Testaments from Kiev

In the spring of 1986 in Kiev the blooms were on the flowers; the emerald-green leaves on the trees were multiplying and the sun was gathering strength, warming the earth and the hearts of the City's two million people. The end of another long winter buoyed the spirit of just about anyone living in Ukraine at the time. And Kiev is truly wondrous in the early spring. The vast Dneiper River flow through parts of the City and although temperatures are still cool, the greenery, walkways and blu...