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Dzembronya – the most high-altitude village in Ukraine
8 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Travel
Dzembronya is a small village located on the steep slopes of Chornohora Ridge in Verkhovyna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, near the border with Romania. It is the most high-altitude village in Ukraine and probably one of the most picturesque ones.
Despite the fact that the population of Dzembronya is only about 250 people, the length of the village is about 10 km. There are no enterprises, collective farms, industrial facilities here.
Tags: Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · landscapes
August 30, 2015, the so-called “Color Run” was held in Kyiv, for the second time in Ukraine. This unique festival of running and paints was organized by “KM Running club” together with the charitable foundation “SportforPeace.”
More than 700 participants came to run a distance of 3 or 6 km. The entire route was painted in bright Holly colors brought from India, specially for the festival. It was actually a very colorful event!
Tags: Kiev city
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The landscape park in the village of Buky
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Regions, Travel
This wonderful landscape park was founded in the village of Buky in 1996. The village is located in Skvirsky district of the Kyiv region, approximately 110 km from Kyiv.
It all started when a local entrepreneur Ivan Suslov bought 2.7 hectares of land which was used as a dump. It cost him only 20 thousand USD. He was able to turn this land into a beautiful landscape park. It attracts thousands of tourists who come here to admire the beautiful countryside. Photos by: Igor Golovach.
Tags: Kiev oblast
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Chernihiv railway station – one of the finest in Ukraine
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
The building of the railway station in Chernihiv is a monumental structure built in 1950, in place of the building destroyed during the Second World War.
The station, designed in red colors, has visible elements of the Russian style of the early 20th century. At the same time, the entrance has some elements of Ukrainian Baroque. Photos by: camrador.
Tags: Chernihiv city
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The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Uzhgorod
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, History, Travel
The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Uzhgorod is an open air museum, consisting of architectural monuments of old Transcarpathian villages, and examples of the oldest and most common forms of folk arts and crafts.
The museum, opened to the public in June 1970, covers an area of four hectares. It is located near the territory of Uzhgorod castle (Kapitulna Street, 33/a).
Tags: museum · Uzhgorod city
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Zhovkva – a hidden treasure of the Lviv region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Zhovkva is a small town with a population of about 13 thousand people located 25 km north of Lviv, about 35 km from the Ukrainian-Polish border. The town stands at the crossroads of international highways to Poland and the Baltic states.
Since 1994, the central part of the town has the status of a historical and architectural reserve. To get to Zhovkva from Lviv, you can take minibuses from “Lviv” hotel. The trip takes about 30-40 minutes. Photos by: Alexander Shvab.
Tags: Lviv oblast
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Aerial views of Kharkiv – the largest city in northeastern Ukraine
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Kharkiv is the second most populous city in Ukraine, one of the eight most populated cities in Eastern Europe. The city was the third largest industrial, scientific and transport center of the Soviet Union after Moscow and Leningrad.
In the second half of the 20th century, it became the main transport hub of South-Eastern Europe. Let’s take a look at some of the local sights from above. Photos by: Oleg Stelmakh.
Blagoveshchensky (Annunciation) Cathedral
Tags: Kharkov city
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Morning in Ukraine can be surprisingly colorful
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Regions
If you wake up early, while traveling on the Vorskla River around Okhtyrka in Sumy region, you can see this surprisingly colorful scenery. Photo by: Sergey Stepanenko.
Tags: landscapes · Okhtyrka city · Sumy oblast
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Roman-Catholic Church of St. Clara in Gorodovka
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Roman-Catholic Сhurch of St. Clara is a truly fabulous building which resembles a medieval castle. This miracle of architecture stands on the shore of a small pond in the village of Gorodovka (Andrushevsky district of Zhitomir region).
Architecture of Romanesque and Gothic styles are closely intertwined in this building. This architecture is not typical to the central Ukraine, that’s why the church is one of the main attractions of the region.
Tags: church · Zhitomir oblast
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Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Lahodiv village
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1872) is a rare five-domed wooden church in the village of Lahodiv in Peremyshlyany district, Lviv region. The bell tower was built in 1854.
The church stands near the street leading to the water source, which is located a hundred meters from it. Single and dual narrow arched windows of the church look like loopholes. Services are held every week. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Lviv oblast