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UKRAINE

Русский [http://profys.com.ua] « Home » ICQ: 221345478 (380 - 44): 486-3063, 482-2703, 486-3061 UKRAINE Travelling Ukraine is a country of Central-Eastern Europe. It occupies the South-Western part of Eastern-European Plains and a part of the Carpathian and Crimean mountains. It stretches for 893 km from North to the South and for 1316 km from West to East. Ukraine is located in moderate latitudes and has outlets to Black and Azov Seas. The geopolitical location on the border of Western and Eastern peoples and cultures considerably influenced history and current development of the nation. Ukraine has land and maritime borders. Their total length is 7590 km. Land borders are 5631 km long and include three parts: western, northern and eastern. Sea borders are 1959 km long. Ukraine has land borders with the Russian Federation (2063 km), the Republic of Belarus (975 km), the Republic of Poland (542.5 km), Slovak Republic (98 km), Hungary (135 km), Romania (608 km) and the Republic of Moldova (1194 km). The borders with countries of Central and Western Europe are 2590 km. Tourists have a possibility to get acquainted with the history and culture of Ukraine from very ancient to modern times. The most famous historical and cultural monuments are in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as well as in cities: Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Chernigiv, Kamyanets-Podilsky. A great number of archaeological monuments is concentrated in the southern part of Ukraine. Tourists may be interested in the excavations of ancient towns of the northern Black Sea Side - Tira, Olviya, Chersonese, Panticapea, as well as in archaeological museums in Odesa, Kerch and Kyiv. More than 500 cities of Ukraine has their history of more than 900 years old, 4500 villages of Ukraine are more than 300 years old. Historical cities and villages are our national riches. There are 150 ths. of monuments of culture, history, archaeology, citybuilding, architecture, palaces and park building art, as well as 300 museums in Ukraine. 7 national historical and cultural preserves have been created. More values are monuments of Kyivan Rus (IX - XII centuries) epoch - 80 % of monuments of this period are concentrated on the territory of Ukraine. The most remarkable monuments are the Kyyevo-Pecherska Lavra (Kyivan Cave Monastery), the St. Sophia's Cathedral and the historical center of Lviv city. They have been entered into the List of the World Heritage of UNESCO. Very rich historical and cultural heritage is represented by St.Andrew`s and St.Cyryl`s Churche in Kyiv, historical monuments, related to the historical and cultural heritage of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks, as well as those from the days of the national liberation struggle of Ukrainian people in 1648 - 1654, and the World War II; architectural and house-holding museums under open sky in Kyiv, Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky, Lviv, Uzhgorod, Chernivtsi, Galych, art galleries in Kyiv, Odesa, Feodosiya, Lviv, Kharkiv etc. Tourists are very interested in architectural monuments of various epochs and styles: monuments of defensive architecture - fortresses in Lutsk, Medzhybizh, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Khotyn, Bilgorod-Dnistrovsky, Uzhgorod, Mukacheve; palace complexes in Crimea, in Lviv and Chernigiv regions; monuments of wooden worship and civil architecture in the Carpathians. Photo « Home » Copyright © « Profys » Tours and cruises in Ukraine · Hotels reservation · Sanatorium-and-spa treatment in Ukraine profys.com.ua сегодня 21 всего 48776