Monument to the founders of Kyiv

According to the Tale of Bygone Years, Kyi, who lived on the Dnieper “mountains,” along with his younger brothers Shchek, Horiv and his sister Lybed, built a city on the right high bank of the Dnieper, named Kyiv in honor of the older brother.nAccording to the most authoritative point of view, the legends about the founding of the city are etymological myths, designed to explain the names of Kyiv localities.