Selydove. Do the Small Towns of the Donetsk Region Have a Future?

"You, my town of Selydove,

A flower in the Donetsk land,

Selydove, Selydove —

A beacon of miners' glory!"

The town's anthem.

I happened to be in Selydove on business — a small mining town in the Donetsk region.

A Holiday in Winter? In Summer? In Spring? In Autumn? Let's Go to Svaliava!

Svaliava is one of the most famous ski and balneological resorts in Ukraine, celebrated for its mineral springs "Poliana Kvasova", "Luzhanska", "Poliana Kupel" and other healing waters, similar in their properties to "Borjomi". To my taste they are tastier than the Caucasian ones, because they are more accessible.

Tysiv and Other Villages of Subcarpathia. Why Are They Becoming Distant and Unreachable?

Not all my travels have been successful and brought me pleasure. My most disastrous and exhausting trip was around the villages of the Bolekhiv town council.

Tysiv. Bolekhiv town council. Dolyna district. Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Seen in Bolekhiv

I continue my acquaintance with Bolekhiv — a Subcarpathian town in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.