The palace was built in 1744 by the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna Designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, (Франче́ско Бартоломе́о Растрелли; Florence, Italy) the most famous architect at that time. The first royal figure to stay in the palace was Empress Catherine II, who visited Kiev in 1787. The Mariyinsky Palace, the official residence of the Ukrainian President in Kiev.
(Батьківщина-Мати) 9 May 1981 Built: statue stands 62 meters tall upon the museum building with the overall structure measuring 102 m and weighing 560 tons. The sword in the statue's right hand is 16 m long weighing 9 tons, with the left hand holding up a 13 m by 8 m shield Mother Motherland Monument