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A Corner of Estonia in Kyiv 

EUROVISION COUNTRY: Estonia
KYIV DESTINATION: National Museum of Apothecary, Cheese Kingdom

Johann Heiter from Tartu in Estonia opened the very first pharmacy in Kyiv in in 1728 in the lower town of Podil. Tartu is the home of one of Europe's leading universities.
A 100 years later after the pharmacy had been through several hands, this building was specifically designed on the foundations of Heiter's original pharmacy to house a modern, private pharmacy. Just outside the gates of Florivsky Monastery.
It now serves as the National Museum of Pharmacy on 7, Pritisko-Mikilska St.
Estonia and Ukraine have also briefly been the same country. In 1033 the Prince of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise raided and controlled Tartu and held it for around 40 years.  When the city was part of the Russian empire, Moscow renamed Tartu after Yaroslav.
Cheese Kindgom is an Estonian store chain selling Dutch cheese http://www.juustukuningad.ee/index.php/en/ also has several branches in Kyiv.
Estonian embassy:
Address: 4B Pushkinska St.
Tel: +380 44 590 2440
http://www.estemb.kiev.ua/eng
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