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The museum of Pysanka (Easter egg) in Kolomiya
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Culture, Travel
Pysanka by itself is mostly chicken (goose) egg, painted on a specific technology with wax and natural or aniline dyes. Pysanka quickly blended into the Christian Easter ritual. The pictures on pysankas have the images of crosses, churches, bell towers, signs with Easter greetings.
Tags: Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Kolomiya city · museum
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Abandoned military hospital in Balaklava, Crimea
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Army, Photos, Regions
Balaklava is a town on the southwestern coast of the Crimean peninsula. Administratively it is a part of Sevastopol city but in fact Balaklava is separated from the rest of Sevastopol by a few kilometers of undeveloped area.
Today Balaklava is a popular Crimean resort. Tourists are attracted by the town with long history and numerous monuments, spectacular cliffs and beaches.
Tags: abandoned · Crimea Republic · Sevastopol city
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Magnificent Genoese fortress in Sudak, Crimea
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Architecture, Travel, Video
Genoese fortress in Sudak (south-eastern Crimea) was constructed from 1371 to 1469. The fortress has the buildings of 6-15th centuries: the defensive walls and towers, castle, churches.
In the 11-12th centuries, the town became a major center of international trade. Since the end of the 13th century, Italian city-republics of Genoa and Venice were struggling for the town, and in 1365 it came under the control of the Genoese. The bulk of surviving to the present day architecture refers to the Genoese period. Photos by Konstantin Brizhnichenko.
Tags: Crimea Republic · fortress
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Picturesque sceneries of Kamenets Podolskiy
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos, Travel
Kamenets Podolskiy is one of the most ancient cities of Ukraine first time mentioned in 1062. Thanks to unique combination of historical, architectural, town-building heritage, the river Smotrich canyon landscapes, the “Old town” of the city is declared a state historical and architectural reserve.
There are about 200 buildings and constructions of 11th-19th centuries. Powerful fortifications of the “Old town”, a fortress and a fortress bridge, a combination of cult constructions make an unforgettable impression. Photos by horoshiyblog.
Tags: Kamenets Podolskiy city
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Wonderful time-lapse of Rivne city
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities, Travel, Video
Rivne (Rovno) is a city located in the western part of Ukraine, capital city of Rivne oblast. The settlement is known from the year of 1283. There are monuments of history and architecture of different generations and epochs.
Tags: Rivne city · time-lapse
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The scrap yard of Chernobyl radioactive machinery
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Travel
The Chernobyl accident is the destruction of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (Pripyat city) in April 26, 1986.
The destruction was of an explosive nature, the reactor was completely destroyed, large quantities of radioactive substances were released into the air. The accident is regarded as the largest of its kind in the history of nuclear energy.
Tags: abandoned · Chernobyl · Pripyat city
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Zhmerinka railway station – the ship sailing to Odessa
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
Zhmerinka is a town located in Vinnitsa oblast of Ukraine. The town is known from the 18th century. Main attraction of Zhmerinka is the railway station built in 1899-1904.
The building of the station was constructed in the shape of a ship sailing to Odessa probably because it was the first railway line leading to the sea.
Tags: Vinnitsa oblast
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Beautiful time-lapse video of Cherkassy city
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities, Travel, Video
What a great work was done by Yaroslav Yarko and Konstantin Ignatenko to make this short movie about Cherkasy!
Tags: Cherkasy city · time-lapse
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Ukrainian highest cable-stayed bridge
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos
Yuzhny (Southern) bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Dnieper River in Kiev. It is the highest cable-stayed bridge in Ukraine. The construction began in 1983, automobile traffic on the bridge was opened on December 25, 1990, metro trains traffic – December 30, 1992.
The bridge was considered the most modern bridge of the USSR connecting the center of Kiev with a left-bank areas and Borispol (main international airport of Ukraine). The length of the bridge is 1256 meters, width – 41 meters, height – 133 meters. The photos by Oleg Stelmakh.
Tags: Kiev city
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Metalist – Euro 2012 stadium of Kharkov
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in UkraineTrek.com news
We have added the page about Kharkov city main stadium – “Metalist Stadium”. The stadium will host several matches of Euro 2012.
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