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Kobylyanska Theatre
Set on the exquisitely central European pl Teatralna, Chernivtsis main drama and music theatre is a beautiful Art Nouveau confection that wouldnt look out of place in Prague or Paris. The ticket office is across the street at vul Lysenka 2.
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Orange Revolution Monument
Vinnytsyas epicentre is maydan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Sq), where major demonstrations and meetings were held during the 2004 Orange Revolution. A rather inconspicuous monument on its western side keeps alive the memory of those heady days.
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Otrada Beach
This beach can be reached via a primitive chairlift . Like eating salo (cured pig fat), riding one of these chairlifts is one of those when-in-Ukraine experiences that probably shouldnt be missed. To the south of Otrada Beach is a nudist beach .
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Bernardine Church and Monastery
Lvivs most stunning baroque interior belongs to the 17th-century now Greek Catholic Church of St Andrew. The highlight is the long ceiling covered in recently restored frescoes. Sunday Masses spill out into the street, filling the surrounding square with song.
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Museum of the Volyn Icon
Displaying over 100 painted icons, this museum provides an overview of the celebrated Volyn school of icon-painting from the 16th to the 18th century. The highlight is the Chelm icon of the Blessed Virgin, which attracts processions of pilgrims to the museum.
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Florivsky Monastery
This is a 15th-century convent that remained open during the communist era. Pass through the bell tower to the grounds, which contain several attractive churches; there are great views from here of St Andrews Church. Dress appropriately to enter the grounds.
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St Nicholas Naberezhny
Church lovers will find several attractive and historic specimens in Podil, including this church near the river, which is dedicated to sailors and others journeying along the river to do business. Consider coming here if you are taking a cruise of the Dnipro.
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Museum of Strategic Missile Forces
It’s not easy to find, but deep in Ukraine’s agricultural heartland, 30km north of Pervomaysk, lies arguably Ukraine’s coolest museum. The Museum of Strategic Missile Troops , better known as the Nuclear Missile Museum, was formerly a nuclear missile launch facility.
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St Jehoshaphats Church
Heading towards the fortress along the main drag through the Old Town, youll pass this baroque 18th-century Greek Catholic Church (formerly St Trinitys), fronted by sculptures of two saints who appear to be boogieing on down. The interior is disappointingly plain.
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Blahoveshchensky Cathedral
The park across the street from Uspensky Cathedral offers the best vantage point of the striking red-and-cream striped cathedral down in the valley, built 1881–1901. Based on Istanbuls Hagia Sophia, it has a beautifully proportioned bell tower resembling a stick of candy.
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Taras Shevchenko Statue
Crossing the bridge to the island you immediately come face-to-face with a Taras Shevchenko statue the immense size of which would put most Lenin statues to shame.
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Kotlyarevsky Museum
Just behind Uspenska Church, surrounded by a lovely flower garden, this is the lovingly restored former home of Ivan Kotlyarevsky (1739–1838), one of the fathers of Ukrainian literature. The museum provides a glimpse into traditional Ukrainian life in the early 19th century.
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Golden Rose Synagogue
The late-16th-century Golden Rose Synagogue stood at the heart of the inner district before the Nazis blew it up in 1941. Archaeologists were hard at work excavating the fenced-off site when we visited. The local Jewish community hopes to rebuild the synagogue in the near future.
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Birthplace of Leopold Von Sacher
Opposite the Pototsky Palace is the birthplace of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , the world’s original ‘masochist’. The author of Venus in Furs came into the world here in 1835, although he spent most of his subsequent 60 years begging to be whipped in Austria, Germany and Italy.
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Water Museum
Inside a historical water pump, this Danish-funded museum is a fun place, especially for children. On the obligatory tour, youre taken on a walk through a rainwater collector, allowed to sit on a giant toilet or stand inside a bubble, and introduced to a yellow fish called Vasily.
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Church of Mykola Prytysk
The Church of Mykola Prytysk survived the 1811 fire that destroyed much of Podil. This 1631 church is the oldest structure in the district and is surrounded by several pastel-coloured brick buildings exhibiting the eclectic style in vogue in Kyiv at the end of the 19th century.
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St Nicholas Cathedral
Chernivtsis cathedral is nicknamed the drunken church, because of the four twisted turrets surrounding its cupola – painted blue with golden stars, these turrets create an optical illusion. The cathedral is a 1930s copy of a 14th-century royal church in Curtea de Arges (Romania).
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St Andrews Church
Naturally, the stunning gold and blue sight shining at the top of Andriyvsky uzviz was built in 1754 by Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli, who also designed the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Inside the red and faded-gold iconostasis reaches almost to the top of the dome.
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Trinity Church
The main Orthodox church in Lutsk dates from 1752 and is a much more atmospheric affair than the Saint Peters and Pauls Cathedral, not having been stripped of its gilding and icons by the Soviets. The interior is perfumed with beeswax candles and infused with 260 years of worship.
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Souvenir Market
You aint seen a tacky Ukrainian souvenir market until youve visited Yaremches. Now reaching absurd dimensions, its centred around a former beauty spot where a footbridge crosses the river. The rocks below the bridge are still a pretty place to picnic, mainly as from there you cant
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