видубицький монастир (vydubyts’kyi monastyr) is an historic monastery in the ukrainian capital kyiv.
the monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by vsevolod, son of yaroslav the wise. it was a family cloister of vsevolod’s son vladimir monomakh and his descendants.
the word “vydubychi” comes from the word vydobychi → vydobych → vydobech (ukrainian: видобичі → видобич → видобеч) which means “to swim up”, “emerge from water”.
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