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Museum of Hutsul Folk Art and Life
Sitting pretty in a river valley, tiny Kosiv boasts of a Museum of Hutsul Folk Art .
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Russian Art Museum
With 2000 paintings, it is the largest collection of Russian artwork outside Moscow and St Petersburg.
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Kebi
The restored 16th-century mosque dates back to the Tatar town of Ak-Mechet (White Mosque), a predecessor of Simferopol.
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Archaeology Museum
Gold jewellery and coins from early Black Sea civilisations are joined by a few Egyptian mummies at this under-visited museum.
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Rabbi Nachmans Tomb
To visit the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, head towards Sofiyivka Park, and about halfway down vul Sadova, turn right onto vul Pushkina.
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Pushkin in Crimea Museum
The dacha of the Duc de Richelieu, governor of Odesa (1803–14), today houses the Pushkin in Crimea Museum , a history museum.
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Former Synagogue
Chernivtsi’s former synagogue was once famous for its exotic African/Middle Eastern style, but was turned into a cinema in 1954.
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Arsenal Museum
The towns former arsenal (1554–56) is now a museum where you can check out suits of armour and various cannons and weapons.
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Statue of Taras Shevchenko
This statue of Taras Shevchenko, Ukraines greatest nationalist writer, was a gift to the people of Lviv from the Ukrainian diaspora in Argentina.
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Janowska Concentration Camp
A 15-minute walk west of the Yanivske cemetery are a plaque and a billboard marking the spot of the Janowska concentration camp , now a prison.
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Pharmacy Museum
This excellent museum is set in the premises of an early-19th-century German pharmacy. There are separate rooms dedicated to alchemy and witchcraft.
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Eagle Column
The Eagle Column commemorates Russian ships deliberately scuppered at the mouth of the harbour in 1854 to make it impossible for enemy ships to pass.
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National Art Museum
Displays early Ukrainian icons, and paintings from the 14th to the 19th centuries, including some by polymath national poet Taras Shevchenko.
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Yanivske Cemetery
The Yanivske Cemetery , northwest of the city centre, has a large Jewish section accessible from vul Yeroshenka (a side street off vul Tarasa Shevchenka).
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St Sophias Church
With its distinctive ochre-and-white exterior, double clock towers and lavish interior, this small church dating from 1746 is a must-see for fans of baroque architecture.
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Museum of Religious History
Attached to the Dominican Cathedral and Monastery and to the left of the entrance is the Museum of Religious History , which was an atheist museum in Soviet times.
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Shabo Winery
These days the newly revived winery is a slick modern operation, but its owners - Georgians from Odesa - are absolutely obsessed with the places Swiss heritage.
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Uspensky Cathedral
This cathedral with its landmark mid-19th-century bell tower (89.5m tall) is now used only as a concert hall. The ticket office in the entrance is open in the afternoons only.
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Historical Museum of Zaporizhsky Cossacks
The informative Historical Museum of Zaporizhsky Cossacks includes painted dioramas and various Cossack weaponry and bric-a-brac excavated from the island and nearby Baida Island.
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Regional Administration Building
This Soviet-realist hulk is worth seeing for its sheer size and bombast. The two glum-looking traditional Ukrainian musician statues that guard the entrance are particularly impressive.
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