Everyone knows the symbol of the United States – the Statue of Liberty. But do you know that there is Ukrainian Statue of Liberty in Lviv? The people also call it lazy statue.
It is placed on the facade of the State Museum of Ethnography of Ukraine located at Svobody (Liberty) Avenue, 15. The photo was taken by Oleg Grigoryev.
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Kid’s thematic park “Lukomorye” of Sevastopol
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Funny, Photos
Lukomorye is not just another children’s entertainment center. It is a small country of fairy tales for children and their parents, each visit is an unusual, fascinating journey into the wonderful world of childhood. Children’s play complex includes numerous attractions and theater.
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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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Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra is an Orthodox monastery in Pochaev (Ternopil oblast). It is the largest Orthodox shrine in Volhynia and second, after the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, monastery in Ukraine. The photos were taken by pauchok-anansis.
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Ancient fortress of Kamenets Podolskiy
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos, Travel
Kamenets Podolskiy is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine. There are about 200 monuments of 11th-19th centuries in the city. The main attraction of Kamenets Podolskiy is an old fortress.
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The church of neo-Russian style in Parkhomovka
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion
The church of the Intercession of the Virgin is one of the most important monuments of neo-Russian style located in the territory of Ukraine in Kiev oblast.
The church was designed by the largest master of this style Vladimir Alexandrovich Pokrovsky. The temple in Parkhomovka was his debut as an independent architect.
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The photos of Odessa in 1890-1905
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, History, Photos
Odessa city standing on Black Sea coast is often called the “Pearl of the South”. And here are several nice pictures of the city taken about one century ago.
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Festival of historical reconstruction “Battle of the Nations”
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From April 30 to May 3, 2011 Ukrainian town of Khotyn (Chernovtsy oblast) was the home of the second international festival of historical reconstruction of the Middle Ages under the title “Battle of the Nations”.
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St. Nicholas Church with the original “twisted” domes
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion, Travel
One of the main attractions of Chernivtsi city is St. Nicholas Church with the original “twisted” domes built in 1939. The architecture of the church reproduces the Romanian national style neorominesk. The prototype of the original design was the architecture of the church in Curtea de Arges.
The church is also called “Drunk church” because of its “twisted” domes, about which there are numerous legends. Address: Chernivtsi, Russkaya Str., 35. The photos were captured by av_otus.
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National Museum of History of Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, History, Travel
The National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 opened May 9, 1981 is a memorial complex, located on the picturesque slopes of the right bank of the Dnieper River on the outskirts of Pechersk, one of the historic districts of Kiev city.
