Sightseeing
All about sightseeing of Ukraine. Historical places, statues and monuments of Ukraine. Best places to visit in Ukraine. Stories and legends about places of interest in Ukraine.
Sightseeing of Ukraine are rich in their diversity and each region can boast of the unforgettable coloring. From the Crimea to the Carpathians there stretches a string of breathtaking castles and churches, palaces and museums, and in many central cities almost every building is an architectural monument.
During your travels and learning the attractions of Ukraine, you can see that the Ukrainian people keep anxiously for centuries and understand the origins of culture and appreciate its depth and attraction and get an unforgettable experience.
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Cossack farm Galushkovka
15 kilometers from the famous Petrikovka village there is another village called Galushkovka. Here, on the picturesque banks of Dnieper river, in the end of the XVII century Cossacks, who at the time were exploring the territory of Dikoe Pole, had
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Chatsky’s head in Zhitomir
Chatsky’s head is a 120-meter wide rock formation from grey granite that rises to 30 meters above Teterev river. The shape of the head was given to a rock by a ice shield that covered Ukraine during Ice Age. Gradually moving forward, the
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Church of the Annunciation in Trostyanets
Trostyanets is a small city in Sumy region that has a population of 23.000 people/. Despite the relatively small size and population, Trostyanets still has a lot of remarkable architectural monuments for you to see. Virtually from any point in
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Palace in Vishnevets village
Vishnevetsky castle was built by Prince Mikhail Vishnevetsy in 1494 instead of the destroyed by Tatars defense in Stary Vishnevets village. For several centuries the palace used to serve as a family residency for Vishnevetsky dynasty. Even though
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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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Monument to Pylyp Orlyk in Kiev
In the summer of 2011 a monument to Pylyp Orlyk, the Hetman of Right-Bank Ukraine, the author of Ukrainian Constitution of 1710, was installed in Kiev. The monument was executed in a form of a sculpture group of two closely linked elements: the monument
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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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Monument to Voroshilov in Lugansk
In front of Lugansk city council there is a monument to the first Marshal of USSR and remarkable public figure Kliment Voroshilov. The city and the spot for installing the monument were not chosen randomly: not only Voroshilov did a lot for the country
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