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What a great work was done by Yaroslav Yarko and Konstantin Ignatenko to make this short movie about Cherkasy!

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Jul/11

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Chernobyl Zone Today

Interesting HD tour through closed Chernobyl Zone showing the present look of the disaster site and the surrounding area.

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As a result of heavy rain and hail happened yesterday, July 4, several streets and avenues in the southern part of Kharkov were flooded. Dozens of trees fell into the streets, breaking power lines and paralyzing traffic. The water level reached the license plates of the cars on Moskovsky Prospect – the main transport line of Kharkov.
According to the meteorologist, the amount of precipitation (43 mm) exceeded the norm by six times. In addition, there was a strong wind up to 36 m/sec.

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An excellent example of how you can stay in shape in old age by Yuri living in Merefa town of Kharkov oblast, Ukraine.

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Jun/11

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State Museum of Aviation of Ukraine

State museum of aviation is Ukraine’s largest technical museum. The museum is located in Kiev, near Zhulyany airport. It was opened to visitors September 30, 2003 on the eve of the 100th anniversary of world aviation and 80 years of aviation of Ukraine. The collection includes various helicopters, fighter planes, airliners.

Opening hours: Wednesday – Sunday, April 1 – October 30: 10.00-19.00; November 1 to March 31: 10.00-17.00. Address: Kiev, Medovaya Street, 1.

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Jun/11

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Switch on Ukraine – Euro 2012 promo

UEFA Euro 2012 will be the 14th European Football Championship. The tournament will be conducted jointly by Ukraine and Poland. It will begin June 8, 2012 and end on July 1, 2012.

Euro 2012 will be held on stadions of Kiev, Donetsk, Kharkov, Lvov (Ukraine), Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw (Poland). The opening of the championship will be held in Warsaw, and the final – in Kiev.

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Jun/11

5

Marusia – Ukrainian folk song

Wonderful Ukrainian folk song from the collection of Ukrainian wedding songs “Wedding in the Carpathians”. Happy husband sings about his beautiful wife.

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Wonderful video about one mighty Ukrainian dog :)

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Apr/11

16

Traveling across Crimea by train

The video is not only showing the landscapes of Crimean peninsula but the interior of typical carriage of Ukrainian train.

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Apr/11

11

Hopak – Ukrainian folk dance

Hopak is Ukrainian national dance. The name is coming from the Ukrainian “hop” – exclamation uttered during the dance. People are dancing hopak in Ukrainian folk costumes. It is very energetic dance, the basic movements include the running, wide and high jumps with flapping feet.

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