Novotroitske. The Wooden Holy Ascension Church of 1893. Without Status, but with a Rich History

Ancient churches draw believers with their prayer-steeped setting and centuries of history. Pilgrims come to the Holy Ascension Church in the village of Novotroitske in the Donetsk region from all regions of Ukraine to bow before the spiritual relics and to see the only wooden church in the Pokrovsk district that has survived in its original form since 1893.

Novotroitske, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region. Holy Ascension Church. 1893.

Museums in Ukraine. Rich Collections and Varied Themes. A Brief Overview

In Ukraine there are about 5 thousand museums of the most varied themes. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism owns about half a thousand museums, but far more of them exist under various departments, educational institutions and at enterprises. A great many private museum displays have been opened by collectors and at tourist locations. The map of Ukraine's museums is being replenished with new unique sites where millions of rare exhibits are kept. The largest area is occupied by the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohiv.

Pyrohiv. The National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. The Church of the Resurrection. Kysorychi, Rivne region, 18th century.

The Carpathian Tram. The Best Tourist Attraction of Prykarpattia

In Ukraine several narrow-gauge railways have survived — the Borzhava one in Zakarpattia, one in Antonivka in the Rivne region, one in Holovanivsk in the Kirovohrad region, and one in the settlement of Vyhoda in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Vyhoda, Dolyna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. A tour along the narrow-gauge railway by Carpathian tram

Memorials of the Second World War. Perpetuating Historical Memory

Wherever you go in our country, in a city or in a small village, everywhere you come across tank monuments in parks, modest gravestones by the road, obelisks on the grounds of enterprises and schools, and memorial plaques on the facades of buildings.

Myrnohrad. Donetsk region. War memorial