Back in 80’s, they believed it’s possible to raise up a happy generation of Soviet Lviv habitats. They’ve built schools, cafes, fountains and cinema. Then, Chornobyl had happened and young city citizens met new neighbours, who were displaced from the…
Here, in the village of Maliivtsi that remained in this world only because of the Counts and landlords who built here parks with palaces; the Old Believers restore the ancient pagan sanctuary. Pilgrims make trails to sacred and healing grottoes.…
Near the church there is a stone made bell-tower with big and small copper bells. Mykolay church is famous for its Cossack legends. They say that in 1621 Hetman Petro Sahaidachny came to this church to pray for success in…
In recent years, Pripyat has become a popular object of industrial tourism. Because of the landscapes, Pripyat resembles scenery for fantastic films about Apocalypse. Now you can get here as part of an organized tour. However official visits to Pripyat…
Yes, it’s all about Mezhyhirya. The one that everyone was so genuinely surprised of when our “legitimate” Viktor Yanukovych just fled to Rostov-on-Don, forgetting even his golden loaf of bread and an incredibly realistic canvas, drawn from himself. After a…
Borders: invisible and exhausting In order to find out when is the moment of crossing the Dutch border, you need to launch the Google Maps app on your smartphone, turn on the GPS navigator and maximize zoom. Then you’ll see…
Kids are the most interesting ones. Their pack rushes to the guests and doesn’t leave us during the entire tour. Just like mercury balls, they are moving closer and then rush away. Sometimes their number changes, but not for a…
It is sometimes called a “green house”. Today it is almost a ruin. A shelter for homeless people and drug addicts. There are the eloquent “graffiti of contemporaries” on the walls, and the remains of collapsed balconies and columns under…
The wedding of legendary owner Ilona Zryni was remodeled in Palanok Castle of Mukacheve. Countess Widow of Ferents Rakotsi and mother of Ferents Rakotsi II, the national hero of Ukraine, withstood a siege of castle two times and the castle…
