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Church of the Dormition in Novoselytsya
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion
Novoselytsya, a village founded in 1600, is located in the Vynohradiv district of the Zakarpattia region. It is famous for its wooden church, Church of the Dormition, built in 1669.
The uniqueness of the church is that it is the smallest wooden Gothic church in Transcarpathia. Its proportions are considered ideal. The church is made of oak without a single nail.
Tags: church · Zakarpattia oblast
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Kyiv from a height of drone flight
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities, Travel, Video
A nice video showing the beauty of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, from a height of drone flight. You can see quite a lot of the city’s sights from above.
Tags: Kiev city
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Wooden Roman Catholic Church of St. Anne in Kovel
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion
The oldest wooden church in Kovel, a town located in the Volyn region, is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anne (1771). This church was moved to Kovel from the village of Vyshenky (Rozhyshchensky district) in 1994.
Today, in Ukraine, there are only two preserved wooden churches of the 18th century with this unique shape, which is more characteristic of the stone architecture. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
beautiful monument of wooden architecture
Tags: church · Kovel city · Volyn oblast
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Balloon Festival in Kamianets-Podilskyi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Holidays, Travel
In the third weekend of May, residents of Kamianets-Podilskyi traditionally celebrate the City Day – the city’s main holiday. The annual international balloon festival “Podolia Cup” is held as part of the celebration (since 1998).
During the festival, anyone can fly in a balloon and see Kamianets-Podilskyi from above. The uniqueness of these aeronautical activities is that the balloon flights are carried out directly over this beautiful medieval city. Photos by: Nikita Yurenev.
balloons over the medieval town
Tags: Kamenets Podolskiy city
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Church of St. John the Evangelist in Skoryky
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Skoryky is a small village located in Podvolochysky district of the Ternopil region. The main attraction of the village is a beautiful wooden church – Church of St. John the Evangelist, an architectural monument of national importance.
The exact date of construction is unknown. According to the legend, Bogdan Khmelnitsky with the Cossack army confessed and took communion in this church before the march on Zbarazh. So it could be built in the middle of the 17th century. The church on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Ternopil oblast
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Thousands of cyclists celebrated “Veloden” in Kharkiv
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Entertainment, People, Video
In the last weekend of May, the cyclists from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia celebrate the unofficial holiday called “Veloden”, which literally means “bicycle day”.
May 29, 2016, Kharkiv held the 11th “Kharkiv Veloden” that united thousands of cyclists in the bicycle ride through the main streets of the city. And that’s how it looked from the height of the drone flight.
Tags: Kharkov city
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Castles of Ukraine in the Polish artist’s watercolors
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Regions, Travel
The following watercolors were included in the fourth album of the artist Zbigniew Szczepanek “Zamki na Kresach”. It shows the 59 most famous fortresses in Kresach (the Polish name of the territory of present Western Ukraine).
About 40% of the objects show the author’s reconstruction, the remaining 60% – show the current state of the monuments. The images of some fortifications were reconstructed for the first time and thus can be considered a kind of unique.
Berezhany Castle in Berezhany, the Ternopil region.
Tags: fortress · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Khmelnitsky oblast · Rivne oblast · Ternopil oblast
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Mass kayaking and canoeing in Kharkiv
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Entertainment, Video
Last weekend (May 21-22), Kharkiv held a boating festival “KayakFest-2016.” During the festival, the new Ukrainian record of mass kayaking and canoeing on the river was registered (106 kayaks and canoes).
Tags: Kharkov city
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St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion
St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Kyiv.
The monastery includes the cathedral church in honor of the Archangel Michael built in the Ukrainian Baroque style (destroyed in the 1930s and rebuilt in the mid-1990s), the refectory with the Church of St. John the Divine (1713) and the bell tower (1716-1719).
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Let’s take a walk on Khreshchatyk Street in Cherkasy
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
The central street in Cherkasy, a regional center of Central Ukraine, is called Khreshchatyk, probably in honor of Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv.
Here you can find the most interesting buildings in the city. Let’s take a walk on the street and see for yourself. Photos by: Lioshko Nikiforov.
Shcherbina House (Wedding Palace).
Tags: Cherkassy oblast · Cherkasy city