Tag: Ukraine

Evgeny Paton (1870-1953) was born in Nice (France) in the family of a retired Ukrainian Guards officer. He studied at the Dresden Technical University and at the Petersburg Institute of Railroads. Paton was a professor at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institu ...

Ukraine, the world’s largest sunflower producer, set a world record in 2016 with a harvest of 13.6 million tons. There are so many sunflower fields in Ukraine that the big round yellow flower has become one of the symbols of the country. The sunflo ...

In Spain, it’s gazpacho; in France, bouillon; in Ukraine, borsch. King Henry IV of France said that his goal was to create such a rich country that there was a chicken in the pot of every Frenchman. In Ukraine, borsch was long considered such an eq ...

This impressive construction is one of the newest bridges in Kyiv. Building began in 1983 to solve an urban traffic problem. The Kharkiv residential development was growing ever larger and road connections from the city to Boryspil International Airp ...

Railroad in Ukraine. Ukraine is a large country, and if you need to get from one city to another on the other side of the country, there’s no better way than by train (because of road conditions and length of the trip, a bus might not be as comfort ...

Poliske is located almost 60 km (37 mi) from Pripyat. It became one of the main evacuation support stations for the settlements most affected by radiation. Pripyat residents were placed in the homes of local residents, some received housing here. The ...

Beregvar (Schoenborn Castle), one of the most beautiful castles in Ukraine, is not far from Mukachevo. It was the residence of the Schoenborns, Austro-Hungarian aristocrats who become the most influential nobles in the Transcarpathian region during A ...

Palanok or Mukachevo Castle is one of the oldest and most famous in Ukraine. When and who erected it is not known for sure, but already in the 11th century, there was a mountain of volcanic rock 68 m (223 ft) high and covering 14,000 m2 (150,000 ft2) ...

Lutsk Castle is one of the oldest and most beautiful in Ukraine. Its story is long and glorious. Defensive fortifications first appeared on this site at the beginning of the 11th century, and it’s been officially recorded since 1340. It is remarkab ...

If cities have their own destinies, then Khotyn was born to be the center of war. After all, the name of the ancient city Khotyn, where one of the most famous fortresses of Ukraine is located, comes from the word “to want.” Its unique location ma ...

The history of Chernobyl the Savior icon. One of the main attractions of St. Elijah Church is the icon “Chernobyl the Savior”, painted in 2003 by Vladislav Goretsky and consecrated near the walls of the Assumption Church in the Kyiv- Pechersk La ...

Kamianets-Podilskyi is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Ukraine. Its main attraction is the historic center, preserved intact, without any 20th-century buildings. The city is located on an extensive peninsular rocky plateau with steep w ...