Videos tagged with "cityscape"

Odessa 2011 [07:58]
Odessa is a young, multinational city in the Ukraine, founded by Russians in 1795, with a population of more than 1.000.000 people. It is well known for the beatiful cityscape, architecture and mediterrane climate with 290 sunny days a year. The artificially arranged sand beach with a green zone above is about 30 km long. The bathing season starts in May and ends in September. There are a lot of restaurants, cafes, night clubs and discothecs, theaters, museums, parks and other attractions.
Tags: Odessa, Ukraine, Russia, Black Sea, Travelling, sightseeing, tourism, culture

St Michael's Golden Domed Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine [06:02]
The original, built by Prince Sviatopolk in 1108, was destroyed by the Soviet regime in the 1930s for having "no historical value." The reconstructed cathedral was completed in May 2000. Its sky blue exterior and glittering golden domes add a stunning layer to a cityscape that has become a mix-mash of crumbling ancient and newly reconstructed. A sobering reminder of Stalin's inhumane policies stands to the right as you exit the church grounds. This is a monument to the victims of Holodomor (starvation): A famine orchestrated in part by the Soviet leadership in an attempt to squash the peasantry, as many as 10 million Ukrainians perished from 1932-33. Keeping watch over the square are the reconstructed statues of Princess Olga, Apostle Andrew, St. Cyrill and St. Mephodius. © Kyiv In Your Pocket, 2011
Tags: kyiv video guide, St Michael's Cathedral, Kiev, kyiv, ukraine, free tours, kyiv in your pocket, guides in Kyiv, tours around kiev, sight in kiev, ukriane, orthodox monasteries

St Michael's Golden Domed Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine [06:03]
The original, built by Prince Sviatopolk in 1108, was destroyed by the Soviet regime in the 1930s for having "no historical value." The reconstructed cathedral was completed in May 2000. Its sky blue exterior and glittering golden domes add a stunning layer to a cityscape that has become a mix-mash of crumbling ancient and newly reconstructed. A sobering reminder of Stalin's inhumane policies stands to the right as you exit the church grounds. This is a monument to the victims of Holodomor (starvation): A famine orchestrated in part by the Soviet leadership in an attempt to squash the peasantry, as many as 10 million Ukrainians perished from 1932-33. Keeping watch over the square are the reconstructed statues of Princess Olga, Apostle Andrew, St. Cyrill and St. Mephodius. © Kyiv In Your Pocket, 2011
Tags: kyiv video guide, St Michael's Cathedral, Kiev, kyiv, ukraine, free tours, kyiv in your pocket, guides in Kyiv, tours around kiev, sight in kiev, ukriane, orthodox monasteries

Taxi Ride Through Kharkov (Kharkiv), Ukraine [01:35]
Taking a taxi through the city center of Kharkov, ending at my husband's office building.
Tags: Kharkov, Kharkiv, Taxi, Drive, Ride, Ukraine, Europe, Cityscape

Ghosts of Chernobyl [01:30]
A Visit to the Ghost Town of Pripyat and reactors of the site of the Chernobyl disaster "The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union). It is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history and is the only level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The disaster occurred on 26 April 1986, at reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant, near the town of Pripyat, during an unauthorized systems test. A sudden power output surge took place, and when an attempt was made at emergency shutdown, a more extreme spike in power output occurred which led to a reactor vessel rupture and a series of explosions. This event exposed the graphite moderator components of the reactor to air and they ignited; the resulting fire sent a plume of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive area, including Pripyat. The plume drifted over large parts of the western Soviet Union, and much of Europe. As of December 2000, 350400 people had been evacuated and resettled from the most severely contaminated areas of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.[1][2] According to official post-Soviet data, up to 70% of the fallout landed in Belarus.[3] Despite the accident, Ukraine continued to operate the remaining reactors at Chernobyl for many years. The last reactor at the site was closed down in 2000.[4] The accident ...
Tags: Ukraine, Chernobyl, Pripyat, radiation, USSR, CCCP, nuclear, Chernobil, adventure, cityscape, landmark, events, destination, travel, log, Resident, Evil, Afterlife, 3d