Monastyrsky Island
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Dnipro
Monastyrsky Island
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Dnipro
Enfolding its main hill in crescentic embrace, the legendary Monastyrsky Island is Dnipropetrovsk's urban nucleus and undoubtedly most mysterious and romantic sight. The island is part of Dnipropetrovsk's largest park complex - Shevchenko Park - and is the favourite relaxing place for locals and an interesting tourist sight for city's guests.
The Monastyrsky Island's history is uncertain, and ther
The Round Square (Corps Garden)
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Poltava
The Round Square (Corps Garden)
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Poltava
Situated at the town's very center, the Round Square with the picturesque Corps Garden is the heart of Poltava. Its original ensemble - distinctly reminiscent of the Palace Square in St. Petersburg - is among Ukraine's most famous architectural complexes in Russian classicism style.
The Square was founded in the early 19th century at the suburban wasteland, where the Market Square used to locate.
Mount Mithridat
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Kerch
Mount Mithridat
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Kerch
Mount Mithridat towers above the town for almost one hundred meters and is rightly considered to be Kerch’s main tourist attraction and its imperishable symbol. Different historical and cultural epochs interweaved in this wonderful place and left their landmarks in form of unique monuments on the mountain's slopes and at its foot.
Almost 26 centuries ago one of the most ancient European towns Pant
The Grand Canyon
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Yalta
The Grand Canyon
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Yalta
The Grand Canyon of Crimea, hidden in the depth of the northern slope of Ai-Petri massif, is one of the astonishing natural wonders of the peninsula. This biggest and the most magnificent gorge in the country was formed almost two million years ago as a result of the active shifting of the colossal earth units and is the huge tectonic cleft.
The canyon impresses with its grandeur: its depth is ove
The Monastery of the Holy Dormition
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Sevastopol
The Monastery of the Holy Dormition
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Sevastopol
The Monastery of the Dormition is one of the oldest in Crimea and is situated in the most beautiful corner of the peninsula - in the heart of the Mariam-Dere gorge framed with cliffs that rise high into the sky.
The exact date of the cloister's appearance in these lands is unknown. There are dozens of legends - including very fairy - in this regard. Historians incline to the version, according to
The National Natural Park ‘Bugski Guard’
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Mykolaiv
The National Natural Park ‘Bugski Guard’
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Mykolaiv
The national park ‘Bugski Guard’ lies in the picturesque valley of the Southern Bug in the Mykolaiv region. It was created quite recently, in 2009, in order to preserve the unique nature and historic-cultural landmarks of southern Ukraine. Soon after it was built, the park gained the status of one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine.
The territory of the ‘Bugski Guard’ is one of the oldest dry land s
The Kinburns'ka Kosa
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Mykolaiv
The Kinburns'ka Kosa
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Mykolaiv
This truly unique spit is one of the numerous natural treasures of southern Ukraine. The Kinburns'ka Kosa is the combination of a long sand belt and the peninsula adjoined to it. The Kinburns'ka Kosa is surrounded by the Dnieper-Bug bay on one side, the Black Sea on another, and with the Yagorlytskiy Gulf on the third.
This amazing peninsula has been a familiar place over the course of history. O
The Black Sea biosphere reserve
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Kherson
The Black Sea biosphere reserve
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Kherson
The Black Sea reserve is the largest in Ukraine. It was created in the early 20th century on the picturesque coast of the Black Sea, near Kherson. Its huge territory, which is home to beautiful gulfs, peculiar islands, fabulous groves, sand massif, and deserted steppes, demonstrates the surprising variety of Ukrainian Black Sea landscapes.
Unique natural conditions have bestowed upon the reserve
Berezan
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Mykolaiv
Berezan
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Mykolaiv
This small, uninhibited island in the Black Sea near Ochakiv is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic places around Mykolaiv. It is a part of the historical-archeological reserve ‘Olbia.’
In ancient times, Berezan was a peninsula. On it stood an Ancient Greek settlement called Borysthenes, which is the only settlement of the early period of Greek colonization that has remained in the northern