Vinnytsia. A promenade along Soborna. Beauty + history

In recent years Vinnytsia has several times been recognised by the inhabitants of our state as the most comfortable town to live in in Ukraine. Decent roads and a well-organised system of municipal transport, the preservation of the architectural heritage and green oases, cycle paths and benches with solar panels, and of course fountains, fountains.

 

Vinnytsia. A view of Soborna Street by the Central Park

Brailiv. A Cultural and Spiritual Centre of Podillia

The tourist sites of Brailiv are among the winners of the regional contest 'The 7 Wonders of the Vinnytsia Region'. I arrived by suburban train at this small settlement, located forty kilometres from Vinnytsia and seven from the junction station of Zhmerynka. The railway in these parts was laid at state expense — and colossal super-profits were made from it — by the railway magnate Karl von Meck. The financial tycoon acquired the town in 1867, owned a brick factory and a sugar factory here, did not stint, and built in Brailiv a snow-white palace in which his enterprising wife, the mother of 18 children, unfolded her patronage of the arts.

Brailiv. The palace of Nadezhda von Meck. Brailiv Vocational Lyceum