Novomoskovsk. The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Wood

The most famous landmarks of Novomoskovsk — Samara Hermitage Monastery, the main shrine of the Zaporozhian Sich, and the Holy Trinity Cathedral, an architectural masterpiece of 18th-century wooden architecture.

Novomoskovsk. Holy Trinity Cathedral. 1778.

A Lost Monument to the Flying Ace Petro Nesterov

By the roadside of the M 09 (E 372) highway, near the town of Zhovkva rises a monument to the founder of aerobatics, Petro Mykolaiovych Nesterov.

Zhovkva. The monument to Petro Nesterov

Krekhiv. The Monastery of St Nicholas of the Basilian Order

For four centuries the Krekhiv Monastery of St Nicholas of the Basilian Order has been one of the largest spiritual centres and a place of pilgrimage for the faithful from all over Ukraine and abroad.

Krekhiv. The Monastery of St Nicholas of the Basilian Order

Passing through Zhytomyr. A city of peace and bread

Today's tale is about Zhytomyr, an ancient town known since the days of Kyivan Rus. What can you see in the course of four hours, and what impressions were left after an unplanned stroll around this regional centre in the north-west of Ukraine?

Zhytomyr. Soborna Square

Chernihiv. A Chronicle Town of Grandeur and Holiness

Chernihiv is a regional centre of Ukraine, a railway junction, a port on the Desna, and an ancient town with tourist attractions.

Chernihiv. Myru Avenue. St Catherine's Church. 1715.

The Druzhkivka Petrified Trees. How to Find Them?

While getting to know the unique places of the Donetsk land, I unexpectedly made a discovery for myself. The oldest stone forest on the Eurasian continent lies half a kilometre from the settlement of Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka.

Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka. Petrified trees

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

Prelesne. The Bantysh Palace. Charm and disenchantment

The very name of the village of Prelesne suggests that something here was charming, unusual and alluring. In a picturesque part of the Sloviansk district of the Donetsk region, a landscape-and-architectural monument of the 19th century has survived, but for over 20 years now it has been turning into ruins.

Prelesne, Sloviansk district, Donetsk region. The Bantysh Palace. 1837.

The Samara St Nicholas Hermitage Monastery

The Samara St Nicholas Monastery, with its centuries-long history, is called the Hermitage Monastery because in olden times it belonged administratively to no settlement and was the only monastery in the forests of the Lower Dnieper region.

The Samara St Nicholas Monastery. Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region.

The Chernihiv Dytynets. The chronicle cradle of Kyivan Rus

Getting to know Chernihiv should begin with the Dytynets — its cradle, which gave rise to the development of the capital city of the Chernihiv-Siverian principality.

Chernihiv. The Dytynets. The Transfiguration Cathedral. 1036.