Architecture
Architecture of Ukraine: buildings, streets, bridges and squares. Articles about styles of architecture in Ukraine. Uniqe architect projects in Ukraine.
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Rolit house in Kiev
A writer’s house, which belonged to the Literature Worker cooperative, was named Rolit because of its walls that are covered in memorial plaques. These plaques remind visitors of the famous people that used to live in this house. Nowadays there are
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Besarabsky market in Kiev
Besarabsky market, which is not just a major shopping location, but also an outstanding architectural site in the style of late modern, has been standing in the center of Kiev for more than a century. This covered market in Bessarabian square also
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Unfinished nuclear power plant in Shchelkino
Crimean nuclear power plant is an unfinished object that is situated in the outskirts of Shchelkino on the bank of Aktashskoye reservoir. This saltwater reservoir was going to be used as a coolant. The project started to be developed in 1968. In 1975
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Liberty square in Ternopol
Liberty (Svobody) square in Ternopol is a place that has witnessed a lot of historically significant events in the course of several centuries. Poor unemployed citizens gathered there, near the castle of a Ternopol tycoon, to demand food and jobs. During
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Villa Mechta in Simeiz
Villa Mechta, one of attractions in Simeiz, was being built for quite a while: the construction was completed only in the 1920s. The author of the project remained anonymous; however, historians presume it could be architect Nikolay Krasnov who designed
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Palace in Samchyky
Samchyky is a village in Starokonstantinovsky district of Khmelnitsky region. It has a palace in the style of classicism, which is now a unique attraction of Khmelnitsky region. The building has preserved quite well. Nowadays it hosts the exhibitions of
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Watermill in Pavoloch village
Pavoloch is a historically significant village that is located on the banks of Rostavitsa river 10 kilometers from the city of Popelnya in Zhitomir region. There used to be settlements already during the times of Ancient Russia, and you can still see the
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Male gymnasium in Zhitomir
The construction of a male gymnasium in Zhitomir was started in 1861. Already in a year the building in Bolshaya Berdichevskaya street was completed. During a long period of time the male gymnasium in Zhitomir was the largest educational facility in
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Yusupov Palace in Koreiz
Yusupov Palace, which is located in Koreiz, is certainly the most mysterious palace and park complex in the Crimea. Its whole history of existence is surrounded by mysteries that are still not resolved. We know that Stalin and his close partners stayed
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Kichkine Palace in Gaspra
Kichkine Palace lies in amazing green surroundings, in a picturesque location near the old Mishor, breathing the juniper scent. During the 100 years of its existence this “Tiny Palace”, which translates as Kichkine to Turkish, had to witness
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