The Art of the Beauty of the Land, the Fields, the Rivers, the Villages, the Cities, the People. The Art of the Historical Sites: Crimea, Carpathians, Churches with Golden Domes, Cossacks, and so Much More
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| "WELCOME TO UKRAINE" MAGAZINE
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| THE ANCIENT CITY The modern Shevchenkivs'kiy district is located in the territory of ancient Kyiv By Olexandr Motsya and Denys Pogorelov Starokyivski Visti Kyiv, Ukraine December, 2001 Translated and edited by ArtUkraine.com |
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| BATURYN, UKRAINE: CAPITAL OF THE COSSACK HETMAN Canadian Supported Excavation Project in Baturyn, Ukraine Since July 2001 |
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BYKIVNJA: VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO COMMEMORATED VICTIMS OF POLITICAL REPRESSIONS AT REQUIEM HELD IN BYKIVNJANS'KY FOREST NEAR KYIV, UKRAINE, We came to honour the memory of the thousands who were murdered, "Our Ukraine" Press, Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 16, 2004 |
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BERDYCHIV, A Small Ukrainian Town of
Rich Cultural Heritage Honore de Balzac was Married There, Joseph Conrad was Born There, Levi-Itskhak, a prominent Hassidic zaddik Preached and Died There |
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BLACK SEA CRUISE: THE CHARGE OF THE BRIGHT BRIGADE
Frederic Raphael conquers the Crimea in Ukraine with stops at Yalta, Sevastopol [Chersonesos], Balaklava and Odessa to visit historic sites London Times Online, London, UK, Sunday, June 29, 2003 |
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BUCHACH: THE MYSTICAL AURA OF BUCHACH, WESTERN UKRAINE
By Natalia A. Feduschak, Special to the Kyiv Post KPNews.com, Kyiv, Ukraine, October 24, 2002 |
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CANADA: MUNDARE, ALBERTA UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC
PARISH CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL
Annual Sts. Peter and Paul pilgrimage, time to remember past struggles Special to the WCR, CanadaWestern Catholic Reporter, June 21, 2003 Mundare, Alberta, Canada, June 21, 2003 |
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CARPATHIAN HOTELS: NO VACANCIES
Tourist boom in the Carpathian Mountains By Iryna Yehorova, Lviv, Ukraine, The Day Weekly Digest in English, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tue, Feb 17, 2004 |
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CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS AND LAND OF IVANO-FRANKIVSK
Mountains of Opportunities, Ukrainians begin to cash in on tourism By Volodymyr Denysenko, The Day, Kyiv, Ukraine, February 10, 2004 |
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CARPATHIANS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE
The fairy-tale mountain range that cuts a dramatic swathe through Central Europe, from Poland and the Czech Republic to Romania and Ukraine By Neil Bowdler, Rachael Claye and Bill Rashleigh, Independent Digital (UK) Ltd, June 22, 2002 |
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CARPATHIANS: EUROPEAN TOURISTS DRAWN TO UKRAINIAN
CARPATHIANS
At Pylypets, new ski lifts opened in December 2003 USATODAY, Agency France-Presse, Pylypets, Ukraine, Monday, March 29, 2004 |
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CARPATHO-RUSYN KNOWLEDGE BASE WEBSITE
Western Ukraine, Southern Poland, Northeastern Slovakia This major website provides extensive information and articles about the Carpatho-Rusyn Culture, History, Museums, Genealogy, Books, Folkart, Tradition, Music, Hutsul, Bijko, Lemko, and much more, as well as links to other web sites of interest. Check it out |
| CHURCHES IN UKRAINE: HOLY SITES Churches offer beautiful places to study and reflect Ukraine's religious past boasts varied wonders of architectural and historical significance By Natalia Feduschak, Special to the Post, The Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
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COSSACK BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION WEB SITE
The Cossack Wars of the 17th Century Ukraine's Historic Cossack Battlefields VISIT THEIR 2002 FIELD SEASON at ZBORIV |
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COSTUMES--UKRAINIAN MUSEUM
Town of Pereyaslav-Khmel'nytsky, Ukraine "Ukrainian National Costume as a Witness of the Past" Shirts, Skirts, Belts, Vests, Headkerchiefs, Earrings, Necklaces, Rings |
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CRIMEA, ALUSHTA: UKRAINE WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2004, Held in the beautiful Black Sea resort of Alushta [Alusta] in Crimea, By Olga Alexandrova and Thomas Lemanczyk, From Hotel "Cajka" in Alushta [Alusta], Crimea, Ukraine, Chessbase News, Hamburg, Germany, Sunday, May 23, 2004 |
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CRIMEA: A TASTE OF UKRAINE, ONE SIP AT A TIME, NOVIY SVIT
WINERY
by Natalia Feduschak, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 30, 2003 |
CRIMEA BOASTS UNBEATABLE HISTORICAL
AND NATURAL WONDERS
By Angela Charlton Associated Press Writer Thursday, Aug 22, 2002 |
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CRIMEA: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE CRIMEA
150th anniversary of the declaration of the Crimean war The Independent (UK), London, UK, March 27, 2004 |
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CRIMEA: A CRIMEA LEFT ONLY IN PICTURES
European Cultures Museum in Berlin stores Crimean Tatar works of art By Mykyta Kasianenko, Simferopol, Interview with Crimean Deputy Minister of Culture Ismet Zaatov, The Day Weekly Digest in English, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 20, 2004 |
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CRIMEAN TATAR HISTORY AND CULTURE CD-ROM CREATED
WITH U.S. EMBASSY SUPPORT IN UKRAINE
www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS), Friday, July 4, 2003 |
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DISCOVER UKRAINE !
Ukraine Is Still A Treasure Waiting To Be Discovered A Land of Exciting Diversity |
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EASTERN EUROPE GUSSIES UP FOR TOURISTS
As 10 Countries Join the EU, Hotels and Services Upgrade; Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Romania By Eleena De Lisser, Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, NY, NY, Wed, Mar 31, 2004 |
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FACTS ABOUT UKRAINE (UKRAYINA)
Physical and Human Geography; Political System; Historical Facts; Independence and Recent Developments |
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FOLK ART AND CULTURE TOUR OF UKRAINE 2004:
"RETURN TO THE SOURCE"
By E. Morgan Williams, Publisher and Editor, www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS); Kyiv, Ukraine and Washington, D.C., Feb 9, 2004 |
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FORTRESSES IN UKRAINE
Vivid Reminders of the Long, Battle-worn History of the Steppe By Anna Kozmina, Kyiv Post Staff Writer Roman Olearchyk, Kyiv Post Staff Writer, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug 7, 2003 |
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| GALICIA GENEALOGY WEBSITE
Considerable information for finding your Galician ancestors located in southeastern Poland and southwestern Ukraine, not the Galicia in Spain |
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"GOLDEN GATE BUILT IN 1037"
"Rotting Zoloti Vorota Gets Facelift" By Dana Liss, Kyiv Post Staff Writer Kyiv, Ukraine, June 6, 2002 |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR AND CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 2003 Photographs from Kyiv, Ukraine with Music from ArtUkraine |
| HOLIDAY SPOTS: THE TOP 50 TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE Simon Calder recommends Odessa, Ukraine SIMON CALDER; The Independent, UK; November 09, 2002 |
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HONCHAR MUSEUM, Kyiv, Ukraine
"Ivan Honchar Museum, A Treasure House of Ukrainian Folk & Decorative Arts" By Ihor Poshyvailo, Department Head Ivan Honchar Museum Photos by Volodymyr Zaitsev |
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HUTSUL AND POKUTTIA REGIONS FOLK ART
UKRAINIAN ANTIQUITIES IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS An Outstanding New Book, Fall 2002, Order Your Copy Now |
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HUTSUL FESTIVAL 2003, XIII ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL HUTSUL
FESTIVAL
August 30-31, 2003, Vyzhnytsya, Ukraine |
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KYIV, UKRAINE: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD: FOCUSING IN ON THE UZVIZ, Kyiv's so-called "most charming street" By Paul Miazga, Kyiv Post Staff Writer Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
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KOROLOWKA, WESTERN UKRAINE, PRIEST'S GROTTO CAVE: HOLOCAUST UKRAINE: 'OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH' It was the only refuge they had left. In 1942, as the Nazis intensified their hold on Eastern Europe, several Jewish families disappeared into the vast underground labyrinths of western Ukraine.
By Peter Lane Taylor, National Geographic Adventure Magazine Washington, D.C., June/July 2004 |
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 KOROLOWKA, WESTERN UKRAINE; HOLOCAUST: CAVER FOUND EVIDENCE OF SURVIVOR'S LONG ORDEAL, 38 Jews who survived the Holocaust by hiding in cave in Ukraine.
Ann Carroll, The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Sat, May 29, 2004 |
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KIEV IN 48 HOURS
Last great metropolis to remain undiscovered by mass tourism. A city of gold-domed cathedrals with friendly people The Independent, United Kingdom; October 30, 2000 |
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KIEV IS ABOUT MEDIEVAL CATHEDRALS, INSTANT BORSCHT
AND CELL PHONE MANIA By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Writer, AP World Politics October 16, 2002, Wednesday |
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KOLOMIYA, UKRAINE: POTTERY AND ART HELP TO SHAPE
IT'S HISTORY
Local potters, artisans struggle to keep local traditions alive. Kolomiya built a new museum shaped like a large Easter egg, or pysanka By Natalia Feduschak, The Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 27, 2003 |
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KYIV-THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ABOVE THE GATE
"An Ancient Church You Walk Under To Get Into A Monastery" Troitska Nadvratna Tserkva-12th Century Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery Based on Information Supplied by Valentina Kolpakova, Assistant Director of the Kyiv Perchersk Lavra National Preserve Photographs by Mykhailo Andreyev |
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KYIV LAVRA: UNEARTHING THE KYIV PECHERSK LAVRA
A Series of Churches and Caves Named A UNESCO World Heritage Site by Emily Urquhart, Kyiv Post Staff Writer, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar 17, 2004 |
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KYIV TRAVEL: THE BEST OF KIEV (KYIV)
Written by: Anita Liskova & Todd Shaw, Photos by: Petr Vykoukal The Prague Tribune, "Business and Lifestyle Magazine, " Prague, Czech Republic, February 3, 2004 |
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KYIV, UKRAINE
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF UKRAINE Holding Concerts Seasons Since 1863, Outstanding Concert Hall |
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L'VIV IS UKRAINE'S WINDOW ONTO EUROPE The EU is expanding with 10 new members. Looking at places that will be just outside the enlarged EU, while feeling culturally and historically part of it By Bridget Hourican, The Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland, Mon, April 26, 2004 |
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LVIV: OLD TRADITIONS AND FREEDOM LOVING SPIRIT
One of the Oldest Cities in Eastern Europe Founded in the Middle of the Thirteenth Century Lviv Mayor Vasyl' Kuybida with Anatoly Nashkersky Welcome To Ukraine Magazine With Contributions and Additional Photos by ArtUkraine.com |
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L'viv Regional State Administration Website, L'viv Region,
L'viv, Ukraine
Information about L'viv and the Region |
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LVIV TRIP "UKRAINE: WEEKEND TO REMEMBER
Lviv is still like a children's picture book, says Juliet Clough, despite the modern age creeping into the rest of Ukraine. At Cafe Virmanka the Armenian proprietess read our coffee grounds: "Lots of travel," she said; "volcanic change"; something obscure about a princess. It sounded more like a forecast for the sleeping beauty that is Lviv. |
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L'VIV, UKRAINE--ITS CHARM, HISTORY AND FUTURE
"HARVESTING THE FRUITS OF FREEDOM-L'VIV WAS LOVELY" Martin Symington, Times Online-Travel, London, UK, October 05, 2002 |
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| LVIV, UKRAINE PHOTOGRAPHS, HISTORY FEATURED IN NEW WEB SITE, Let the heart fly to Lviv like a bird! |
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LANGUAGE AND TRAVEL GUIDE TO UKRAINE
Linda Hodges and George Chumak Hippocrene, New York, 2000. Third Edition, Published in English. A combination travel guide and phrasebook with everything a traveler to Ukraine needs to know. Contains details on Ukrainian culture, modern life, major tourist cities and smaller towns of interest. Available at a discount from amazon.com. Check for updates to this book. |
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| MUSEUM OF ONE STREET, KYIV, UKRAINE |
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| "NATION SHOULD MAKE VISTORS WELCOME"
Travel and Tourism A Win-Win For Ukraine By E. Morgan Williams Kyiv Post, July 11, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| NEW ZEALANDERS TO UKRAINE: HOME OF COSSACKS Travel Agency set up by Ukrainian to bring New Zealand Tourists to Ukraine By Jim Engles, Travel Editor, The New Zealand Herald Auckland City, New Zealand, Saturday, May 1, 2004 |
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ODESSA: THE LOWLIFE CHARMS OF ODESSA
By Sylvie Briand, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Odessa, Ukraine, Sun, 25 Jan 2004 |
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PYSANKA MUSEUM IN KOLOMYIA, UKRAINE
Home of One of the Largest and Newest Pysanka Museums in the World The Only Pysanka Museum in the World with Its Own Building. Letter to Orysia Paszczak Tracz Ukrainian Canadian Folk Art Scolar From Yaroslava Tkachuk, Director Kolomyia Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttia Folk Art |
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ROMNY, HISTORIC CITY IN SUMY OBLAST, UKRAINE
MARKS ITS 900th ANNIVERSARY
by Roman Woronowycz, Kyiv Press Bureau, The Ukrainian Weekly, October 20, 1996 |
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SCYTHIAN KING'S GOLD PECTORAL
Perfection Embodied in Gold--4th or 5th Century B.C. Held In Museum of Historic Jewellery of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine Reported by Olena Pidvysotska and Tetyana Samina, Photos by Mykhailo Andreev |
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| SHEVCHENKO, TARAS: THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM ALL
Bard of Ukraine, Poet, Artist, Freedom Fighter; History, Photographs, Postcards, Monuments, Writings, Folk Art, Figurines, Sculptures |
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SOROCHYNTSI
FAIR -
Not far from Poltava there is a village,Velyki Sorochyntsi, where for the past 300 years fairshave been held. Visit the Sorochyntsi Fair. |
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ST. PETERSBURG'S ANNIVERSARY
Looms Large in Ukrainian History and Culture PERSPECTIVES, by Andrew Fedynsky, The Ukrainian Weekly, Parsippany, New Jersey, Sunday, May 25, 2003 |
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SUMY OBLAST, UKRAINE (Sumshchyna)
Historical Places In The Land of Sumy Town of Sumy Founded in 1652 by Cossacks By Hryhoriy Khvostenko Historian |
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TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD LIVES IN UKRAINE,
Leonid Stadnik is 2 meters 55 centimeters tall, and he continues growing. By Yanina Sokolovskaya, PRAVDA.ru, Moscow, Russia, April 29, 2004 |
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TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD: GIANT UKRAINIAN REACHES
FOR RECORD, LEONID STADNYK, BBC NEWS, World Edition, Friday, March 26, 2004 |
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TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD LEONID STADNYK [STADNIK],
UKRAINIAN GIANT BATTLES POVERTY, LONELINESS By Olena Horodetska, Reuters, Podolyantsi, Ukraine, Thur, May 13, 2004 |
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TALLEST MAN IN WORLD: GENTLE GIANT IN UKRAINE NEEDS
URGENT SURGERY, Leonid Stadnyk, 33, believed to be the tallest living man, does not seek fame and calls his height his curse, writes Tom Parfitt in Podoliantsi, By Tom Parfitt in Podoliantsi, Ukraine, The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Monday, May 3, 20 |
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TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD: HOW TALL CAN A HUMAN GROW?
Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk hits the news as the world's tallest living man By Ian Sample, The Guardian, London, UK, Thursday, May 06, 2004 |
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TALLEST MAN IN WORLD: HEIGHT A PAIN FOR UKRAINE'S 'GULLIVER'
Leonid Stadnik is 8 feet 4 inches and still growing Associated Press, Monday, April 19, 2004, Podoliantsi, Ukraine |
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TATARS
News and publications, online communities, periodicals, books, organizations, culture and history, architecture, language, literature, music and dance, travel and tourism guides, transporation, maps. Crimean Tatar Internet Resources Website |
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TATARS
The CRIMEAN TATARS are Turkic people who have inhabited the Crimean Peninsula for seven centuries. The Crimean Tatar Home Page features Tatar history, deportation and exile, return to the homeland, literature, art, architecture, publications and traditional Tatar foods. Website sponsored by SOTA, Haarlem, The Netherlands |
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TAURIC CHERSONESOS--"LEGACIES OF A SLAVIC POMPEII" City of Tauric Chersonesos has been included on the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites Since 1996, was founded in 421/422 B.C. near Sevastopol, Ukraine. The cradle of Rus [Eastern Slavic] Orthodoxy By Kristin M. Romey, Managing Editor; ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine Volume 55 Number 6, Pages 18-25; Long Island City, New York |
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TRYPILLIAN CIVILIZATION Study and Tour in Ukraine, Summer 2004 By Mykola Ponomarenko, Kolos Corporation, Alexandria, VA, February 13, 2004 |
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UKRAINE IN HISTORY--Anno Domini 2000
By Andriy Hlazovy A Thousand Years Ago Ukraine Entered The New Millennium as a Mighty State with Highly Developed Culture and it Enters the Third Millennium Again as an Independent State |
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"UKRAINE IN SEARCH OF HER OWN IDENTITY"
Georgraphy and Population; Political and Administrative System; Economy and Investments; History and Culture; Tourist Potential....Welcome to Ukraine! |
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UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND TRAVEL PAGE
A website complied by Linda Hodges, a free-lance writer and journalist from Iowa. Linda is the co-author with George Chumak of the book "Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine" now in its third edition. Major galleries on the website include Folk and Fine Arts; Folk traditions and Religion; Food, Travel and tourism; Destinations and Sightseeing, Books, Language Aids and much more. |
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UMAN, UKRAINE: "LENIN STREET, UMAN" By Joseph Skibell, The New York Times, Travel Section, One Street At A Time, New York, NY, Sunday, May 2, 2004 |
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YALTA: A BLACK SEA RESORT, IN THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA
OF UKRAINE, SHOWS ITS TREAURES TO TOURISTS
Anna Melnichuk, AP, Yalta, Ukraine, Mon, Nov 10, 2003 |
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YALTA: UKRAINE'S ONLY PRIVATE ZOO IN CRIMEAN RESORT OF
YALTA OFFERS ANIMALS HOPE
Halfway Up A Crimean Mountain is the "Fairy Tale Zoo" By Helen Fawkes, BBC Kiev correspondent, BBC NEWS, World Europe, BBC, UK, February 19, 2004 |
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