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Walk through Podil – one of the oldest neighborhoods of Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Podil is a historic neighborhood of Kyiv, part of the Podilskyi district. This low-lying part of the city is an ancient district of artisans and merchants.
The neighborhood extends along the right bank of the Dnieper River and Kyiv harbor, between the pedestrian bridge across the Dnieper and Zavodska Street. Photos by: Igor Golovach.
Tags: Kiev city
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Winter in St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Kyiv.
The monastery includes the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael in the Ukrainian Baroque style (demolished in the 1930s and rebuilt in 1997-1998), the refectory with the Church of St. John the Divine (1713) and the bell tower (1716-1719). Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
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Museum of Folk Architecture in Pyrohiv – the Carpathians
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, History, Photos
The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohiv is an architectural and landscape complex of historical and ethnographic regions of Ukraine.
It is located on the southern outskirts of Kyiv, in Goloseyevsky district, near the village of Pyrohiv. The total area of the museum is 133.5 hectares. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
fine examples of wooden architecture
Tags: Kiev city
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Svyatohirsk – a town with unique sights
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Travel
Svyatohirsk is a small town with a population of about 4.5 thousand people located on the Seversky Donets River, in the north of the Donetsk region. Despite its modest size, this town has several very interesting and famous sights. Photos by: Andrei Kireev.
First, we should mention the Holy Mountains Lavra – an Orthodox monastery standing on the white chalk cliffs on the right bank of the Seversky Donets.
explore the sights of Svyatohirsk
Tags: Donetsk oblast
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St. Andrew’s Church – one of the symbols of Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
St. Andrew’s Church, located on St. Andrew’s Hill in Kyiv, is an Orthodox church named after Andrew the Apostle and built in the Baroque style by the architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754.
The church stands on the steep right bank of the Dnieper River, overlooking the historical part of Kyiv – Podil. St. Andrew’s Descent that goes down from the church connects the upper and the lower parts of the city. This is one of the most interesting and picturesque places in Kyiv. Photos by: Aleksey Novik.
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Top 10 photos of Ukrainian nature in 2016
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
Wiki Loves Earth is an annual international photo contest of the natural monuments and here are the best photos of the natural attractions of Ukraine taken in 2016.
Shypit waterfall – a hydrological natural monument located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, about 6 km from Pylypets village in Mizhhiria district of Zakarpattia oblast. Author: Yekaterina Krasnickaja.
Tags: Chernovtsy oblast · Dnepropetrovsk oblast · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Nikolaev oblast · Zakarpattia oblast
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One hot summer day near Berdyansk
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
Let’s fast forward from chilly winter weather on a hot summer day on the coast of the Azov Sea.
The following pictures were taken in the vicinity of Berdyansk – a city in the Zaporozhye region situated on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov. Wheat has already been harvested and sunflower is still ripening. Photos by: Alexei Novik.
Tags: Berdyansk city · Zaporozhye oblast
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House of the Weeping Widow in Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
The house of the “weeping widow” (sometimes called “Arshavsky House”) is a building in Kyiv, an architectural monument of local importance, situated at Liuteranska Street, 23 (the corner with Bankova Street).
The building was constructed in the style of early modernism by the architect Eduard-Ferdinand Bradtman at the expense of the merchant Sergei Arshavsky in the summer of 1908. Photos by: Igor Golovach.
one of the architectural symbols of Kyiv
Tags: Kiev city
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Svirzh Castle – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Travel
Svirzh Castle, a unique monument of defensive architecture of the 15th-17th centuries, is located in the village of Svirzh in Peremyshlyany district of the Lviv region.
Built as a fortress, the castle lost its original appearance after the reconstruction carried out in the 17th century. Despite its advantageous location – on a hill surrounded by marshes and lakes – this palace-castle could hardly have a significant defensive value.
Tags: fortress · Lviv oblast
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An-225 “Mriya” – the largest aircraft in the world
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Business, Photos, Technology
The Antonov An-225 “Mriya” (meaning “dream” in Ukrainian) is the largest and heaviest aircraft that ever flew in the sky. Maximum take-off weight of the aircraft is 640 tons.
The reason for construction of the An-225 was the need to create an air transport system for the Soviet space shuttle “Buran”. The plane exists in a single copy. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
Tags: Kiev city