Golden Gate of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Золоті ворота, Zoloti vorota) was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kyiv, the capital of Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople. The structure was dismantled in the Middle Ages, leaving few vestiges of its existence. It was rebuilt completely by the Soviet authorities in 1982, though no images of the original gates have survived. The decision has been immensely controversial because there were many competing reconstructions of what the original gate might have looked like.^[1]

The rebuilt structure on the corner of Volodymyr street and Yaroslaviv Val Street contains a branch of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" museum. The name Zoloti Vorota is also used for a nearby theater and the Zoloti Vorota station of the Kyiv Metro.