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Lviv Lviv, the capital of Western Ukraine, is a large industrial and commercial centre of Ukraine. Its narrow old streets and its historic centre­ make it one of the best places in the country. Lviv was founded as a fort in the mid- 13th century by Danylo Halytsky and was named after his son Lev, […]

Mykolaiv First of all Mykolaiv is known as a town of ship-builders. And it is not by accident. Mykolaiv was founded in 1789 as a shipyard. The town is situated near the Black Sea and is a large sea and river port now. That is why it is the centre of ship- building in Ukraine. […]

Odesa Odesa is the Black Sea gateway to Ukraine. It is the country’s largest commercial Black Sea port and a large industrial city. Odesa is a crossroads of cultures, languages­ and trade. Pushkin lived here in exile during the 1820s, and also it was home to writer and film director Alexander Dovzhenko. The site of […]

Poltava Poltava — one of the most interesting towns of Ukraine — is situated on the picturesque­ bank of the river Vor­skla. Due to its history Poltava rouses great in­terest. It was first mentioned in chronicles as Ltava in 1174. This old name changed only in 1430. The history of Poltava is full of different […]

Rivne Rivne was founded in the 13th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries it officially belonged to Russia, but in fact it was the capi­tal of a private kingdom of the Polish Lubomir­sky family which had its own army. Their palace was burnt down in 1927. During the World War II the Germans used […]

Sumy A city situated at the confluence of the Psel and the Sumka rivers is a region’s centre. Its area is 99 km2. Its population is 275 400. The city is divided into two districts. The first mention of Sumy in the chroni­cles occurred in 1652. It became a town in 1780. At first it […]

Ternopil is a Place of Culture Ternopil land has got a glorious history. Our predecessors created an ev­erlasting culture here at the time of the Kyiv Rus and Galytsko-Volyn Principality. They kept traditions and customs of Ukrainian national spirit when the land was under the power of Lithuania, Austria and Poland. The glory of our […]