Міста і країни світу

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 […]

Uzhhorod Uzhhorod (formerly Ungvar) is the southern gateway to the Ukrainian section of the Carpathian Mountains, and the main town of the Transcarpathian Region of Ukraine. It lies four kilometres away from the Slo­vak border and 25 kilometres away from the Hungarian border. Uzhhorod has existed since 903 A. D. Transcarpathia was in Hungary and […]

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia is a city on the Buh river and a region centre since 1932. The total area of the city is 6100 hectars. Its population is 391 700. It is divided into 4 districts. It was first mentioned in historical documents in 1363, as a Lithuanian fortress. The settlement gradually developed from a farming […]

Lutsk — Centre of the Volyn Region Lutsk, the main city of the Volyn Region, was founded about 1000 A. D. by Vo­lo­dy­myr of Kyiv. The old town is a place of wooden houses and green gardens. The central place in the old town is Lubart’s Castle. It was built by the Lithuanian prince in […]