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Dormition Church
This Ukrainian Orthodox church is easily distinguished by the 65m-high, triple-tiered Kornyakt bell tower rising beside it. The tower was named after its Greek benefactor, a merchant who was also the original owner of Kornyakt House on pl Rynok. It’s well worth going inside to see
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Lenin Komsomol Park
Believe it or not, for many years the sci-fi sounding terrikony – slag heaps – were the citys main attraction. They change their colour depending on season and time of the day, locals still reflect dreamily. The best place to observe those changes is in Lenin Komsomol Park, where c
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Maydan Soborny
Vul Zhovtneva terminates on a bluff at Cathedral Sq, the prettiest little spot in Poltava, with sweeping views of Khrestovozdvyzhensky Monastery across the valley to the northeast. The square is dominated by the rebuilt Uspenska Church . A footpath leads to the dramatic neo-Classic
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Prospekt Ayvazovskogo
With the cacophony of tourist agents touting their services through loudspeakers, along with terrible music, junk-food smells and a train line right on the beach to complete the picture, Feodosiyas seaside promenade is not exactly relaxing. Once it was lined with opulent palazzos.
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Mezhyhirya Estate
Kyivs newest tourist attraction is Mezhyhirya, the estate that once belonged to ex-president and wannabe Ukrainian dictator, Viktor Yanukovych, famously ousted in the Maidan Revolution of 2014. A wander through the opulent mansion and grounds costing millions of dollars to create g
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Fomin Botanical Gardens
Lying behind the Universytet metro station building, the landscaped gardens are best visited in spring when just about everything there is blooming. A short walk to the left from the entrance, youll find a leaning apron-clad bronze figure wielding something that looks like a bow. T
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Armenian Cathedral
By some accounts, Lviv has more than 100 churches and its all too easy to overdose on ornate interiors and golden iconostases, but one church you should not miss is the elegant 1363 Armenian Cathedral. The placid cathedral courtyard is a maze of arched passageways and squat buildin
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Cheshsky Kvartal
A short walk west of the immediate city centre, hemmed by the Uzh River on its southern flank, lies the Czech Quarter, an unexpected neighbourhood of 1920s Czech admin buildings and tenements, a treat for architecture fans. The assertive interwar functionalist style, so ubiquitous
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Lviv Art Gallery
Lvivs main art repository has two wings – one in the lavish Pototsky Palace (Палац Потоцького), the other around the corner on vul Stefanyka. The former houses an impressive collection of European art from the 14th to 18th centuries, including works by Rubens, Bruegel, Goya and Car
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On the coastal road in Miskhor, behind a little cluster of market stalls, is the cable car up the cliff of Mt Ay-Petri. Its a truly dizzying ride across the foothills and up the mountains sheer face, during which you overlook the coast and the sea. Views from the top are stunning,
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Aviation Museum
Soviet aviation might have been a target of ridicule lately, yet it was a mighty industry that outcompeted the Germans in WWII and raced neck-to-neck with the Americans during the Cold War. Located at the far side of Zhulyany airfield, this open-air museum displays dozens of aircra
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National Museum
Residing in one of Lvivs grandest 19th-century palaces, this sometimes confusing museum (too many doors, ticket rippers, sections, prescribed routes) has one of the Slavic worlds best collection of religious icons, most hailing from West Ukraine and eastern Poland. The earliest exa
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Artyom Monument
On top of a forested hill, the 27m monument of local Bolshevik leader Artyom was designed in an unusual Cubist style by Ivan Kavaleridze, who created some of the worst monuments in Kyiv. Fortunately, this early (1927) work is nothing to be ashamed of. As dazzlingly white as the Svi
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Karaite Kenassas
The beautiful whitewashed colonnaded complex became the main place of worship for Karaites in the aftermath of the Russian takeover of Crimea, when they were allowed to abandon cave cities and live where they pleased. Tsar Alexander I inaugurated the main kenassa (temple) in 1807.
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Bulgakov Museum
The much-loved author of The Master and Margarita lived here long before writing his most famous book – between 1906 and 1919. But this building was the model for the Turbin family home in The White Guard, his first full-length novel and the best book to read about Kyiv. Substituti
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Small and almost literally down to earth, the towns main Armenian church was built in 1363. Its walls are adorned with numerous khachkar – stone plaques with crosses marking historic events. Ivan Ayvazovsky got christened and married in this church. His large tomb is also here in t
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Lvivske Museum of Beer & Brewing
The oldest still-functioning brewery in Ukraine turns 300 in 2015, and a tasting tour, which runs roughly every 1½ hours, through the mainly underground facilities is well worth the trek out of the city centre. One old storage vault has been turned into an atmospheric beer hall whe
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Dervish Tekiye
Early 20th-century travel guides to Crimea still touted dervishes whirling in a breathtaking shamanic dance as one of the peninsulas main attractions, but today unfortunately this site is about the only legacy left by the once-influential Sufi mystics. The 15th-century monastery se
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Pirogov Museum
About 1.5km before you get to the chapel containing Pirogovs body, you can see his house, now a museum. Its actually more interesting than youd expect, and not just because of the Soviet character of the place (the Soviets claimed Pirogov as a hero many years after his death becaus
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Peyzazhna alleya
Starting at the top of Andriyivsky uzviz by the National Museum of Ukrainian History, the alley skirts around a large ravine offering great views of the city. Its always full of people and there is a cluster of modern urban art in its middle section. On warm nights, young Kyivites
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