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fiogf49gjkf0d KYIV:
THE MOST ANCIENT & STEEP STREET IN KYIV, ANDRIYIVSKY UZVIZ
IS KYIVITES' FAVORITE PLACE FOR OUTDOOR FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND
CONCERTS. ART GALLERIES, SHOPS & STUDIOS MAKE ANDRIYIVSKY UZVIZ
ALSO THE BEST PLACE TO SHOP FOR UKRAINIAN CRAFTS AND ARTWORKS.
THE DNIPRO HILLS ARE DOMINATED BY KYIV GREATEST MONUMENT,
THE KYIVO-PECHERSKA LAVRA, BUILT ALMOST NINE CENTURIES AGO.
AS THE CENTER OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY SINCE THE XI CENTURY,
THE COMPLEX HOSTED AND IMPELLED THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION,
ART, LITERATURE AND BOOK WRITING. THERE LOCATED MUSEUM
COLLECTIONS OF MINIATURES AND CHURCH TREASURES, ANCIENT CAVES.
CENTRAL STREET IN KYIV - IS KRESCHATIK STREET. ON WEEKENDS
AND HOLIDAYS THIS STREET IS CLOSED FOR TRAFFIC. DIFFERENT
CONCERTS AND FESTIVALS ARE TAKING PLACE THERE ON HOLIDAYS.
OTHER PLACES TO SEE IN KIEV ARE ST.SOPHIA CATHEDRAL, CHERNOBYL
MUSEUM, CAVES MONASTERY, ETC.
ODESSA :
MOST KNOWN PLACES - POTEMKIN STEPS, THE PRIMORSKY BOULEVARD,
DEREBASOVSKAYA STREET, OPERA & BALLET THEATRE, ARCHAEOLOGY
MUSEUM, POTEMKIN STEPS.
KATAKOMBI (CATACOMBS) TUNNELS: THE SANDSTONE ON WHICH ODESSA
STANDS IS RIDDLED WITH ABOUT 1000KM (620MI) OF TUNNELS KNOWN
AS THE KATAKOMBI (CATACOMBS).
LVIV :
UKRAINE'S MOST WESTERN CITY BOTH HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY.
HISTORICAL PLACES 13TH-14TH CENTURY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF
MARIA SNEZHNA AND JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE 14TH-15TH CENTURY
GOTHIC CATHEDRAL, AND THE 16TH - CENTURY ONUFRIEVSKY MONASTERY.
ANOTHER ATTRACTION IS THE CITY BAHCESARAY IN THE PENINSULA
CRIMEA, IT HAS THE KHANSARAY MUSEUM, THE ANCIENT PALACE OF
THE CRIMEAN TATAR KHANS. OTHER PLACES ARE APTEKA MUSEUM, MUSEUM
OF POPULAR ARCHITECTURE & LIFE, PLOSHCHA RYNOK ONCE THE HUB OF
OF LVIV AND STILL THE BEST PRESERVED URBAN SQUARE IN UKRAINE.
YALTA:
THE CITY CENTER STRETCHES BACK FROM THE EASTERN END OF YALTA
BAY, STRADDLING THE BYSTRA RIVER. PLACES OF INTEREST INCLUDE
NABEREZHNA LENIA, A VEHICLE-FREE WATERFRONT PROMENADE WITH
JETTIES, PALMS, PEBBLE BEACHES, SNACK BARS AND ART MARKETS.
ALEXANDR NEVSKY CATHEDRAL A BEAUTIFULLY COMPOSED PIECE OF
NEO-BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE & CHEKOV HOUSE-MUSEUM.
KAMYANETS-PODILSKY:
PLACES TO SEE ARE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, ARMENIAN QUARTER,
CATHEDRAL OF SS PETER & PAUL, TRIUMPHAL GATE, DOMINICAN
MONASTERY & CHURCH AND TOWN HALL.
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