Welcome to Ukraine Ukraine is a sovereign state; its independence was proclaimed in 1991. Ukraine is situated in the east of Europe. The territory of Ukraine is 603 700 square kilometres. Ukraine borders on Russia, Belarus, Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. It’s washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and has very important ports. Ukraine is larger than France and Great Britain but considerably smaller than Russia. 5% of Ukraine’s territory is mountainous; the rest part of the Ukrainian area is flat. Ukraine has the Carpathians and the Crimean Mountains. The Carpathians is the natural mountainous boundary of Ukraine. They are covered with mixed forests of pine, fir, beech and oak trees. There are the thickest forests in Volyn, which are part of the famous Byelovezhskaya Puscha. The Dnieper is the main river of the country; moreover, it’s the third longest river in Europe. Such rivers as the Dniester, the Danube, the Southern Bug and the Seversky Donets are also important. The population of our country is about 46 million people. Besides Ukrainians the representatives of many other nationalities live there: Russians, Jews, Belarusians, Moldavians, Romanians, Greeks, Tatars, Poles, Armenians, Germans, Gypsies and other ethnic minorities. They contributed to Ukraine’s culture and history.
The biggest cities of Ukraine are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Odessa, Mykolaiv and others. Ukraine is developed industrial and agricultural country. Scientists of Ukraine make their contributions of important discoveries and inventions to the world science. Ukraine has a rich historical and cultural heritage. There are many higher educational establishments, theatres, libraries, museums, art galleries in Ukraine. It’s also famous for many outstanding writers, poets and musicians. Ukraine is a member of the United Nation Organization and takes part in the work of many international organizations. Ukraine – a tourist country. This booklet is designed for travelers who like to travel in order to generate interest in the country and the promotion of tours to Ukraine. Welcome to Ukraine!
The tour program Kyiv (7 days / 6 nights) The first day 22:50 Arrival in Kyiv-Borispol Airport. Meeting, Transfer airport – hotel. Accommodation in the hotel. The second day Breakfast at hotel. Kyiv sightseeing tour: Pearl of ancient Russian architecture – St. Sophia Cathedral (XI century), St. Michael’s Cathedral, St. Andrew’s Church (XVII century). Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Walk on Vladimir Hill. Arch of Friendship of Peoples. The main street of the capital of Ukraine – Khreschatyk. Dinner at the restaurant of European cuisine. The third day Breakfast at the hotel. Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra (XI century) – one of the first of the founding of monasteries in the Greater Kyiv Rus. Founded in 1051 by Prince Yaroslav Wise. Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Dinner in the restaurant. Walking through the Mariinsky Park. Architectural monuments of the Grushevskiy Street. «House with Chimeras». Dinner at a Ukrainian restaurant. The fourth day Breakfast at the hotel. A walk on St. Andrew Descent to Podil. Museum of the writer Mikhail Bulgakov. One Street
Museum – this is a museum of the history of St. Andrew’s Descent. Submitted things residents Street art, paintings, books, old photographs. Dinner. Excursions: Podil – the oldest district of the city. Square Kontraktovaya (1797). Museum of Hetman. Boat trip on the river Dnieper. The fifth day Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to Boyarka. The literary-memorial museum of the writer Nikolai Ostrovsky. Boyarsky Museum in Boyarka. Lunch in a Ukrainian restaurant. Museum of Folk Architecture and Life “Pyrohovo” in the open air. Dinner. The sixth day Breakfast at the hotel. Vladimir Street. Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. The National Opera of Ukraine. Museum named after Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko – Museum of Western and Oriental art. Lunch in a Georgian restaurant. Free time. Dinner at a Chinese restaurant. The seventh day 08:00-09:00 Breakfast. Checking out the hotel before 12:00. Excursion to the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Lunch in a Ukrainian restaurant. Transfer from Kyiv to Borispol Airport.
Kyiv – the capital and largest city of Ukraine, Hero City. Situated on the River Dnieper, Kyiv is the center of agglomeration. Kyiv – a separate administrative unit of Ukraine, cultural, political, socioeconomic, transport, scientific, and governmental center of the country, which is also one of the religious centers of the state – are located in Kyiv central temples UOC (Kyiv – Pecherskaya Lavra), the UOC-KP (Vladimir Cathedral) UAOC (St. Andrew’s church), Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ). Kyiv is also the administrative center of Kyiv and Kyiv region Sviatoshynsky district of Kyiv region. Kyiv located in the north central part of Ukraine. Kyiv is the seventh most populous city in Europe, after the cities of Istanbul, London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin and Madrid. During its long history, Kyiv was the capital of the meadows, ancient Russian state, the principality of Kyiv, the Ukrainian People’s Republic, the Ukrainian state, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and since 1991 – the independent Ukraine. The city has its own coat of arms and flag. In Kyiv, there are three airports: • International airport “Borispol” (located south-east of Kyiv, the city of Boryspil Kyiv region) • International airport “Kyiv” (Juliani) • Hostomel Airport (Antonov cargo airport)
Railway stations: • Kyiv Pas • South Station • suburban station • Karavaevy Cottages (suburban) • Darnitskiy Station • Kyiv-Moscow Kyiv River Port was built in July 1897. Berths are drawn from the Harbour to the metro station “Dnepr”. Passenger and freight transport along the Dnieper exercised shipping company “Ukrrechflot.” Today, on the Dnieper River for sightseeing tours of passengers carried only in the area of Kyiv. In 2009, the newly launched public transport view of Kyiv - the so-called “water bus” for communication between the right and left banks of Kyiv. The tram runs only during the warmer months. Dnepr is used to transport bulky cargo. Kyiv – the first city of the Russian Empire, in which there was an electric tram. First line length of 1.5 km was opened on June 1892 In 1978, in Kyiv in the Soviet Union opened the first light rail line from Victory Square to the residential community Borshchagivka.
After the reconstruction of the Paton`s bridge in 2004, the city tram network was broken into two separate parts - the left bank and right bank.Since 1960, the city is working underground.In Kyiv, there are 27 museums and 25 theaters and studios. In Kyiv, there is one of the largest planetariums. Kyiv is rich in monuments of culture and art. The most important of them are: Golden Gate, St. Sophia Cathedral (XI c.), Vudubickiy (XI c.), The complex structures of the Kyiv-PecherskLavra (XI-XVIII cc.), St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Florovsky Monastery (the beginning of the XVI century. ), the Church of the Savior on the bark (XII c.), baroque Resurrection, St. Andrew’s, Protection,
Trinity church, St. Vladimir’s Cathedral (XIX c.), painted by Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov. Cyril Church (XII century.), Klovskiy and the Mariinsky Palace.
From the history of Kyiv Archaeological excavations show that the settlements in the Kyiv region there are 15 000-25 000 years ago.According to legend, “The Tale of Bygone Years” Kyiv was founded by legendary Polans Prince Kyi, along with his brothers Schek and Horeb and sister Lybed. Chronicle does not give the city’s founding. Archaeological and written sources indicate that Kyiv has evolved from a pagan village late 5th early 6th century.Because of its historical importance as a center of the ancient Russian state (“Kyiv Rus”), the city and still referred to as the “Mother of Russian cities”.
Saint Sophia Cathedral
Saint Sophia Cathedral - a temple built in the first half of the XI century (founded in 1037) in the center of Kyiv. At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries, was apparently rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style. Inside the cathedral remained the world’s largest ensemble of authentic mosaics and frescoes of the first half of the XI century, made by Byzantine craftsmen, and significant fragments of wall paintings XVII-XVIII centuries. Was an active church until 1929, in 1934, became a museum - Sofia reserve. Now is the heart of the National Reserve “Sophia of Kyiv”, one of the largest museum centers of Ukraine.
nary Ukrainians at home. The whole area of the museum is located in the open.
Kyiv-Pecherskaya Lavra Kyiv-PecherskayaLavra – one of the first of the founding of monasteries in Kyivan Rus, founded in 1051. This beautiful stone temples decorated with paintings, cells, towers and other buildings. On the territory of the monastery are Near and Far Caves. They lie incorrupt relics of the saints of God, as the abbey there and dumping the laity. At present, the lower Monastery is run by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and the upper Lavra - run by the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve.
Museum of Folk Architecture and Life “Pyrohovo” Pyrohovo - is a unique museum that allows you to see firsthand the life and architecture of all parts of the country a few centuries ago. Focused on the area of 275 architectural museum exhibits folk architecture XVI-XX centuries. With rural manor houses and economic buildings formed with documentary authenticity and grouped according to the peculiarities of the planning of settlements of a historical-ethnographic and geographic region. This is an opportunity to see just inside the life of the Ukrainian people of the past centuries, as well as get acquainted with the objects of ordi-
National Museum of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 National Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Kyiv is a memorial, located on the slopes of the right bank of the Dnieper River, which runs along the front walkway. She goes to the gallery of the main entrance leading to the square and the museum building. Sculpture galleries represent the heroic defense of the borders of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the horrors of the German occupation, the guerrilla struggle, labor feat of logistics, the battle for the Dnieper.
St. Andrew’s Descent
Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
The modern name of Andrew’s descent was built on top of the streets in the middle of the XVIII century, St. Andrew’s Church. St. Andrew’s Descent - is a museum street. This is one of the main tourist attractions of the Ukrainian capital. Here lived and worked in many famous figures of science and culture, scientists, writers, composers, painters, sculptors. The street festivals are held, art exhibitions, art festivals. On the street there is the Museum of One Street, Wheel Theatre, the Museum of the writer Mikhail Bulgakov (House of Turbiny), memorial house-museum of Ivan Kavaleridze, Soviet sculptor, theater and cinema film director, dramatist and screenwriter. People come here to listen to the street musicians and watch costumed open nebom.V buildings along the street, running art galleries, exhibitions, theaters, and art workshops. Under the open sky are numerous souvenir shops.
Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University - classic university research type, a leading higher educational institution in Ukraine. The University was established by the decree of Emperor Nicholas I, November 8, 1833 as theKyiv Imperial University of St. Vladimir based transferred to Kyiv Polish Kremenetsk Lyceum.
The grand opening of the University was July 15, 1834 - a day of remembrance of St. Vladimir. It was the second university in Little Russia (Ukraine) after the Kharkov Emperor, opened in 1804 (and the sixth University of the Russian Empire). The University was built in the period of 1837-1843 years. The building has four floors and is made in the style of Russian classicism. Architects - Vincent Beretti and his son Alexander Beretti. The building turned out magnificent and strict. The main building of the Kyiv National University mustache (Red building) is located in the Vladimir Street. The red color of the walls of university bound with ribbons of the Order of St. Vladimir (red and black); hence the building of the University of St. Vladimir of Kyiv reflects these colors (this is the official version at the time of the Russian Empire and now in Ukraine).
The National Opera of Ukraine The National Opera of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko - one of the most famous opera and ballet scenes in Europe. In 1896 building was burnt down the City Theatre in Kyiv. In those years, Kyiv was considered a major cultural and industrial center of the Russian Empire, so the city had to have a new theater. Then the announced an international tender for the construction of the Opera House in Kyiv. The competition was attended by architects Russia and Ukraine, Italy, France and Germany. February 25, 1897 the winner was the famous Russian architect Viktor Shreter.
Construction of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet began in 1898. The scene of the new Opera House in Kyiv at the time was the largest in the Russian Empire. The theater building in the French Renaissance style is not just beautiful, but also very convenient for the employees and spectators in the theater. Today, Opera attracts the splendor and elegance of luxury interior.The large Venetian mirror crowned foyer, a beautiful marble staircaseand porcelain lamp, anywhere crystal, gold plated, bronze. New Organ special order for the Kyiv Opera House was made in the Czech Republic. Playbill of the Kyiv Opera House has more than 50 representations composers from different countries and eras: Verdi, Rossini, Tchaikovsky and others. Among the most successful productions of the troupe: “Swan Lake”, “Rigoletto”, “Romeo and Juliet” and other ever-popular opera “Zaporozhets beyond the Danube” by S. Hulak-Artemovskiy and “Natalka Poltavka” Mykola Lysenko. In the park near theater you can see a monument to the author of the Ukrainian classic operas Mykola Lysenko.
The tour program Kyiv – Lviv (7 days / 6 nights) The first day 22:50 Arrival in Kyiv- Borispol Airport. Meeting, Transfer airport – hotel. Accommodation in the hotel. The second day Breakfast at hotel. Kyiv sightseeing tour – Pearl of ancient Russian architecture – St. Sophia Cathedral (XI century), St. Michael’s Cathedral, St. Andrew’s Church (XVII century), Podol – Downtown. Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in the open air in Pyrohovo. Dinner at a Chinese restaurant The third day 08:00-09:00 Breakfast at the hotel. Check out. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (XI century), it is the center of the spread and consolidation of Christianity ancient. Dinner in the restaurant. Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. A walk in Mariinsky Park. Dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Transfer to the Railways Station. 22:00 Departure by train №97: Kyiv – Lviv The fourth day 07:41 Arrival by train №97 to Lviv. Placing and Breakfast in hotel. Excursion: Old city – Rynok Square. Lunch at Ukrainian cuisine restaurant. A walk on Svoboda Avenue. The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet Theatre. The monument which is called WAVE, it is a monument to the Ukrainian poet and
artist Taras Shevchenko. Museum of the great singer Krushelnytska, Unsurpassed Aida, ideal Elsa, the most attractive Butterfly, the world’s only Gioconda, “prima Duse”, a symbol of perfection and excellence. Dinner with Ukrainian program. Walk through the evening Lviv, and returning in hotel. The fifth day Breakfast. Check out the hotel. Departure in Shidnitsa (near Lviv – 100 km) Accommodation in SPA-hotel “Three sons and a daughter” 4* (The price does not include payment for medical procedures) Lunch and Dinner at Ukrainian cuisine restaurant The sixth day Breakfast. Check out the hotel. Visiting the old castles. In the east of Lviv region, there are three locks: Olesky (XIII-XVIII century), Pidhorodetsky (XVII-XVIII century), Zolochevsky (XVI-XVII century). The program includes lunch and dinner. After seeing the castle, the restaurant serves dishes prepared according to traditional recipes in the atmosphere much as possible approached to the spirit of the Middle Ages. Transfer to the Lviv Railways Station 22:47 Departure to Kyiv by train № 92: Lviv-Kyiv The seventh day 07:34 Arrival in Kyiv. Meeting. Breakfast. Walk on Vladimir Hill. Boat trip on the river Dnieper. Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Transfer to the airport Borispol
Lviv – the city in western Ukraine, with a population of about 759 000 people (2007). Situated on the river Poltva, about 70 km from the border with Poland. The administrative center of Lviv region. The first written reference dates back to 1256 (the date of the conditional basis of Lviv). In 1998, the historic city center is included into UNESCO World Heritage List. Maximum altitude 409 meters. Distance to Kyiv by railway – 564 km.
Historical background 历史 Lviv in the Galicia-Volyn principality – up to 1349. Galicia-Volhynia – the south-western medieval Old Russian principality of the Rurik dynasty. Galicia-Volhynia was one of the largest kingdoms period of feudal Russia. His main enemies were the Kingdom of Poland, the Hungarian Kingdom and Polovtsy, and in the middle of the XIII century – the Golden Horde and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. As a result, strained relations with which the Galicia-Volyn principality fell into decay. Lviv was part of Poland and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polish Kingdom and Grand Duchy of Lithuania): 1349-1772 Lviv in the Austro-Hungarian Empire: 1772-1918 Lviv was part of Poland: 1918-1939. Lviv in the USSR 1939-1991
Famous people of Lviv 利沃夫伟大的人民 General Lou – the hero of the Chinese Revolution Jacob Rosenfeld was born in 1903 in the AustroHungarian city of Lemberg (Lviv), the son of the imperial army reserve officer. In 1939, when the power in Austria, the Nazis came and went far in Shanghai. In 1941 he joined the New Fourth Army Chairman Mao. Jacob Rosenfeld, who became a general under Mao Zedong, known in China as General Lou. He was the only one of the few foreign volunteers who managed to climb to the top echelons of the revolutionary army, and even served as health minister of the interim government in 1947. General Lou friends with Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi, who later became Chairman and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China. The National Museum of China in Beijing, he devoted an entire exhibit an area of 800 square meters, which opened the President of China Hu Jintao.
The architecture of Lviv 利沃夫的建筑 The ensemble of the historic center of Lviv, or Old Town – the area in the central part of Lviv (Ukraine), which has been included in UNESCO World Heritage Site. Architectural monuments XIV-XVII centuries. Lions – an outstanding example of a synthesis of architectural and artistic traditions of Eastern Europe and the traditions of Italy and Germany. Rynok (Market ) Square is a museum under open-skies, where every house it is a monument of architecture of medieval Lviv.
Svoboda (Freedom) Avenue – main Avenue of Lviv.自由 大道 Svoboda Avenue the most elegant street of the city. There are banks, luxury shops, cafes, restaurants. But a main decoration of this boulevard is the Lviv theater of Opera and Ballet. From Svoboda Avenue associated with many famous names. For example, the street was the house, which was born Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the one from whose name was established concept masochism The father of the writer was headed at that time Lviv police.
The Lviv theater of Opera and Ballet 利沃夫的歌剧院
Religious buildings 宗教的建筑
was built in 1900. Thereafter became Avenue known on all Europe. Address: 28, Svoboda AVE
Cathedral of St. Jura (St. George) – the main Greek Catholic Cathedral in Lviv, built 1744-1762 years. 圣 佐治 教堂. Address: St. George’s Square, 5. Dominican cathedral and monastery – one of the most significant monuments of Baroque architecture in the city. Address: Museum Square, 1. Latin Cathedral built 1360-1479 years. 希腊 天主教堂 UNESCO object number 865. The only monument in Lviv, retaining the original features of the Gothic style. Address: Cathedral Square. 1 Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (built 1370) 亚美尼亚 教. UNESCO object number 865. Address: 7-13, Armenian St.
The Church of St. Olha and Elizabeth 伊利莎白及偶尔佳教堂
Church of St. Olga and Elizabeth (Church of St. Elisabeth) – neo-Gothic cathedral. The church was built in memory of the people in the popular Empress (crown princess) Elizabeth Habsburg of Bavaria, well known as Sisi, the wife of Caesar Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I. During the last visit to Lviv on 13 September, 1903, 73-year-old Franz Joseph I took part
habitants and guests of city. The Park situated on the Castle (Princes) mountain, related with the first mention about Lviv in historical chronicles 1256 years. Park was founded in 1835 in place of fortress the «High lock». Today from a fortress there is only part of southern-western wall.
Open-Air Museum “Shevchenko Guy” 民間木建築 博物館 Shevchenko Guy is an ethnographic museum of Folk Architecture & Rural Life under open-air, where going architectural exhibits and exhibits of folk way of life of all Western Ukraine. Museum was built 1972. in laying the first stone of a temple. The temple was erected in 1903-1911. Kropivnitskogo Square.
Museums 博物馆 House museum of Solomiya Krushelnytska 克鲁设立尼特色卡博物馆 In the early twentieth century, recognized masters of opera were four singers: Henrico Caruso, Tito Ruffo, Mattie Battistini, Feodor Chaliapin, and only one woman – a brilliant Ukrainian singer Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872 -1952). May 28, 1904 at the Theatre “Grande” in Brescia, the premiere of the new version of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Madame Butterfly”. In the title role by the Ukrainian opera singer Solomiya Krushelnytska (mezzo-soprano). Applauding audience seven times caused the actors and the composer on the scene. After the show she sang Puccini sent his portrait with the inscription: “Beautiful and charming Butterfly.”
“High Castle”
上 古堡 山 观景 台
Park “High Castle”- it` favorite place for romantic walks of
Monument of Ukrainian Poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) 乌克兰诗人謝甫琴科 的纪念碑 Lychakiv cemetery – one of the oldest cemeteries not only in Ukraine but also in all Europe. Lychakiv Cemetery in 1990 granted the status of historical and cultural reserve. There are more than 3,000 stone tombs, most of which are historical and cultural attractions. Address: 33, Mechnikov St. Monument of Polish Poet Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855)
波蘭詩人亞當密茨凱維奇的纪念碑 Olesky Castle is one of the oldest castles in Ukraine and structures in Galicia at all. Most likely, it was built by one of the sons of King Danylo Galitsky – Leo or Andrew – in the XIII century. One of the main features of the castle is
its location at an altitude of fifty meter intersection of the major trade routes of the time and, therefore, the main entrance to the western Ukrainian lands, as well as the fact that, unlike the other structures of the Middle Ages, the castle was originally built of stone. For a long time the castle was owned by the Catholic Church. He, like any other, has repeatedly changed its owners . The castle was born Jan Sobieski – the future Polish king Jan III.Now he is a baroque complex of buildings, the center of which is the Gothic Trinity Church. The castle is adjacent building of the monastery with the cells and an inner courtyard. The monastery enclosed three-meter wall. In the courtyard of the monastery are the old park and pond, as well as several tombs and ancient sculptures. Around the castle is divided Olesko unique park that even after so many years lost some of its luster it remains just a wonderful place for a leisurely stroll.
Zolocev is located 70 km from the city. In 1599, came to power in Zolocev came a rich aristocratic Polish family Sobieski. Zolochevsky Castle began to build a head of the family Marek Sobieski, completed the construction of his son – Jakub Sobieski in 1634. The castle is built in accordance with the principles of the Dutch system of fortifications. Heir Yakub – Jan Sobieski in 1674 became the Polish king Jan III. Since that time, the castle became the country Zolochevsky royal residence. Inside the fortifications is a wonderful two-storey palace in the style of the Renaissance. The castle had a stove and fireplace heating was provided with sanitation. At that time it was a progressive solution. Next to this palace housed a small Chinese (Pink) Polish king palace built for his wife Marie Casimir de Lagrange Arc. The Chinese and the Grand Palace is also open to the public. In Chinese palace is now a museum of Asian cultures. The rooms of the Grand Palace are spacious, decorated with lacquered dark wood furniture and beautiful stucco fireplaces convey the atmosphere of the royal residence. Castle until 1737 belonged to the genus Sobieski, then – Tarle, then – Radziwill. If you like history, you say a lot of these names!
Pidhorodetsky castle is the most beautiful castle in Ukraine. Pidhorodetsky castle was built in 1640 by architects Guillaume de Boplana, a French military engineer, and the Italian architect Andrea del Acqua. It's fortification, arches, balustrades, elegant terraces and a portal with columns create the perfect Renaissance composition. The castle was built a decade earlier Versailles (France) and for many years served as a place where at one time entertained all the European monarchs. Sometimes that celebration in Podgoreckaya palace lasted for weeks, and each of them was accompanied by celebratory fireworks, military parades and cannon volleys. The entrance gate of the castle Podgoret decorated with a lot of coats of arms of European royal families. Before the entrance gate was always a front guard. Around the castle, tourists can see the best examples of "Italian parks". Today it is a monument of landscape art of national importance and, as before, has no analogues in Ukraine. Particular attention should be given and the castle and the Exaltation of the Holy Joseph, built in the middle of the XVIII century. This is a magnificent example of Baroque architecture, with columns and statues of saint , which is three hundred-foot linden alley.
Ancient castles of Lviv region - the pride of the region. Built by tycoons and kings of Poland, these locks are not just found themselves in the bloody and decisive events in history. In the castles near Lviv combines tradition with medieval fortification in some places preserved traditional dungeon and traditions of modern times (the Dutch system of fortifications). Many castles, built and rebuilt in the Renaissance, are the features of the archi tecture of the Renaissance, Baroque, Mannerism. Locks were rich interiors and collections of paintings, weapons, books. Now many castles deployed museum exhibition. Castles spread around many beautiful parks. Magnificent architectural monuments are preserved churches. Three of the most famous form the so called Golden Horseshoe Ukraine.This Zolochevsky, Olesky and Pidhorodetsky locks. On the right side of the figure of the poet is a monument to «wave of national revival» – Bronze slab twelve meters high, with figural reliefs. Monument to the outstanding Ukrainian poet, artist and public figure of Taras Shevchenko was built in 1992 The height of the silhouette of Taras Shevchenko – 4.5 meters.
The tour program Kyiv - Crimea (7 days / 6 nights) The first day 22:50 Arrival in Kyiv-Borispol Airport. Meeting, Transfer airport – hotel. Accommodation in the hotel. The second day Breakfast at hotel. Kyiv sightseeing tour - Pearl of ancient Russian architecture - St. Sophia Cathedral (XI century), St. Michael’s Cathedral , St. Andrew’s Church (XVII century), Podol – Downtown. Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in the open air in Pyrohovo Dinner at a Chinese restaurant. The third day 08:00-09:00 Breakfast at the hotel. Check out. Kyiv – Pechersk Lavra (XI century) - the center of the spread and consolidation of Christianity ancient. Dinner in the restaurant. “Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”. A walk in Mariinsky Park. 18:00 Dinner at a Chinese restaurant. 19:30 Transfer to the Railways Station. 20:01 Departure to Simferopol (Crimea). The fourth day 9:25 Arrival of the railway station of Simferopol. Transfer Simferopol – Bakhchisarai. Breakfast in the restaurant Tatar cuisine. Transfer to Bakhchisaray. Moving to Bakhchisarai.
Excursion to the Khan’s Palace Museum. Moving to Sevastopol. A sightseeing tour of the city. The Count’s Quay, a monument to the Sunken Ships. Dinner at the restaurant. Excursion to the historical and archaeological reserve “Chersonesos – Tauride”. V century BC – XV century AD. Transfer to Yalta. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner at the hotel. The fifth day Breakfast at the hotel. Moving to Alupka. Excursion to the Vorontsov`s Palace, built by Count Vorontsov , founder of the Tauride, for his beautiful wife, Elizabeth. Photo-stop near Swallow’s Nest. Lunch in a restaurant overlooking the Swallow’s Nest. Tour of the White Livadia Palace, the residence of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, and the place of the Yalta Conference in 1945. Return to Yalta. Dinner at the hotel The sixth day Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to the Museum of Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Visit the Massandra Palace. Massandra wine tasting. Lunch in a Georgian restaurant. Walk along the promenade of Yalta. Return to the hotel. Free time. Dinner at the hotel The seventh day 08:00-09:00 Breakfast . Checking out the hotel before 12:00 Transfer Yalta - Simferopol - Airport
Uspensky Cave Monastery (Holy Assumption Monastery) 圣母升天大教堂 – Orthodox monastery in Crimea. Located in the tract-Dere Mariam (Mary Gorge) near Bakhchisarai. The monastery is under the control of Simferopol and Crimean Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate (Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia). In addition to the monastery complex, there is a cemetery of soldiers who died during the Crimean War of 1853-1856.
Museums Military Historical Museum of the Black Sea Fleet 黑海舰队 博物馆. The museum was opened in 1869, the home of one of the leaders of the first defense of Sevastopol General E. I. Totleben on Street. Catherine’s. Russian society has collected considerable resources and a large number of materials. This is a personal items leaders of the defense of Kornilov and Nakhimov, paintings of famous Russian painters Ivan Aivazovsky, FARubo. In 1913 the catalogue of the museum already had over two thousand exhibits in the mid-2000s – over 30 thousand exhibits. Museum Panorama “Defence of Sevastopol” “ 塞瓦斯托波尔防 线”博物馆 – a museum-panorama, on the first defense of Sevastopol. Author panorama, panoramic founder of Russian art, professor of the class of battle paintings Petersburg Academy of Arts Franz Alekseevich Roubaud. He laid the foundation works of the most brilliant episode of the epic of Sevastopol – the battle on the Malakhov Kurgan June 6, 1855. On this day, 75000th Russian army successfully repulsed the onslaught 173,000th Anglo-French forces. Franz Roubaud worked on the canvas during 1901-1904 and finished to the fiftieth anniversary of the defense.
Chersonese Taurian, or simply Hersonissos. Hersonissos was a Greek colony founded in 529 / 528 years. BC. Oe. came from Heraclea of Pontus, Asia Minor which was on the Black Sea coast. It is located in the southwestern part of Crimea, in the bay, which now known as Quarantine. For two thousand years of Hersonissos is a major political, economic and cultural center of Northern Black Sea coast, where he was the only Doric colony.v
Crimean Peninsula
(克里米亞半島) Crimean Peninsula, or Crimea – a peninsula on the southern Ukraine. It includes the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, as well as part of the Kherson region (north of the Arbat arrows)
Historical background Crimean Peninsula, or Crimea Crimean history goes back to antiquity. Due to its geographical location, favorable climate, variety of natural conditions, the richness of flora and fauna and the relative closeness, isolation of the peninsula from the mainland, he served as a refuge for people from the Neanderthals. Later coast actively settled by the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Genoese, and in the steppe and mountain areas with infiltrated the nomadic tribes of the continent Tauris, Alans, Scythians, Sarmatians, Pechenegs, Polovtzy, Tatars. Come here and detachments of the Slavs. Many people stayed here, changed the nomadic life to sedentary life. National cultures mixed and complemented each other. Availability of convenient harbors, and good conditions for agriculture have led to the growth and enrichment of many cities on the coast of the Crimean peninsula. It has become a “crossroads” of many trade routes, even the part of “Silk Road”. In Russian sources the Crimean peninsula to the 20-ies of XX century was called Tauris, hence the name Tauride province. The province has existed since October 1802 and October 1921. Center – the city of Simferopol.
Revolution of 1917 heralded the beginning of the decay of Tauride province. The modern name of the peninsula is going on, probably from the Turkic word “kyrym” – the shaft, the wall, the moat.
Architecture of Crimea Architecture of Crimea – one of the main attractions of the peninsula that holds the ruins of ancient temples, medieval towns, palaces of Russian empire and modern high-tech buildings. In the Crimean architecture interwoven set of traditions, trends and styles, creating a unique cocktail. Khan’s Palace in Bakhchisarai 鞑靼汗王宫 (krymsko-tat. Han Saray, Bakhchisarai Palace) – the former residence of the Crimean khans. Historical and cultural monument of world significance, the unique world’s example of palace architecture of the Crimean Tatars. The palace is the part of Bakhchisaray Historical and Cultural Reserve. In the premises of the palace is a museum of history and culture of Crimean Tatars, an art museum, the exhibition of weapons and firearms. The territory of the palace complex occupies a 4.3 hectare. Chufut Kale – a medieval fortress city in the Crimea, situated on the territory Bakhchsarai area of 2.5 km to the east of Bakhchisarai. The town was founded probably in the V-VI centuries as a fortified settlement on the border of the Byzantine possessions.
Yalta – the famous resort city in the Ukraine, on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula. City of Yalta and the so-called “Big Yalta” have differences. Big Yalta area called southern coast of Crimea from Foros in the west to the east and Gurzuf includes two cities (Yalta and Alupka), and many villages. Swallow’s Nest 燕 窝古堡 – a monument of architecture and history, situated on a steep 40 meters cliff Avrorin Cape Ai-Todor in the village of Livadia. The structure resembles a medieval knight’s castle like Belem tower or a villa Miramar near Trieste. Swallow’s Nest was a kind of emblem of the Southern coast of Crimea. Ai-Petri – a mountain in the Crimean mountains, in the Ai-Petri plateau. Administratively, the region is located in Yalta Crimea. Height is 1234 m. The mountain silhouette completes the line of the picturesque amphitheater from the sea – from the Cape AiTodor with Swallow’s Nest to the famous white teeth. The name of Ai-Petri is of Greek origin and translates as “Saint Peter”. Livadia – urban-type settlement in Crimea, 3 km from Yalta. The central areas of Livadia, located on the eastern slope of Mount
Mogabi, in south-west of Yalta. The main attraction of Livadia – Livadia Palace and Massandra vintage port “Livadia”. Livadia Palace 利瓦吉行宫 – a famous monument of architecture and history of XIX-XX centuries. The former residence of Russian emperors, as well as the location of the Yalta Conference, 1945. Located in the village of Livadia in Yalta Crimea region, 3 km from Yalta. Architect – Nikolai Krasnov. Massandra Palace. Building of the palace began in 1881 by order of Prince Semyon Mikhailovich Vorontsov. The project is in the style of Louis XIII, was developed by Etienne Bouchard. In 1882, in connection with the death of Prince Vorontsov Palace, construction has stopped. In 1889 the estate was purchased as a Specific department for Alexander III. The palace is located in Upper Yalta on the southern coast of Crimea. Now it is a palacemuseum – a branch of Alupka palace and park museum. Vorontsov’s Palace 沃龙佐夫宫 is located in Alupka (Crimea) on the foot of Mount Ai-Petri. It was built by Count Vorontsov (the founder of the Tauride province) to his beautiful wife Elizabeth, nee Branicka. At present the palace houses serve as a museum Vorontsov Palace at a park – a monument of landscape architecture. From December 1824 to April 1851in Vorontsov park talented German gardener-botanist Carl Kebah Antonovich was holding his researches.
The tour program Kyiv - Odessa 6 days / 5 nights The first day 15:55 Arrive in Beijing. The meeting at the airport. Transfer. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner at a Chinese restaurant. After lunch the tour: Golden Gates, St. Sophia Cathedral (visit to the cathedral) St. Michael’s Cathedral, the University of Kyiv, Kyiv Opera House, St. Vladimir’s Cathedral (Seen Cathedral). Dinner at a Chinese restaurant Return to the hotel. The second day Breakfast at the hotel. Submission of the bus to the hotel. Tours: Kyiv-Pecherskaya Lavra, the Museum of jewels Museum of the Great Patriotic War Lunch in a European restaurant. Continuation of excursion: Mariinsky Park, Vladimir Hill, St. Andrew’s Church, a museum of Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko - Kyiv Hermitage. Dinner at a Chinese restaurant Return to hotel. The third day Breakfast at the hotel. Check out. Visit to the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Pyrohovo. Lunch at the restaurant of Ukrainian cuisine Monument to the founders of Kyiv on
he waterfront, the oldest district of the city – Podol, Kontraktovaya Square (Contracts Square), Arch of Friendship of Peoples, the central street of the capital – Khreschatyk, Independence Square. After dinner in the restaurant on an evening stroll Kyiv. Shuttle service to the station. Departure by train number 105 Kyiv-Odessa. Journey time 8:20 The fourth day 6:10 Arrive in Odessa. Meeting. Transfer hotel. Early check in to the hotel. Accommodation at the hotel. Breakfast at the hotel. Sightseeing in Odessa. Opera House. Potemkin Stairs. Museum of anchors in the open air (Sea port). Deribassovskaya Street – the main street of Odessa. Museum of Western and Oriental Art (Palace of Abazy). Boffo - Palace of Count Tolstoy Lunch at the Chinese Restaurant An excursion to the Catacombs. Dinner at the restaurant of European cuisine. Return to the hotel.... The fifth day Breakfast at the hotel. Check out the group in Belgorod-Dniester from Odessa. Belgorod-Dniester – one of the oldest cities in the world, founded 2500 years ago. Fortress XIV century. Belgorod-Dniester is located on the Dniester River, 80 km from Odessa and 20 km from the ancient Greek city of Tyre. Arrival in Odessa. Visit the Fortress of Belgorod-Dniester (Tour and self-examination). Lunch. A visit to the village Chabot Belgorod-Dniester Rheine. Chabot is known for its wine production – “Industrial and Trade Company Shabo”. Turkish name of the settlement – “Asha-Abaga” which means “Lower Gardens” (“Gardens” at that time called the vineyards). Swiss French-speaking immigrants have kept the name of the settlement, however, because of the difficulty of pronunciation gradually renamed “Shabo”. Departure to Odessa. After dinner in the restaurant on an evening stroll Odessa. 22:54 Departure by train number 106 Odessa-Kyiv. Journey time of 8:43. The sixth day Arriving in Kyiv. Meeting. Transfer. Breakfast in the restaurant. Walk on St. Andrew’s Descent, purchase souvenirs, stroll along the Dnieper river on the boat (from May to October). Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Transfer to the airport. Seeing off. 15:40 Departure flight to Beijing.
Odessa – South Palmyra. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea
Historical background On the territory of Odessa had been located the ancient Greek colony. In the Middle Ages the territory of Odessa had been in the possession of various nomadic tribes and kingdoms. This Pechenegs and Polovtsy, Golden Horde, the Crimean Khanate, Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Ottoman Empire. The first written mention of the settlement in the territory of Odessa called Hadzhibey refers to 1415. Empress Catherine II rescript (a legal act – a personal letter to the Empress) on May 27, 1794 was founded the city of Odessa. For 100 years, Odessa has become the 4th largest city in the Russian Empire (after St. Petersburg, Moscow and Warsaw).
Twin Cities
Armenian and decor. Also a big impact on the city’s appearance has natural-climatic nature.
Founder of Odessa 濱海花園大道. Speaking about the founders and the first rulers of Odessa, often remember Joseph de Ribas, the Duc de Richelieu, Langeron, Count Vorontsov. Statue of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu in Odessa (unveiled in 1828). 里舍利耶公爵雕像 Odessa City Hall – the building of the Odessa City Council. The building has a neoclassical style, and is located at the Duma premises (Seaside Boulevard). Building was constructed under the project and Franz Boffo Gregorio Torricelli in 1828-1834, respectively. Before the building is a monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin – because the writer has lived in Odessa thirteen months.
Odessa is twinned with the city of Qingdao 青岛市 in China since 1993, and since 2008 partner of Ningbo 宁波市 City, China.
Primorsky Boulevard 滨海大道 – successfully communicates the city center with the sea and is the front facade at the entrance to Odessa from the sea.
Architecture Odessa
The gun on the Promenade – a monument to the Promenade of Odessa devoted to the successful repulse attacks Anglo-French squadron in Odessa during the Crimean (Eastern) War, 1854-1855. The monument was opened in 1904.
The multinational composition of the population has resulted in the architecture of religious buildings reflected the Byzantine-Greek influence, and in the planning and facade compositions houses can be see not only Italian and French, but the
Potemkin Stairs 波穷金大台阶 – (up to 1955 stairs tabloid, formerly Maritime ladder Rishelyevskaya stairs, in the XIX century, giant staircase, from 1919 to 1941 – Feldman Boulevard ladder – the famous staircase in Odessa, connecting downtown to the harbor and the Naval Station. Deribasovskaya 杰里巴斯步行街 – one of the central streets of the city, named in honor of city founder Joseph Deribas, is one of the main attractions of the city, popular festivals, among which mainly relates Day of Humor, and Odessa. “Passage” – a hotel and indoor shopping arcade, a monument of history and architecture of the late XIX – early XX century in Odessa, located at the street of the Transfiguration, 34 (cross streets Deribasovskaya and Transfiguration, the Primorsky region).
Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet 敖德萨大歌剧院, – the first theater in Odessa by the time of construction, meaning and popularity. The first building was opened in 1810 and burned down in 1873. A modern building was built in 1887 by the architects Fellner and Helmer in the style of Viennese baroque. The unique acoustics of the hall allows the horseshoe to convey even a whisper from the stage in every corner of the room. Full restoration of the theater building was completed in 2007.
Odessa catacombs 敖德萨地下洞穴 – is the world’s largest underground labyrinth, their total length is estimated at 2.5 thousand kilometers.
Religious buildings Cathedral of St. Nicholas on the seaport – October 20, 1896 has being taken place a celebration bookmark of the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra – the patron saint of sailors and travelers.
The church is located at the seat of 411th coastal batteries, the site of the heroic defense of Odessa from Nazi invaders. Church (German – Church) St. Paul’s in Odessa 圣保罗教 堂 – the Lutheran Cathedral of St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine, the religious center of the Ukrainian Lutheran German Church tradition – a historical building and architectural monument of national importance, which houses the Department of the Bishop of the whole Church in Ukraine.
Boffo – Palace of Count Tolstoy (博福 – 托尔斯泰故居)
Odessa Transfiguration Cathedral – the largest Orthodox church in Odessa, founded in 1794. Cathedral as its architecture reflects the level of development of Odessa and the entire region. As a small cult building in the early XIX century, it became one of the largest cathedrals in Russia early XX century. Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious, and – in the Memorial Church of military glory of Odessa.
The architectural complex, which includes the building itself and the count’s manor house an art gallery. Count homestead – a 2-storey house, consisting of 12 rooms. It was built in 1832, the Bedchamber N. Horvath, designed by architect Boffo in the style of Russian classicism. In the 70s he lived in the manor hereditary nobleman, Count Mikhail Tolstoy. Since 1934, the estate complex is the House of Scientists. Currently there are 30 scientific societies, sections, hobby clubs.
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