Truskavets. We Will Come After the Victory

From the first day of the Russian invasion Truskavets turned into a refuge and evacuation haven for Ukrainians who have suffered from the war. The community took in displaced people from the front-line territories, housed them temporarily, and provided food and necessities to those in need. The people of Truskavets united, set up a humanitarian headquarters, and keep receiving refugees and giving every kind of support to those arriving from the hot spots. The number of displaced people has exceeded the local population and the infrastructure is overstretched, but the townspeople are coping and try to help everyone who needs it.

 

Truskavets. Lviv region

Lviv. The Sculptures of Stryiskyi Park

For Lviv Sculpture Week 2023

Part of the collection of the ChervoneChorne art association: especially for Lviv's annual week, these unconventional creations by well-known authors were brought from historic Kaniv to the cultural capital.

 

Uhersko. The Lake of Geologists, a Natural Monument

Beside the M-06 highway, on the Stryi-Lviv stretch near the village of Uhersko, there is an artificially formed body of water in the shape of a circle.

 

Vorokhta. The Church of the Nativity. Hutsul Architecture

Everyone knows it, writes about it and grieves – it is no longer possible to see a wooden church in the Hutsul lands in its pristine form, untouched by radical repairs. But to our good fortune, harmony and perfection, a caring attitude to the spiritual heritage, still live in our villages and small towns. And you need not climb far into the mountains to be struck by the beauty of proportion and the craftsmanship of our forefathers. The church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God is considered the talisman of Vorokhta and the spiritual calling card of the popular Carpathian resort.

 

Vorokhta, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God

Tulyholove. The Bal Palace, Then and Now

Only connoisseurs of old villas come to this remote village, and only devotees of aristocratic residences know of it.

 

Tulyholove, Lviv region. The Bal palace

Vynnyky. A Way of the Cross Honouring Ukrainian Heroes

In 1999 a Way of the Cross was created in Vynnyky in the Lviv region, on the slope of Zhupan hill. Its 14 stations mark the path of the Son of God bearing the cross of human sins. Services on the Way of the Cross are held for spiritual renewal and to promote Christian values.

Vynnyky. The Way of the Cross

Nadvirna. A Meeting with a Precarpathian Town

Nadvirna is called the gates of the Carpathians. And how, indeed, could one drive past these very gates on the way to the mountain peaks and waterfalls? Nadvirna lies in the south of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, 35 kilometres from the regional centre. This Precarpathian town was a popular resort at the beginning of the 20th century, and even now an inquisitive traveller, on a 2-3-hour walk, will find plenty of curiosities that set apart one of the youngest district centres of Western Ukraine.

 

Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Lviv. The Zalizna Voda Park and Its Green Riches

If you are choosing a park in which to watch nature and enjoy living natural scenes, the Zalizna Voda park meets the requirements of a quiet resting place for people of every age.

Lviv. The Zalizna Voda park

Horbachi. A Ukrainian Village and Its Own Character

In Ukraine every village has its own history, whose roots reach into the distant past and the times of paganism. The churches and houses in villages and small towns preserve the architectural style and the hand of their master craftsmen. It is good when a community keeps its cultural heritage, its unique dialect and its local traditions. The village of Horbachi lies 40 kilometres south of Lviv, and it too has its own masterpieces and singular features.

 

Horbachi, Lviv region. The Church of St Ignatius

Truskavets. The M. Bilas Art Museum and Villa Hopliana

Rest and recuperation at the resorts are synchronised with cultural pastimes, and visiting museums and exhibitions is one of the main occupations of the holidaymakers. The Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum stands in the centre of Truskavets, in its busiest spot — Kobzar Square.

 

Truskavets. The Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum. Interiors