Ukraine: attractions and places of interest

The Lower Dniester National Nature Park is a national park in the Odessa region, spread over an area of 213 km2. Only 37 km2 are directly subordinated to the national park, the remaining 176 km2 are the property of land users and agricultural activities are carried out on them with the fulfillment ...

The Alexander Fomin Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Ukraine. The garden is located next to the T. G. Shevchenko National University. For the first time, the topic of the garden was raised by architect Beretti Vikenty Ivanovich, according to whose plan the Shevchenko Unive...

The Kiev Zoo is one of the largest and most beautiful zoos in the former Soviet Union. The zoo's collection includes almost 400 species of animals. The creation of the Kiev Zoo began with the creation of a society of animal lovers, which included politicians, doctors, and university professors. In ...

Medzhibozh Castle is a powerful fortified fortress in the village of Medzhibozh near the city of Khmelnitsky in Ukraine. Over the years of its existence, it has successfully repelled attacks by Poles and Tatars. Such a border location of the region was beneficial for many, so they tried to capture ...

The Bernardine Monastery is a unique historical monument in Lviv. Nowadays, the monastery belongs to the Lviv State Historical Archive, and the church in the monastery is the property of the Greek Catholic Church. The Bernardine Monastery is essentially a powerful fortified bastion. This was becaus...

In Transcarpathia, there is a unique place in the Kireshi tract - the Valley of Daffodils. Tourists come here every spring to see millions of daffodils in bloom. The place is notable for the fact that daffodils grow in huge numbers here at an altitude of only 200 meters above sea level. When in nat...

The Dnieper is one of the longest rivers in Europe, flowing through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The total length of the river after straightening is 2,200 kilometers. The sources of the river are located on the Valdai upland in the Okovsky forest. Such mighty rivers as the Volga and Dvina also ori...

Near the town of Pirogovo there is a museum of folk architecture and everyday life of Ukraine, which contains old architectural buildings and household items from all over Ukraine. It is popularly called the Pirogovo Museum. The museum is located on the outskirts of Kiev, on an area of 133 hectares...

There is an amazing city park named after Shevchenko Garden in the historical center of Kharkov. The park was named after Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian poet and artist. The garden was founded in 1804 by Vasily Karazin, the founder of Kharkov University. They decided to set it up back then on the ve...

Synevyr is one of the most famous and beautiful lakes in Ukraine, located in Transcarpathia. People from all over Transcarpathia come here for a wedding photo shoot. It is believed that if the newlyweds fell in love with each other on the lake, then they will have a strong and long-lasting love. Th...