Editor’s Note: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has declared a contest to select a city mascot that will better represent Kyiv for foreign tourists.
Aleksey Krushelnytskiy
gym teacher
“Honestly, I got used to the chestnut leaf. Kyiv has always been one of the greenest of the world’s capitals. Of course, today the greenery decreased, essentially through Klitschko’s efforts. So the chestnut leaf, and the Archangel Michael – it would be great to combine them.”
Hoang T B
Vietnamese language lecturer
“Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. It’s a local sight, which reminds people of ancient times and the Kyivan Rus. There is no sightseeing spot like it in Ukraine, or anywhere else in the whole world either.”
Vitaliy Matveev
professor
“Let it be the Kyiv cake. We should sweeten life somehow, because there are only problems and failures just now, unfortunately.”
Andrey Asanov
casting manager
“The Independence Monument. It’s very graceful, elegant and beautiful for sightseers.”
Valentina Patskun
student
“Taras Schevchenko University. The red building reminds one of Oxford. It’s a Kyiv’s ‘cherry on the cake,’ and it’s like a bit of Europe in the city.”
Anna Kozlova
research scientist
“There already is a mascot – the chestnut leaf. Why do we need to create a new one? There’s always been that one. And there’s another one – the Archangel Michael.”
