Spread on the high Desna River’s bank, the majestic complex of the Our Savior and Transfiguration Monastery is rightly considered to be old Novhorod-Siversky’s key sight. Founded almost thousand years ago, it is numbers to the oldest and the most beautiful Ukraine’s monasteries. The exact date of the Our Savior and Transfiguration Monastery’s foundation is lost in history. However, according to le

Proudly standing on the high hill in the town’s historical center, the Assumption of the Holiest Mother of God Cathedral is a truly unique architectural and historical monument. This is the oldest Novhorod-Siversky’s religious building that survived in its original form. The Assumption Cathedral was founded in 1671 on the place where, according to legend, a pagan temple stood in ancient times and

Kirovograd’s outskirts enjoy the company of unique museum that is located not far from the town of Pervomaysk and has no analogues in the world. It's the Strategic Missile Forces Museum, located on the territory of former highly secretive missile base. In Soviet times division headquarters of missile forces stationed in Pervomaysk, and carefully disguised underground command posts and mines with

The remains of the formerly powerful Fort of St. Elizabeth stand on the Inhul River banks and are the main Kirovograd's attraction. It was this fortress - the masterpiece of fortification architecture - that gave birth to the town over two and a half centuries ago. Today this place with unusual atmosphere attracts not only history buffs, but regular tourists who want to feast their eyes on powerfu

Kharkiv Museum of History is one of the biggest and oldest museums in Ukraine. It owns significant collection of valuable exhibits, telling about city's and Left-bank Ukraine's tough history. It was founded in 1920 as the Slobodskaya Ukraine Museum and was situated on the premises of the Intercession Monastery for a long time. Since the late 20th century, museum's collection is kept in the former

Kharkiv's oldest orthodox church - the magnificent Assumption Cathedral - rivets attention with its elegance and grandeur. It is situated at the Universytetskaya Gorka (literally: University's hill) - an old district, where city's fortress used to stand - and is reckoned among the brightest sights of Kharkiv. The first wooden Assumption of the Theotokos Church was built right after Kharkiv's found

The huge Freedom Square is Kharkiv's most famous sight that remains town's landmark for almost hundred years. The unique square, striking with its size, is the largest in Ukraine and one of the largest in the world. It is arranged in form of flask with the whole boulevard 'inside' it. The Freedom Square is Khrakiv's heart that sets the rhythm of the town's life. It appeared in the early 20th cent

One of the oldest museums in Ukraine - Kharkiv Museum of Art - is among the most famous and the most attended ones in town. Its vast collection, formed over 200 years ago, includes unique works by artists of world and Ukrainian painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied art. Museum's collection started to form in 1805, with Kharkiv University's founder, prominent scientist and publi

Situated at town's historical center, the grandiose Annunciation Cathedral - one of the most beautiful Kharkiv's churches - rivets attention by its original forms and uncommon striped patterns. Built in Russian and Byzantine style, it is recognized as unique architectural monument of the early 20th century and inevitably remains in the center of tourists' attention. The first Annunciation Church