Ukraine List

In a recent post I covered the opening of a bridge between Romania and Ukraine, so I thought I would do a follow-up post on the Ukrainian town of Solotvyno, which is a well-known salt mining town. Actually, the town’s name is derived from the Ukrainian word for “salt” and salt has been in its […]

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In mid-January, the new bridge between Solotvino, Ukraine and Sighet, Romania officially opened with Victor Yushchenko and the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, on hand for the ceremony.
The original bridge over the Tysa River was built when the area belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but it was later destroyed by the Germans during World War […]

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As the holiday season is nearing its end in Ukraine, it is always interesting to look at the pagan traditions that contributed to the present religious practices. It is not uncommon to have pagan origins for Christian holidays as the Christian events were often created as a substitute for an existing pagan tradition. Since Ukraine […]

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ForUm had an article that says the number of tourists going to Ukraine is at 15 million this year. The article is a bit vague though as it says this number starts from ‘early’ 2006, and this story was reported on 15 December. So is it from February though November? Or January through December? I […]

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Here is a beautiful photo by Lukasz Przywoski taken in July of 2005 and posted on Trek Earth. It is of Gory Czywczynskie, a mountain range in the south of Ukraine. Sometimes it’s nice to have a reminder of the greener days. The notes for the photo say that this location is difficult to reach […]

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Here is a beautiful colorful image from the Carpathians, right at a time when Ukraine is losing its color. The photo was taken by ‘Bratan’ and is posted on Flickr. You can check out other photos from Ukraine on Bratan’s Flickr account.

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This is a beautiful photo taken by Andrzej Hladij. According to his photo notes on TrekEarth, it was taken from Stoh (1679 meters), the highest peak in the Polonina Borzawa mountains in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The building at the bottom is part of the remains of an old Soviet radar station. In some other notes […]

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This photo is from the image gallery of Lviv Ecotour, and it is of a thatched-roof house in Lybokhora in the Carpathians. Thatched roofs, if built well, can last up to sixty years, but in most of Europe thatching practitioners and materials are becoming rare, especially as more households switch to modern roofing.
To give you […]

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