Diverse Ukraine

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Diverse Ukraine

• Eastern Slavs cradle
• Ancient Holy Places
• Beautiful architecture
• Curative resources
• Unique flora and fauna

Photo by S. Tarasov
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Nature for Recreation

• Calm forests and riversides
• Vast steppes
• Sea beaches
• Hills and mountains
• Nature reserves

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Unique Natural Reserves

• prehistoric volcanoes
• endemic species
• 11 national nature parks
• 16 nature reserves

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Rare species

• 19 million hectares of natural vegetation
• 30 000 plant species
• 45 000 animal species
• 4 biosphere preservation areas

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Askania Nova Biosphere Reserve

• 5,000 animals and birds
• 110 species in total
• Przevalskis horse
• Bison
• Zebra
• Antelope
• Water buffalo
• Scottish pony

Przevalskis horses
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Mineral Waters

• 400 springs in Transcarpathia alone
• curative mineral waters mentioned since the 13th
  century
• Balneological resorts
• Truskavets
• Morshyn
• Skhidnytsia
• Medobory

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Beaches of Crimea

• Famous resorts
• Yalta
• Alushta
• Gurzuf
• Foros
• Yevpatoria
• Two seas
• Black Sea
• the Sea of Azov

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Mountainous Subtropical Oasis

• Unique meeting place of the
• Azov and Black seas
• 3 ridges of mountains
• boundless steppes
• massy forests
• Sunny days
• as in the Mediterranean

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Shadowy Cave Underworld

• Marmurova (marble) cave
• One of the 5 most famous European caves equipped
  with tourists routes
• Other beautiful caves
• Red caves
• Emine-Bair-Hosar
• Cave towns and monasteries
• Eski-Kermen
• Mangup
• Chufut-Kale
• Kyz-Kermen

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Northern Jungles

• Nikitsky Botanic Garden
• Founded 1812, one of the oldest botanical gardens
  of the world
• National scientific centre
• Over 50 000 species, forms, variations and
  hybrids of plants from all over the world

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Palaces

• Livadiysky
• built 1911 by Ukrainian architect Krasnov
• style of the Italian Revival
• residence of Nikolay II
• Vorontsovsky (1828-1848)
• Masandrivsky (1892-1902)
• Lastivchyne Hnizdo (the Swallows nest,
  1911-1912)
• Dulbert (1895-1897)

Vorontsovsky Palace
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Wines

• Hellene-old wine-making traditions
• Pride of the collection is Jerez de la Frontera
  1775 vintage (worth US 50 000 at Sothebys in
  2001)
• Grape varieties of over 2000 years old

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Skiing in the Carpathians

• Dragobrat skiing resort
• Snow from November till May
• 1300 meters above sea level
• Other resorts
• Rakhiv
• Mukachevo
• Svalyava
• Yaremcha

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Crystal-Clear Mountain Lakes

• River rafting (April May)
• Prut
• Bilyi Cheremosh
• Chornyi Cheremosh
• River rafting (May September)
• Dniester canyon

Photo by S. Tarasov
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Carpathian Rest

• Hunting
• Wild boars
• Roe deers
• Wolfs
• Paragliding and sports aviation
• Bike riding
• Riding Hutsul breed of horses

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Cultural Heritage of the Carpathians
Hear the longest wind instrument in the world
Ukrainian trembita, heard from over 10 km
away See traditional dress in use, preserved by
the people for hundreds of years Taste Hutsul
dishes Enjoy live history around you
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Medieval Fortresses and Castles

• Kamianets-Podilsky fortress is among Europes
  matchless strongholds of the Middle Ages
• No less fascinating are
• Olesko and Zolochiv castles
• Khotyn fortress
• Akkerman fortress
• Mukacheve castle
• Genoese fortress at Sudak

Kamianets-Podilsky fortress Photo by S. Tarasov
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Spiritual and Religious Sites
Ancient Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (cave monastery),
founded 1051 Saint Sophia Cathedral, early 11th
century Saint Michael Golden Domed Cathedral,
12th century Saint Andrew Church, 17th
century Saint Volodymyr cathedral, 1882
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
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Lviv City-Museum

• 2000 historic, cultural monuments
• Founded 1256 by Danylo Halytskyi
• Centuries-based cultures mix
• Gothic
• Baroque
• Renaissance
• Roman style
• Rococo
• Empire
• modern Eclectics

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Art in Words, Sounds and Stone

• Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre
• Established 1809
• Belongs to top 5 most beautiful European theatres
• Toured all over Europe
• Younger but well-recognized
• National Taras Shevchenko Opera House of Ukraine,
  Kyiv
• Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet

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Greek Colonies

• Prehistoric city of Gelon described by Herodotus
  is presumably the nowadays Bilske settlement
• Other Greek city-states of the Black sea coast
• Chersoneses
• Olvia
• Panticapeum
• Tyras (Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky), contemporary to
  Rome, Athens and Jerusalem

Photo by S. Tarasov
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Museums Preserving the Heritage

• In Kyiv alone visit
• Pyrohovo National Folk Architecture Museum
  (open-air, popular site for folk festivals)
• National History Museum of Ukraine (Old Rus
  remains, primeval cultures)
• Kyiv History Museum all the history since
  foundation till the year 1917
• National Historic Jewelry Museum of Ukraine

Photo by S. Tarasov
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Active Rest
Ecological tourism routes Weekend and
multiple-days hiking tours Various route
complexity categories Group excursions
encompassing multiple places of interest Both in
the Carpathians and Crimea
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Getting to Ukraine
Easily reach Ukraine from major European airports
and railways in Vienna, Frankfurt am Main, other
cities Traveling to Ukraine by car from European
country is easy, just follow the East-South
direction