Parks and Botanical gardens
Ukraine Botanical gardens and parks. Nature parks and botanical gardens in Ukraine. History, creation, development, designers
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Alexandria Park in Bila Cerkva
Not far from Kiev, there is a small town with a beautiful name Bila Cerkva. The tourist gem of the city is the arboretum Alexandria. The construction of this natural wonder is connected with the name of Alexandra Engelhardt, niece of His Serene Highness
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Romankovetsky Park
Sometimes, it seems that nature created the beautiful parks in Bukovina and that human interference can only harm this magnificence. But Romankovetsky Park which is located in the village Romanovtsy, near the district center Sokiryany (Chernivtsi region),
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Shevchenko Park in Rivne
Walking and enjoying the historical monuments in Rivne, do not forget to visit a park named in honor of Taras Shevchenko. Locals and visitors thank the former owners of the city - Polish magnates Lubomirski for its appearance in the center of the
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Open Air Museum in Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky
Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky - a city-museum is situated on the bank of the river Trubizh to the south from Kiev. There are about 30 museums. The most famous is the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Central Naddnipryanschina, better known as an
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Blue Lion in Donetsk
The Night Lion (Blue Lion) was created and decorated in the "City of the Lion" (Lviv) at the urban art festival "Parade of Lions." It was presented to Donetsk from Lviv, in 2009. Blue Lion is a pledge of friendship between Eastern and Western Ukraine.
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Gorky Park in Kharkov
Gorky Park is a main park of Kharkov. The park takes up more than 130 ha. The original name of this park from its founding till 1919 was the Nikolaevsky Park or Country Park. In the years of 1920 — 1936 it bore a name of the Utility Park or the
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Vladimirskaya Hill in Kiev
The Park Vladimirskaya Hill (Vladimirskaya Gorka) is justly one of the most beautiful parks on the Kiev’s territory. The Park was founded in the middle of the 19th century: there is the Memorial to Prince Vladimir, the Kiev’s symbol, who made
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The railway station square in Kharkov
The foundation of the railway station square was arranged to opening the railway “Kursk – Kharkov – Azov” at the end of the sixties of the 20th century. There was initially at this place, named earlier Arkhieriskaya Levada, a
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Shevchenko Garden in Kharkov
Shevchenko Garden is situated in the Kharkov’s centre and is a city park. It was founded in the years 1804 – 1805 by Vasily Nazarovich Karazin, the famous founder of the Kharkov University. The Garden was initially laid out in the virgin oak
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Zaporozhye oak
Zaporozhye Oak, whose age reaches 700 years, is located in the village of Upper Khortytsya. According to legend, it was under this oak that Cossacks wrote the world-famous letter to the Turkish sultan. The oak-tree is the oldest and largest in the city:
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