Train 133 Kyiv-Rakhiv. A Popular Carpathian Route

Traveling by train 133 Kyiv – Rakhiv is a convenient and fast way to reach the Carpathians while enjoying comfort throughout the entire journey. This train provides a connection between the dynamic center of Ukraine, Polissia, Prykarpattia, and Zakarpattia.

 

The Calendar. Helper, Souvenir, Adornment, Heritage

Every year, in the moment when the last day of the departing year passes into the first day of the one to come, we open a new calendar that will keep us company for 365 days. By a calendar we mean a periodical reference publication in the form of a table or a journal, with a numbered reckoning of all the days, month by month.

 

A Ukrainian calendar

Pyrohiv. Homesteads and houses

The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohiv is the largest in Eastern Europe. This open-air museum occupies an area of over 300 hectares in a picturesque spot in the southern part of Kyiv.

Kyiv. Pyrohiv. The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. The "Podillia" exposition

Pedestrian Streets of Ukraine and Their Tourist Appeal

The streams of cars several lanes deep on the city arteries are becoming ever more endless, and our cities are caught in a web of transport links.

How wonderful it is that streets are being created where the main figure is the pedestrian, for whom comfortable conditions have been made and to whom cars are barred. Usually they are located in the historic centre, festive events are held on them, and their landmarks are the calling cards of the cities.

Let us stroll along some of them, beloved of townsfolk and tourists, and begin with the main artery of Kyiv, which becomes pedestrian on weekends and holidays.

Kyiv. Khreshchatyk. Independence Square

Pyrohiv. Wooden Churches of the Folk Architecture Museum

The wooden churches at Pyrohiv not only make up the museum's collection but are also functioning churches. They were built in various regions. When new churches appeared there, and it turned out that there was not always anyone to repair and preserve the old ones, they were moved to the largest museum in Ukraine.

Pyrohiv. The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God. 1792

Pyrohiv. Wooden windmills

Over the steppe, above the valleys, the wind played with the feather grass,

and it came upon an old, abandoned windmill.

And the wind called out to it:

"For nigh on half a century now

you have stood here alone, as if enchanted forever."

(A song by Bohdan Kyik)

The windmills at the open-air museum in Pyrohiv are its most recognisable exhibits and the most popular subjects for romantic photo shoots.

Kyiv. Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. Pyrohiv. Wooden windmills

The Kytaiv Hermitage. The Kyiv Athos

The Kyiv Athos — this is the reverent name for the secluded monastery in the south-east of Ukraine's capital.

Kyiv. The Holy Trinity Kytaiv Hermitage

Come Along With Me Through Kyiv

"How can I not love you, my Kyiv!"

I had a few hours and a wish to stroll through the capital.