Donetsk. The Memory of Old Yuzivka

Modern cities are losing their historical appearance. Intensive construction activity changes the styles of urban development, and in the process that very atmosphere disappears — the one that helps you feel the wellsprings of a city's birth. In Donetsk only a handful of buildings from the pre-revolutionary era have survived, from the time when the industrial centre was called Yuzivka and the economic development of the region was just beginning.

Donetsk. Postysheva St. 2017.

Berdychiv. A Brief Historical Excursion

As you approach the railway station of Berdychiv, the lines of a song come to mind — one banned in Soviet times, by unknown authors, yet beloved of chanson performers: "And the train rode quietly on to Berdychiv". The crossing, in this county town, of railway trunk lines from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Rivne, Odesa, and Poland made Berdychiv famous in the musical genre.

Berdychiv. Railway station

Bancheny. The Holy Ascension Monastery

One of the newest and largest Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine is located in the village of Bancheny in the Chernivtsi region.

Bancheny. Hertsa district. Chernivtsi region. The Holy Ascension Monastery

Nizhyn. A Town of Our History

Nizhyn — our ancient Nizhyn, known since the times of Kyivan Rus, which has not become a tasty morsel for the pilgrimage of travellers. And in vain. Nizhyn is that town where you can not only touch the history of the state but also feel its atmosphere — quiet, calm and cosy.

Nizhyn. Chernihiv region. The Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. 1653.

Donetsk Botanical Garden. Green Wealth of an Industrial City

In any city the botanical garden is an adornment and a place of rest for the townsfolk.

Luzhany. The Oldest Church in Bukovyna

How many wonderful villages and small towns we have, ones you want to visit and learn more about.

Luzhany, Kitsman district. Chernivtsi region

The Bilokuzmynivka Rocks. A Wonder of the Virgin Steppe

In the Donetsk region, where the cities have merged into one continuous industrial agglomeration and the distance between them is about 5-10 kilometres, nature has given this industrial region an astonishing creation — The Bilokuzmynivka chalk cliffs.

Tyapche in the Dolyna Area

I first saw this small Subcarpathian village when I was at the Goshiv monastery. At the foot of the Yasna Mountain, on the eastern side, houses and a church could be seen.

Tyapche, Dolyna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Verkhni Hai. A Subcarpathian Village of 600 Years

I went to Verkhni Hai, in the Drohobych district of the Lviv region, to see the wooden Church of the Holy Trinity.

Verkhni Hai. The Church of the Holy Trinity. 1910.

The "Vershyna" Reserve. The Kaolin Quarry

Azure-turquoise water and snow-white shores.