Ukraine List

There is a wonderful set of photos posted on Flickr showing the open-air architecture museum in Pirogovo. The photographer’s alias is “nekiy_b” and she has taken a whole set of really nice photos of Pirogovo. Here are just three of the photos from the set, but you will have to go her Flickr page to […]

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I just noticed that The Kyiv Beet is back after two years. It is basically a faux news source much like The Onion. The new issue isn’t yet archived on the original geocities site, so I will post the issue here until I locate the correct URL associated with the The Kyiv Beet. There is […]

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A caveat is in order for this post: I am not a good chess player and don’t think I have ever won at a game of chess. I simply cannot project strategy many moves into the future, which effectively hinders my ability to win at the game. Regardless, after seeing that Vassily Ivanchuk leads at […]

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This photo was taken by Jason Witte as you can see by the imprint at the bottom. Jason posts some travel photos from Ukraine and other places he has visited on his website. I especially liked the subject of the photo entitled “Mural in Kiev.”

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Here is a winter photo I quite like by ‘Rulechka Ru’. You can see the original on TrekEarth. I can’t keep posting nice sunny, green images as the snow arrives, so this one is a good start. Outside of being a nicely composed photo, the photo doesn’t make you dread winter — at least I […]

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I have taken a short break from posting for personal/relaxation reasons. During that time, I started reading a book that I have had on my shelf for quite some time called Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik. Adam Gopnik is speaking in Washington, DC tomorrow, and I wanted to see him, so I thought […]

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I know that I am a bit late on the Lviv topic as it just celebrated its 750th year in September, but I thought I would do a n image gallery of Lviv using only watercolors, drawings, and paintings — but no photography. Photos of cities can be a bit dry.
There have been many different […]

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In the last week or so, I have looked into several blogs that cover Ukraine, and I thought I would point out a few of interest. I know there are many types of blogs: trip diaries, political and news-oriented blogs, random interest, and blogs with a regional focus (among others), and even sites such as […]

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