Sviatohirsk: A Historical and Architectural Reserve

Sviatohirsk is rightly called the pearl of the Donbas. For here you can see historical and architectural monuments, churches and monasteries, mountains, a river, and a national nature park.

Olesko Castle. Stronghold, Residence, Museum, Film Set

Olesko Castle is one of the oldest and most famous structures of its kind in Ukraine. It held great strategic importance, as it was built on the border between Poland and Lithuania, at a crossroads of routes during the period when Kyivan Rus was breaking up into appanage principalities. The first mention dates to 1327. Today it is an architectural and historical monument of the 14th — 18th centuries and a museum-reserve that is part of the "Golden Horseshoe of Lviv" tour.

Dolyna. A town of oil workers in the Boyko region

I have been to Dolyna in the Ivano-Frankivsk region several times. I will write about one trip to the "Boykivshchyna" local history museum.
Through this district centre, home to 20,000 people, runs the highway Lviv — Ivano-Frankivsk — Chernivtsi. A ring interchange connects the town with Zakarpattia.
By the main roundabout you are greeted by a sculpture of the Archangel Michael, mounted on a column. This monument is called "To the Fighters for the Ukrainian State" and is the town's calling card.