This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Lach Gates" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Lach Gates (Ukrainian: Лядські ворота) at Independence Square in Kyiv is a monument built in 2001 to commemorate one of the Medieval Kyiv city gates. At the top is a sculpture of Archangel Michael which is the city's symbol.

The gates were located in the former city's Polish quarter on the southeast side of Kyiv. According to Primary Chronicle, in 1240 the Lach Gates became the main fortification where Batu Khan concentrated his assault during the 1240 siege of Kyiv.

Lach gates were one of three known gates of Medieval Kyiv (Old Kyiv), the others being the Golden Gate and the Jewish (Lviv) Gates.

History

The first mention of the gates is traced to 1151 during the confrontation between princes of Kyiv (Iziaslav II) and Suzdal (George the Long-Armed).^[1]

Gallery

References

External links

National landmarks of cultural heritage in Kyiv

National landmarks of cultural heritage in Kyiv
History	Mikhail Bulgakov House of Residence Darnytsia concentration camp Baikove Cemetery Manor House Complex Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology Kyiv Theological Seminary Konstantin Ushinsky Grave Taras Shevchenko House of Residence Vyshhorod Street Presidium Building National Academy of Sciences Building of Pedagogic Museum Building Complex Taras Shevchenko National University Nikolai Vatutin Grave Lukianivske Cemetery Monitor Zhelezniakov Vincent Chvojka House of Residence Grave of Cossack Officers Iskra and Kochubei Building Complex Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Manor House of the Murashko Family of Artists Babi Yar Column of the Magdeburg Rights Mykhailo Hrushevsky House of Residence Askoldova Mohyla Building Complex Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Building Complex Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studios Mykola Lysenko House of Residence Lesya Ukrainka House of Residence Memorial Complex Park "Vichnoyi Slavy" Memorial of Militsiya Men Building of the First Private Museum Bohdan and Varvara Khanenkos Kyiv Museum of Russian Arts Building Taras Shevchenko House of Residence Shevchenko Lane Bykivnia
Archaeology	Bourgogne Theatre Vydubychi City of Volodymyr Foundation and Wall Remnants Church Foundation of Fedoriv Monastery St.George Church Foundations Palace Foundation Irene Street St.Irina Church Foundations Kytayiv Settlement City of Yaroslav Zvirynets Caves Lach Gates Foundations Old Ruthenian Settlement Nyvky Church Foundations Berestove City of Izyaslav Svyatopolk Kyrylivska Archaeological Site Theotokos Church Foundations Klov Monastery Settlement at Shchekavytsia Foundations of Stone Church Yurkiv Street Fine court of Prince Vsevolod Klov Yurkovytsia Settlement and Burial Uhorske
Monumental art	Prince Volodymyr Monument Monument to Mykhailo Hrushevsky Monument to Taras Shevchenko Monument to the Crew of Tarashchanets Armour Train Monument to Lesya Ukrainka Monument to Alexander Pushkin Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument Monument to Mykola Shchors
Urban planning	Andriyivskyy Descent Zamkova Hora Kyiv Fortress Hospital Fortifications Citadel with Bastions Lysohirsky Fort Zvirynets Fortifications Vasylkiv Fortifications
Architecture	St.Alexander Kosciol Residential House Sahaidachny Street

Khreshchatyk Street

Bessarabska Square	Maidan Nezalezhnosti	European Square
Bessarabskyi Market Bessarabskyi Quarter PinchukArtCentre Metrohrad Arena Centre	Central Post Office City Duma building Globus Lach Gates National Musical Academy Hotel Ukraina October Palace Trade Unions Building	Hotel Dnipro Ukrainian House Kyiv Philharmonic Parliamentary Library