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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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Celebrating the New Year in Kharkiv
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Holidays, Video
Svobody (Freedom) Square, the central square of Kharkiv, decorated for the celebration of the New Year.
Tags: Kharkov 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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The Golden Gates of Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, History, Travel
The Golden Gates of Kyiv is one of the few monuments of defense architecture of the ancient Russian state (Kievan Rus).
Construction of the gates was mentioned in chronicles during the reign of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, in 1037. This fortress-tower was the main ceremonial entrance to Kyiv. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
the Golden Gates of Kyiv from above
Tags: Kiev city
Yan Mednis from Belarus visited Ukraine and made the following beautiful timelapse video about his trip showing some of the attractions of Kyiv, Odessa, Belgorod-Dniester, Kherson, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khotyn.
According to him, during the trip, he got a lot of impressions and saw a beautiful country with a unique and diverse nature, culture and rich history.
Tags: time-lapse
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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