What to See

• Museums

  Kiev Fortress

  The semi-underground Kyiv Fortress Museum or Kyivska Fortetsya is a 19th century defense building which was at one-stage part of the western Russian fortresses. These buildings were common sights in Kiev in the past and were placed in most neighborhoods by the Russian army. The multitude of defense structures built in the capital make it the largest city fortress found anywhere in the world. ...

• Culture

  Literature

  As with most European countries, Ukraine has a well established literary community. In the past many stories where likely passed on by word of mouth until they were eventually committed to written form. As a result, many old Ukrainian fables and stories abound in printed Ukrainian literature today. Besides this, the 20th century has seen the emergence of several well-liked writers and poets ...

• Zakarpattya Oblast

  Tiachiv

  In Western Ukraine, right near the country’s border, you will find a small city by the name of Tiachiv. The city is situated in the Zakarpattya Oblast of Ukraine and enjoys an excellent position along the banks of the Tisza River. Tiachiv is situated in a part of Ukraine that is sometimes called Carpathian Ruthenia. This small region in Central Europe encompasses a part of Ukraine, Slovakia, ...

• Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

  Ivano-Frankivsk

  Ivano-Frankivsk, is the capital city of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast which lies to the west in Ukraine. It is a relatively small city with a population of roughly 205,000 people. The size of the city only adds to its charm.

• Zhytomyr Oblast

  Malyn

  Malyn, also spelled Malin, is a small city located in the Zhytomyr Oblast. It has an estimated population of 28 000 residents and lies 150 kilometers outside of Kiev. One of its greatest responsibilities is that Malyn is home to a monitoring station for seismic activity. It might sound like a trivial job, but it was not set up to measure the vibrations in the earth, but rather to monitor ...

• Donetsk Oblast

  Slavyansk

  Slavyansk is located within the province of Donetsk, which is stiuated in the eastern parts of Ukraine. When Slavyansk, also spelled Slovyansk, was first founded in 1676, it was a fortress called Tor. The military building was built near where two rivers, the Sukhyy Torets and Kazenyy Torets, joined together. These two rivers then merged together and became the Torets River, which eventually ...

• Places of Interest

  Lychakivskiy Cemetery

  Lychakivskiy Cemetery is everything you would imagine a haunted graveyard to be. Eerie, yet capitivatingly beautiful, this cemetery is the final resting place of over 400,000 souls.

• Zakarpattya Oblast

  Vynohradiv

  The city of Vynohradiv can be found in the province of Zakarpattya, situated in the western parts of Ukraine. Vynohradiv borders Romania and is located near to the river Tisza, which flows down from the Carpathian Mountains.