August 11, 2008 – 12:14 pm
It was here in Crimea where the fate of Europe was decided 63 years ago. Not in a dark underground bunker but in a brightly lit royal palace by the Black Sea. The Livadia Palace may be considered the proto-birthplace of the United Nations. Even today, these halls and corridors serve as a hotbed of European politics. The karma of the place combines the beauty of nature and the power of the human spirit
Read full article»
August 11, 2008 – 11:49 am
Summer, sea, scent-laden wind blowing from mountains, rave of colours in fruit bazaars, silence of morning parks, splendours of royal palaces: this is Greater Yalta . Only when you come will you understand why Russian Tsars sent rebels into exile to the Caucasus while they themselves went on vacation to the southern shore of Crimea. Greater Yalta is simply a paradise on earth worth discovering
Read full article»
How was democracy born in Ukraine? From the first Constitution? From the Ukrainian National Republic? From the Cossack assemblies? Dig deeper: the first democratic republic on the territory of our country appeared in the 5th century B. C. It was founded by Greeks on the Heraclea peninsula. Does it sound ancient? However, it is alive today on the territory of modern Sevastopol, Crimea!
Read full article»
When it comes to visiting Crimea, the majority of tourists go the southern coast of the peninsula to Yalta, Alushta or Foros. But the more experienced chose the calmer eastern part of the coast, which has its own pearls. For instance, Feodosia, which is over 2500 years old. At the crossroad of times and cultures, the city offers Armenian churches, fortress walls, Muslim mosques and a la-a-arge bonus: the Black Sea
Read full article»
Kiev’s official recorded history begins on 482 AD. According to legend, the city was founded on the high right bank of the Dnipro River by the brothers Kyi, Schek, and Khoryv and their sister Lybid, and named Kiev in honor of the elder brother. The city became the center of the powerful Kievan Rus state which reached its golden age under Prince Volodymyr Svyatoslavovych the Great, who Christianized the Rus in 988, and his son Yaroslav the Wise (978 - 1054). Testimonials to the greatness of that era: the St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, still stand today.
Read full article»
Emperor of Byzantium Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (9th century) was a cunning politician and diplomat, researcher and publicist. He left as heritage for his son not only Byzantium and the phrase “Divide and conquer”, but also several encyclopaedias and the treatise “On Governance of the Empire”. In this work, in the chapter about the road from “Varangians to the Greeks” for the first time in history Khortytsia is mentioned, the biggest island of the Dnipro River and the symbol of free Ukrainian Cossacks
Read full article»
The Lutsk (or Lubart’s) Castle is the main historic monument of the capital of Volyn. It is the only castle in Ukraine seen by nearly every Ukrainian, thanks to the fact that they hold its picture in their hand with every 200 hryvnas bill. The 28 meter-high Entrance Tower of Lutsk Castle was where the idea of a united Europe was voiced for the first time. And it happened in 1429
Read full article»
Do you know how nice it is in the Khmelnytskyi region at the beginning of summer? Blooming gardens turn the villages into milk-white lakes on soft green hills; forests and fields are covered with a multicoloured carpet. Here you will see another Ukraine: the residents of Podillia took the best from each region, and the result is a dazzling combination!
Read full article»
Once ancient Cafa, now the south-eastern resort of Crimea; Feodosia measures its age in centuries. Who has this city not seen during its lifetime? The contemporaries of Hellenic legends, Armenian colonies, enterprising Genoeses, Turkish invaders and Zaporizhian Cossacks – the ancient walls of the Feodosian Citadel, spread out on Karantynnyi Hill in the northern part of the city, remember their deeds
Read full article»
It is early morning. The town of Kremenets slumbers at the base of Bona Hill. The great building of the Kremenets Lyceum, impressive belfry of the Mykolaivska church and the other old houses of the city also sleep. In their dreams they see the many famous people who used to visit Kremenets: the great composer Franz List, genius author Honoré de Balzac, and Ukraine’s legendary Taras Shevchenko… Towering 400 meters above, their rest is guarded by the castle of Queen Bona
Read full article»
|
|
Try our new interactive
20°...22°C745 mmNW3-6 m/s