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Desyatynna Church ruins
Up Andriyivsky uzviz past St Andrews Church, look for a dense cluster of vendors selling Dynamo Kyiv & other sports paraphernalia on the right. The fenced-off archaeological site behind them covers the foundations of the Desyatynna Church ruins. Prince Volodymyr ordered the chu
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History of Odesa Jews Museum
Less than 2% of people call themselves Jewish in todays Odesa – against 44% in the early 1920s – but the resilient and humorous Jewish spirit still permeates every aspect of local life. Hidden inside a typical rundown courtyard with clothes drying on a rope and a rusty carcass of a
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Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul
Through a small triumphal gate in the northwest corner of Polish Market Sq lies this fascinating cathedral, K-Ps busiest place of worship. One feature of the building perfectly illustrates how the Polish and Turkish empires collided in Kamyanets-Podilsky. Built in 1580 by the Catho
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Zoloti Vorota
Part of Kyivs fortifications during the rule of Yaroslav the Wise, the famous Zoloti Vorota sounds much better than it looks, but the summer patio around the fountain out the front is a great place to have a drink. Erected in 1037 and modelled on Constantinoples Golden Gate, this w
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Dominican Cathedral
Dominating a small square to the east of pl Rynok is one of Lviv’s signature sights, the large rococo dome of the Dominican Cathedral. Attached to the cathedral and to the left of the entrance is the Museum of Religious History , which was an atheist museum in Soviet times. The exh
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Vul Artyoma
The citys backbone is a broad avenue, which runs from the train station to the Old Town. It is lined with monuments dating from the Soviet era. The most striking one is Glory to Miners Labour – a giant miner holding out a piece of shapeless black substance, presumably coal, in his
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Lviv History Museum
Lvivs main museum is split into three collections dotted around pl Rynok. The best branch is at No 6 . Here you can enjoy the Italian-Renaissance inner courtyard and slide around the exquisitely decorated interior in cloth slippers on the woodcut parquetry floor made from 14 kinds
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High Castle Hill
Around 30 minutes’ walk from pl Rynok, visiting the High Castle (Vysoky Zamok) on Castle Hill (Zamkova Hora) is a quintessential Lviv experience. There’s little evidence of the 14th-century ruined stone fort that was Lviv’s birthplace, but the summit mound sporting a mammoth Ukrain
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Massandra Palace
A cutesy hunting lodge built to resemble a French chateau, the turreted palace was completed by Tsar Alexander III in 1889. Its better known, however, for what it became: Stalins summer dacha .The restored palace contains paintings and antique furniture, although the surrounding pa
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Adzhimushkay Defence Museum
Catacombs in the Kerch suburb of Adzhimushkay (Аджимушкай) have been a source of construction material for the city from time immemorial. Early Christians held their clandestine services here in the 2nd century AD. When the Germans sacked Kerch in May 1942, 10,000 Soviet troops and
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Khreshchatyk
Parts of the citys main drag were still occupied by barricades and tents of Maidan militants at the time of writing, but these were being gradually dismantled. Outside revolution periods, Kreshchatyk (named after a river now running in a pipe underneath) is a great place for an eve
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Bohdan & Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts
Kyivs most impressive collection of European art boasts Bosch, Velázquez and Rubens among the many masters represented, but they are only part of the attraction. The house, with its frescoed ceilings and intricately carved woodwork, alone is worth the price of admission. All the be
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Vydubytsky Monastery
Few churches appear more frozen in time than those of the Vydubytsky Monastery, nestled into the hills dense foliage beneath the Central Botanical Gardens. If you found the crowds at the Lavra a little too much to bear – or if youre just into intense serenity – you should not hesit
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Poltava Battlefield
The famous battle was fought over a large area around whats now vul Zinkivska, about 7km north of the city centre. The best starting point is the Poltava Battle Museum by the Peter I statue. Inside are displays relating to the battle, including maps, paintings and Peter Is original
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Nikitsky Botanic Gardens
These gardens let you sample a wide range of the worlds flora, just wandering around the 3 sq km of their hillside (and seaside) grounds. Founded under the order of the tsar in 1812, they were designed by British gardener Christian Stephen to collect and then disseminate the planet
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Gurzuf Park
Two local recreational dinosaurs, sanatoriums Gurzufsky and Pushkino, occupy what used to be the dacha of the Duc de Richelieu, governor of Odesa (1803–14). The word dacha is a serious understatement, especially if you compare it with Chekhovs modest dwelling in Gurzuf. It really i
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Massandra Winery
Memoirists claim that Tsar Nicholas II would always keep a flask of Massandra port hidden in his high boot during his daily Sunny path walks, while his wife sipped the very same drink listening to Rasputins prophesies. The imperial courts winery is now open to visitors. On a mandat
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Geographical Centre of Europe
Fifteen kilometres southwest of Rakhiv lies what Ukraine contends is Europes geographical centre, just before the village of Dilove. Ukraine is not the only country to declare itself the continents centre: Germany, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia have all staked rival claims. Furthe
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Khersones
The ruins of the ancient Greek city founded in 422 BC are of great significance to local visitors. This is the place where Volodymyr the Great was famously baptised into Christianity in AD 988, launching what would become the Russian Orthodox Church. Earlier that year, he sacked th
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Prospekt Svobody
Just in case it should ever slip your mind that Lviv is Ukraines most patriotic large city, an enormous statue of Taras Shevchenko rises up in the middle of Prospekt Svobody (Freedom Ave). A gift from the Ukrainian diaspora in Argentina, the statue of the revered national poet stan
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