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• Khotyn Fortress on the Dniester River

  Dating back to 1325 and strategically located on the Dniester River, Khotyn Fortress is listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine. This landmark outside the city of Khotyn, in the ...

• Enjoy the Tranquility of M.M. Gryshko Botanical Garden

  Established in 1936, the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden is located in Kiev and forms part of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Covering an area of 1.3 square kilometers, the garden ...

• Mykola Lysenko – Promoter of Authentic Ukrainian Music

  Ukrainian composer, conductor, pianist and ethnomusicologist Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko was born in March 1842 in the city of Kremenchuk, in the Poltava Oblast of Ukraine. Primarily due to the ...

• Mount Mithridat and the Great Mithridates Staircase

  Located at the center of the Ukrainian city of Kerch, Mount Mithridat was nominated as one of the seven wonders of Ukraine in the 2007 contest to name the country's seven top historical and ...

• Pidhirtsi Castle – 17th Century Historic Treasure

  Pidhirsi Castle is located on the outskirts of the village of Pidhirtsi in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, and was constructed between 1635 and 1640 at the command of Stanislaw Koniecpolski, a ...

• Mammoths – Extinct, But Not Forgotten

  Discovered in the village of Mezhyrich in the Cherkasy Oblast, and now exhibited at Kiev's Zoological Museum, a dwelling made of enormous mammoth tusks reveals that these gigantic ...

• The River Port City of Oster

  Located where the Oster River flows into the Desna in the Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine, the city of Oster was established in 1098 by Vladimir Monomakh, the Grand Prince of Kievan Rus at the time. ...

• The Spring of St Anna – Revered Pilgrimage Site

  Since the 16th century the Spring of St Anna, located around one kilometer from Onyshkivtsi village in Ukraine's Rivne region, has been known for its curative properties. It is considered to ...

• Lesya Ukrainka – Gifted Writer and Loyal Activist

  Best known by her literary penname, Lesya Ukrainka is remembered as the foremost female writer in Ukrainian literature, as well as being counted among the top poets and writers of either ...

• The Rocks of Dovbush

  The Rocks of Dovbush are a fascinating combination of natural wonders and man-made creations located in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. This intriguing formation of rocks is included in the ...