Old Chernihiv's main architectural symbol is probably the magnificent white-stone Catherine's Church that is rightly recognized as one the most beautiful in Ukraine. Its golden cupolas that play in the sun like a jewel is the first thing that guests see, arriving in town from Kyiv's side. The Catherine's Church is rightly considered to be one of the most vivid Ukrainian baroque's architectural mo

The spacious Red Square with its inimitably beautiful architectural ensemble, green boulevards and squares is one of the most attractive touristic sights in Chernihiv. It is an administrative and cultural center, the place, where ancient town's heart beats. In Kyivan Rus times, the territory of today's Red Square used to be a part of Chernihiv's trade and handicraft district that was located outsi

The Stronghold is Chernihiv's oldest part and its historical heart. The town's history started over thirteen centuries ago, with its appearance on the high hill on the Desna River bank. The Stronghold remained Chernihiv's political, administrative and cultural center for many centuries. Therefore, it's no wonder that old town's main historical and architectural monuments are concentrated in this m

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

Ukrainian poetess Lesya Ukrainka called the majestic fortress of Kamianets-Podilskyi flower on stone. This "flower" of striking beauty amazes everyone, who has a chance to see it, for over six centuries. Harmonically inscribed in fabulous landscape and enclosed in the river loop, the medieval fortress is one of the most interesting and beautiful historical monuments that is included in the seven w

The massive Zamkovy Most that connects the ancient fortress with the Old Town is one of the most unusual sights of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Its salt is that it is the only bridge in the world, built along the stream canal, not across it - like all other existing highway stream crossings. It stands on the narrow isthmus that divides two banks of the river Smotrich. Moreover, the Zamkovy Most is the old

The Cathedral of the Saint Apostles Peter and Pavel is one of the most impressive temples of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Along with the ancient fortress it is one of the most token and attractive sights of the town. The uniqueness of the Peter and Pavel Cathedral complex is not only in the original interweaving of various architectural styles, but in ironic combination of elements of two religious cultur

The unique museum of astronautics - the only one of its sort on the territory of Ukraine - is opened in Zhytomyr for a reason. It is here that Sergei Korolev - the talented scientist and engineer, the initiator of applied cosmonautics, the creator of Soviet space and rocket equipment, the person, whose ideas enabled the launching of the first artificial satellite, - was born and spent his childhoo