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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
New country, new city, new traditions. What is
the best way to experience them? - Certainly by
seeing it with your own eyes. It is always better
to see something once than to hear it many times,
but a combination of seeing and hearing is even
more interesting. A guide can take you to the
most interesting sights and give you details you
would never be able to learn from books. It is
your choice, either tour by car or a take a walk,
as each type has its advantages. By car you can
get to more distant areas of the city that also
deserve being seen though with the walking tour,
you are immersed into the life of the city and
its inhabitants. If you want to learn more about
the culture, the Museum of Fine Arts, Historical
Museum of the Museum of Natural History, to name
a few, welcome you. You also can visit our Zoo,
Botanical Gardens, Children's Railroad, Theater
of Opera and Ballet, puppet theater, etc. and
again, a skillful guide and interpreter is always
ready to assist. The virtual tour that follows
can only give a hint of the beauty of the city,
but the reality of it you need to discover for
yourself and we will be happy to assist you in
that.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
National University The history of education, not
only in Kharkiv but also in the Eastern part of
Ukraine, goes as far back as 1805 when the first
university was opened in Kharkiv. The present
Kharkiv National University is situated on
Liberty Square, the largest in Europe and fourth
largest in the world (11.6 ha), designed in the
1920's.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Monument to T.Shevchenko The Monument is one of
the symbols of Kharkiv as much as Taras
Shevchenko himself, who was a legendary painter
and poet. Erected in 1936, the monument and 16
sculptures around it which tell the history of
Ukraine, still astonish lookers.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Crystal Spring Fountain Though the fountain was
built just a few dozen years ago, it still
attracts many people. Situated on the main street
of the city, it has become a favorite place for
people to meet, and many newlyweds enjoy having
their pictures taken with the fountain in the
background.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Theater Park in Autumn Though Kharkiv is a large
industrial center (many branches of industry are
represented here, e.g. A tractor and heavy
engineering plant, an aircraft manufacturing
plant, light industry, etc), it is very green.
Here you can find plenty of fresh air, shadowy
alleys and picturesque nooks. And the colors of
changing seasons make the city even more
beautiful.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sumskaya Street Sumskaya Street appeared together
with the city. Initially it was just a road, and
later houses were built there. That is why along
the street you can find fine samples of intricate
and unique mansions of the 18th and 19th
centuries next to regularly and stingily
decorated houses of the 20th century.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Constitution Square Sumskaya street joins the new
part of Kharkiv with its 19th century
counterpart. The architectural ensemble surprises
one with its monumentalness and elegance. The
gems of the Street are the four buildings,
initially designed as banks. Stucco molding, as
well as baroque and renaissance details makes
them even more appealing and assuring in their
reliability and trustworthiness.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sumskaya Street Again Kharkiv traditions are rich
and deep. The philosopher Skovoroda, the painter
Repin, the producer Les Kurbas, the architect
Beketov and the writer Kvitka-Osnovianenko all
lived and worked here. Those who are interested
in culture can buy a ticket for any of the six
theaters, the regional philharmonic society,
concerts at the Kharkiv Organ and Chamber Music
Hall, the circus, or visit any of thirty-three
museums. At your disposal are about 1,000
libraries including the Korolenko State
Scientific Library which is world famous with
over 6.5 million volumes.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Intercession of the Holy Virgin Cathedral at the
Monastery of the Intercession of the Holy
Virgin The first stone building in Kharkiv was
built at the end of the 17th century. And though
the building suffered much through WWII and the
Soviet times, it still astonishes lookers with
the complexity in its simplicity. The style of
the church is the so called three-framed wooden
Ukrainian church, but the main peculiarity is the
fact that it has two floors. In 1726, a male
vocational monastery school with the 'Collegium',
the first higher educational establishment on the
'left-bank' of Ukraine was opened here.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
St.Ozeriansky Temple at the Monastery of the
Intercession of the Holy Virgin In the beginning
of the 1920's the monastery and the churches were
closed, and museums and other irrelevant
organizations were located there, thus no care
was taken of the premises and they started to
gradually deterioate. In the 1950's an attempt
was made to restore the territory, but complete
restoration was finished only after the territory
and buildings were given back to the church in
the 1990's.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Annunciation Cathedral The current main cathedral
of the city was built in 1901. It can admit up to
4,000 people and it is the largest church at
present in the city. The peculiarity of the
church is the combination of Russian-Byzantine
style (the main part) and Gothic style (the bell
tower). Such novelty caused many debates in its
time. During the Soviet regime of total
prohibition of religion, it was the only church
which continued functioning.
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Railway Station The region has long occupied a
key position in Ukraine as well as in the old
Soviet Union. It is the machine builder of the
nation, famous for turbines, tractors and power
equipment. Its aircraft, machine tool,
electronic, chemical, agricultural and light
industries are the engines of the regional
economy. In terms of industrial production, the
region ranks fifth in the country. More than 600
plants and factories are concentrated here.
Besides, it encompasses 4.75 million acres of
arable land. As to the RD sector, more than half
of RD facilities in the country are located
here. Kharkiv scientists were the first in Europe
to split the atom and created the world?s most
powerful radio telescope. Local scientists have
achieved world recognition in physics, astronomy,
mathematics, chemistry, biology and electronics.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Monument to Those in Love Being the second
largest city in Ukraine in population, it is the
largest student city. Over 200,000 students are
enrolled in nearly 30 universities and
institutes, and up to 40 vocational, trade and
technical schools. Besides all that, the citizens
of Kharkiv are great sports fans. They have made
important contributions to the national Olympic
teams with several medal winners and European
champions.
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Rev. Sergey Radonezhsky Cathedral When Ukraine
became an independent country a decade ago, its
citizens experienced a reawakening of religious
activity. Here in the region, we have built two
dozen new churches, thirty more are under
construction, and another twenty-three temples
and churches are being restored. Although the
majority here adheres to the Ukrainian Orthodox
or Russian Orthodox faiths, one can find that
virtually all religious persuasions are
represented here. In total, Kharkiv harbors six
theological institutes, five monasteries, four
missions, two fraternal orders, two theological
seminaries, 435 religious communities and 27
other religious denominations, including six
spiritual centers.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
First University and Dormition Cathedral The main
part of the cathedral was built in the late 18th
century. The interior design of the Cathedral
reflects features of the transitional period from
Baroque to Classicism. After the construction was
completed, a decision was made to build a bell
tower (1819 to 1840) in honor of the victory over
Napoleon (1812). Almost until the end of the 20th
century, it was the tallest building in the city
(89.9 m). After the revolution of 1917 the church
and the bell tower were used for various purposes
different from religion, which almost ruined the
ensemble, but in 1973 the reconstruction was
started and in 1986 a chamber of music and the
organ hall were opened here.
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A Virtual Tour of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Thank you for visiting our website. We hope you
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interpretation and tour needs. Some Information
on Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine Along the eastern edge
of Ukraine is the beautiful Oblast of Kharkiv,
located 500 kilometers (310.7 miles) east of Kyiv
and approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles)
southwest of Moscow, Russia. The capital of
Kharkiv Oblast is the city of Kharkiv. In
Ukraine, the capital of the Oblast has the same
name as the Oblast itself. The population of the
city of Kharkiv is approximately 1.3 mln
people. The area of the Oblast is 31,400 square
kilometers or 12,123 square miles, making it
comparable in size to the countries of Albania or
Belgium, or to the American states Vermont or
Maryland. The Oblast has a population of
approximately 2.9 mln people and is mainly an
agricultural and industrial state. Founded in
1654, the City of Kharkiv went through many
transformations from a military fortress, which
protected the Southern points of the Russian
Empire, to a major trade center from 1917
through 1934 it was the first capital of the
Ukrainian Republic in the former USSR, and now
Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine
after Kyiv, as well as a leading industrial,
educational, cultural and scientific hub of
Ukraine.
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