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Kiev Boryspil (Borispol) international airport

Boryspil State International airport (KBP) is the largest airport in Ukraine.
It is located in Boryspil, a town at about 30 km from Kiev.
Often is called Borispol, the Russian version of Boryspil.

The airport is divided in 3 terminals:
Terminal A: Domestic flights
Terminal B: International flights (the largest one)
Terminal C: only for VIP

These terminals are not connected between each other.
For to move from ex. from Terminal B to Terminal A you have to walk outside (in the parking) for about 100m.

Kiev Boryspil airport

Terminal A and terminal B are very different from each other. While the terminal B is large and modern, terminal A is quite small and offer only the basic services. The terminal C is for VIP.

Terminal AThe terminal A

Terminal BThe terminal B

Terminal CEntrance of the terminal C

The airport is well connected with the city center by buses and taxis which depart from the parking just outside the terminal B.

Further information

Boryspil airport official website:
http://www.airport-borispol.kiev.ua

Guide to the Terminal A
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/boryspil-terminal-a

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Wedding in Ukraine: legalization and translation wedding certificate

The wedding certificate given by the ZAGS during the wedding day, has to be legalized and translated for to be transcripted also in your native country.

Here we will talk about the procedure required for the Italian citizens. For other countries can be different.

This procedure is also required for to get the visa from the embassy.

1 You must bring the wedding certificate to the RAGZ of your city.

RAGZ DonetskDonetsk RAGZ (close to the ZUM)

At the RAGZ you will be asked to fill out some document and then to pay (through bank which is not inside the RAGZ, you can find one at the ZUM)

Once you have done all this they will put a stamp on your wedding certificate.

Required time: few hours.

When to come: in the morning.

Price: about 50 Hryvnia

2

Now go to Kiev and bring the certificate to the Consular Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs for to the legalization.

The department is different from the one where you brought the Nulla osta.
This time it is located in Рыльский пер. Ryl’skiy per., next to the Cathedral of Saint Sofia.

Legalization wedding certificate, KievEntrance of the department.

In this office you need once again to fill out different documents and to pay in the same way as before. There is a bank next to the department.

In general there are many people, but not all them are there for the same thing. Ask before to make the queue.

This office work expecially for Italy and some other countries ask for to know to which office to go.

Required time: you have your certificate back the same day in the afternoon.

Timetable: bring the certificate from 9 to 12 and get it back from 16 to 17.

Prezzo: about 50 Hryvnia

3 Once your certificate is ready, you can bring it for the translation. This operation has to be done by a translator accreditated by the Italian Embassy. Ask the list of them directly at the embassy (you can send an email).

Required time: Depend on the translator, in general about 1 day.

Price: 50 Hryvnia

In the next post we will talk about the transcription of the wedding in Italy and how to get the visa from the Italian embassy.

Wedding procedures

1 For the list of documents given by the Italian Embassy in Kiev (in Italian) visit:
http://www.ukrlandia.com.ua/matrimonio-in-ucraina

2 How to get the Nulla osta from the embassy:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/get-nulla-osta-wedding

3 What to do once you have gotten your nulla osta:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/after-nulla-osta-ukraine

4 For to know which documents bring to the ZAGS:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-documents-zags

5 Fill out the wedding request form at the ZAGS (translated in English):
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-applicance-ukraine

6 The wedding day
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-day

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Kiev Boryspil (Borispol) airport, Terminal A

The terminal A of the Kiev Boryspil (Borispol) airport is the terminal dedicated to the national arrivals and departures.

Terminal A, Kiev Boryspil

From here you can find flights to all the main other Ukrainian cities which, in general, don’t have good international connections

The terminal A is non as good as the close Terminal B but anyway it offers all the main services.

Inside the Terminal A, KievWhat you see once inside the terminal

Waiting room, terminal A, Boryspil

There are not many sits but this should be not a big problem as there are not so many people as in the terminal B. The main reason is that local people don’t use plane for internal transfers but prefer to travel by train or by bus.

The check in area is at the end of the room. On the monitors over the desks, you can read the name of the plane, the aircompany and the destination.

Check-in, terminal A, KievPeople waiting for the check in

The check in begin about 1 hour, 1 hour and half before the departure. You can check your flight status on the monitors or just by waiting the check in call which is also in English.

Once you have the boarding card, go to the boarding room which is after the security control.

Terminal A Kiev, security checkTo the boarding room

The security control is just after the door under the pannel gates A1 -A4.

Once passed the security check, you have just to wait for the boarding time and then finally take your plane.

Attention!

The gates are not so “modern” they are simple doors which give right outside the terminal where the bus for the plane come to take the passengers.

The 4 gates are one next to the other and so if more than one plane is doing the boarding can happen that outside you will find not 1 bus but even 3 buses!

Be carefull to take the correct bus for no to end to a different plane. Read the destination on the side of the bus before to take it.

Have a nice flight!

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Guide to Kiev: Andreyevskiy spusk

Andreyevskiy spusk (Андреевский спуск o Андріївський узвіз in Ukrainian) is one of the most beautiful and characteristic streets of Kiev; the place where it is possible to buy souvenirs, on one of the many souvenirs shops which are all along the street, and in the same time to visit the museum house of Bulgakov and to enjoy the view on the Saint Andrew’s church.

How to get there

1 From the Saint Michael’s Cathedral, follow the street “Десятинная, Desiatinnaia” which will bring you to the street.
2 By metro until the station “Контрактовая площадь Kontraktovaia ploschad” and from there by feet until the beginning of the street (in this way it will be not a descent but an ascent street).

What to see

1 Saint Andrew’s Church (style: baroc, arch. the Italian Rastrelli)
2 House museum of Bulgakov
3 Richard lion heart’s castle
4 Museum of one street
5 Souvenirs shops (almost all them are open air)

Photo tour of Andreyevskiy spusk

Percorriamo assieme l’Andreyevskiy spusk partendo dall’area della fermata metro “Kontraktovaia ploschad” (quindi in salita verso la chiesa di Sant Andrea)

Andreyevskiy spuskBeginning of the ascent several hundred of meters after the stations “Kontraktovaia ploschad”

Andreyevskiy spuskOn the left you can see the museum house of Bulgakov

Museum house of BulgakovMuseum house of Bulgakov

Andreyevskiy spuskView of Richard lion heart’s castle

Andreyevskiy spuskView of the Saint Andrew’s Church

Saint Andrew's ChurchSaint Andrew Church

Souvenirs shops

Souvenirs shops in Kiev

Souvenirs shops in Kiev

Souvenirs shops in Kiev

Notes:

Pay attention to the prices and to the quality of the souvenirs. Prices can vary from a shop to another and sometimes to be higher than other shops of the center of Kiev. About the quality, they will say you that all goods are handmade and maybe that they made them by themself… free to believe:) You can also find used things from the soviet times.

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How to: Luggage deposit at the Kiev railway station

At the Kiev railway station, as in the all the main stations, it is possible to find a luggage deposit.

It is located underground and it is possible to get there from the underpass close to the station entrance (old side). See the photo.

Luggage room, Kiev railway station

From here you will get inside a long corridor with several “windows” where you can give your luggage and then take it back.

Before to leave your baggage, you must pay at the cashiers. (see photo)

Casher luggage room, Kiev raylway stationcashiers

Price
18 Hryvnia / day

Luggage roomone of the deposit windows

Once you have paid, go to the window and show the payment quittance. The man will take your luggage and will give you back some kind of plastic receipt which you will need to give back when you will take back your luggage.

Many people use this service so be ready for the possible queue.

A better way

If you don’t have a big baggage with you, you may try of this alternative system.

Go along the corridor until you will see this door:

To the safety boxes

From here you will get in a different area where it is possible to rent for several hours a safety box.

Safety boxes, Kiev railway stationthe corridor with the safety boxes

Pay at the cashiers (not the previous one), the woman will give you a token to use for to activate the safety box.

Casher safety boxes, Kiev raylway stationsafety box cashiers

Price
12 Hryvnia
The system work in this way:

1 Find an unused safety box (opened)
2 Write down the number of your safety box
3 Put the luggage inside your box
4 Insert the token
5 Setup a combination, 1 Cyrillic letter and 2 numbers
6 Close the door

Safety box, Kiev railway station

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