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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
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Let’s fly over Kharkiv lit by the evening lights
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities, Video
Let’s fly over Kharkiv, the second most populous city in Ukraine, lit by the evening lights.
Tags: Kharkov 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
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St. Cyril Church in Kyiv
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Travel
St. Cyril Church in Kyiv, built in the mid-12th century, is one of the oldest surviving churches on the former territory of the ancient state of Kievan Rus. St. Cyril Monastery is located to the north-west of the historic center of ancient Kyiv (Oleny Telihy Street, 12).
After the collapse of Kievan Rus, the church was repeatedly repaired and rebuilt. Four domes on the sides were completed in the 17th century. In 1734, after a fire, St. Cyril’s Church was reconstructed in the Ukrainian Baroque style. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.