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[WladYslaW]

Short #48
Chernivtsi panorama
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[IllyaDe]

nice shot

[WladYslaW]

Short #49
Chornobyl disaster
The Chornobyl disaster was a nuclear reactor accident in the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. It is considered to be the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history and the only level 7 instance on the International Nuclear Event Scale. It resulted in a severe release of radioactivity into the environment following a massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor. Two people died in the initial steam explosion, but most deaths from the accident were attributed to radiation.
On 26 April 1986 01:23:45 a.m. (UTC+3) reactor number four at the Chornobyl plant, near Pripyat in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area. Four hundred times more fallout was released than had been by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
The plume drifted over extensive parts of the western Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Northern Europe, and eastern North America, with light nuclear rain falling as far as Ireland. Large areas in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia were badly contaminated, resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people. According to official post-Soviet data, about 60% of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus.
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[IllyaDe]

Shot #50
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov (Ukrainian: Азо́вське мо́ре - Azovs'ke more, Crimean Tatar: Azaq deñizi) . The current name is popularly said to come from a certain Polovtsian prince named Azum or Asuf, who was killed defending a town in this region in 1067.
The Sea of Azov is the shallowest sea in the world with an average depth of 13 metres (43 ft) and maximum depth of 15.3 metres (50 ft). The shallowness and low salinity of the sea make it vulnerable to freezing during winter. Formation of sea ice can occur temporarily at any time from late December to mid-March.
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Sea of Azov and Tuborg


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Sea of Azov on the map of Europe

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[WladYslaW]

Shot #50
Kamianets-Podilsky Town Hall
In front of you you can see the building of Kamianets-Podilsky Town Hall. Now inside of this house are museums of money and tortures, and exactly, the local authority situated here. The building which is closer to you is the Armenian spring. Its deepth is approximately 40 m.


(C) Vladyslav Bespalov, Kamianets-Podilsky, 2008


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[Alle]

Originally Posted by WladYslaW

Short #42
Winter in Crimea
The autonomous republic of Crimea is part of the Ukraine, and is within the peninsula from which it gets it's name. It is washed by the Black Sea on the West, South, and South East, and by The Azov Sea in the North East. In the North, the peninsula connects with the continental Ukraine .
The nature of the Crimea is very rich. The is referred to as the "Microcontinent" because there are so many different natures landscapes. The highest point of the Crimea is Roman Kosh at 1545 meters. At the South, The Crimean Mountains form three ridges that reach for 180 km, from Sevastopol to Feodosia.
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What an intriguing photo.

I read up about the Volhynians, ending up at the Wikipedia page about Halych where the following can be found:

"Oldest archaeological artifacts from the territory of Halych are classified to Neolithic period 40 000 years ago. More systematic findings from a wide number of archaeological cultures dated from 5500 BC till nowadays indicate that population of local terrains was virtually perpetual for some past 7000 years. According to excavated finds population of Halych became especially significant from 8-9 c. AD."

40 000 years ago falls into the paleolithic period, not neolithic. Maybe someone could change that. What are these finds from 40 000 years ago like?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halych

[Jan Del Castillo]

This photo is dramatic, very good. Regards.

[WladYslaW]

Shot #51
Donetsk by night
Today I want to present you some my photo which I made this winter.






(C) Vladyslav Bespalov, Donetsk, 2009


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[Olympios]

Thanks for sharing photos from your beautiful country

[WladYslaW]

Originally Posted by Olympios

Thanks for sharing photos from your beautiful country

Thank you for coming on our web-page!

[Deki---KG]

@ukrain bratkos

Your Country is grate! the wife from my Uncle in Serbia is from Ukraine, she come from Kiew to live in Kragujevac (Serbia).

[WladYslaW]

Originally Posted by Deki---KG

@ukrain bratkos
Your Country is grate! the wife from my Uncle in Serbia is from Ukraine, she come from Kiew to live in Kragujevac (Serbia).

Thanks for your comment!
You know the collegue of my father's is Serb. He came from Serbia to Ukraine in 2000 and still live here. He are married on Ukrainian woman and lives in Donetsk.

[WladYslaW]

Shot #52
Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet
The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Ukrainian: Львівський Державний академічний театр опери та балету імені Соломії Крушельницької, L'vivs'kyi Derzhavnyi akademichnyi teatr Opery ta baletu imeni Solomyiyi Krushel'nyts'koii; Eng. Lviv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Solomiya Krushelnytska) is an opera house and theatre located in Lviv, Ukraine. The building was built between 1897 and 1900. The Lviv Opera was originally called the Grand Theatre (Polish: Teatr Wielki; Ukrainian: Великий міський театр, Velykyi Mis'kyi Teatr) until it was renamed in 1939 by the Soviet authorities.
At the end of the 19th century, Lviv felt the need for a large city theatre. In 1895, the city announced an architectural competition for the best design, which attracted a large number of projects.
An independent jury unhesitatingly chose the design by Zygmunt Gorgolewski, a graduate of the Berlin Building Academy and the Director of the Lviv higher art-industrial school. Gorgolewski pleasantly surprised the jury by planning to locate the building in the centre of the city, although it was already densely built-up. In order to solve the space problem, he boldly proposed to enclose the Poltva River underground, and instead of using a traditional foundation, use a solid concrete base for the first time in Europe.
In June 1897, the first stone was placed. Gorgolewski directed construction, earthwork and decorating tasks, employing the leading masters from Lviv and abroad. Local materials were used for the construction. Marble elements were manufactured in Vienna, whereas Belgium provided special linen for painting the foyer. The Austrian company "Siemens" was responsible for assembling the electric lights, while the hydraulic mechanization of the stage was built by the Polish railway workshop company in Sanok.
Construction continued for three years. Funding came from Lviv, the surrounding communities, and from voluntary donations. The cost of the works totaled 6 million Austrian crowns.
There are stories told that despite the engineering innovations used by Gorgolewski to construct the foundation of the building, it began to slowly sink because of the Poltva river running underneath it in a tunnel. Learning of the flaw, the architect took it to heart and fell into depression. In the end, in the story, he hung himself 3 years after the construction was finished (not borne out by facts − he died of heart disease). Shortly afterwards, the building stopped sinking and remains stable nowadays.
The Lviv Opera opened on October 4, 1900.
The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet is built in the classical tradition with using forms and details of Renaissance and Baroque architecture, also known as the Viennese neo-Renaissance style.
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(C) Vladyslav Bespalov, Lviv, 2006

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Shot #53
Kharkiv Annunciation Cathedral
The Annunciation Cathedral (architect M. Lovtsov, 1888–1901) in 1, Karl Marx square is generally considered the largest and the most lavish one in Kharkiv. The relics of Constantinople Thaumaturge Saint Afanasiy, Venerable Melentiy and Saint Martyr Alexandr, intensifying the power of prayers, are kept at the Cathedral.
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Shot #54
Andriyivskyy Descent
Andriyivskyy Descent (Ukrainian: Андріївський узвіз, translit.: Andriyivs’kyi uzviz, literally Andrew's Descent) is one of the best known historic streets and a major tourist attraction in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is often advertised as the Montmartre of Kiev.
The descent contains the: Castle of Richard Lionheart; the baroque St Andrew's Church; Mikhail Bulgakov's house, a famous Kiev-born Russian writer; and numerous other monuments.
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[-Luis-]

Beauty and special country che. Chau

[WladYslaW]

Shot #55

View on mountain Sokol from Genova's fortress
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Shot #56
View of Dnipro river in Kaniv
Kaniv (Ukrainian: Канів) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is also one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. The current estimated population is 26,426 (as of 2005).
Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, considered a founder of Ukrainian literature, is buried on a hill overlooking the Dnieper in Kaniv, and the city houses a memorial museum dedicated to him.
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Shot #57
Panorama of Yuzhne
Yuzhne (Ukrainian: Южне translated as "southern" n. adj.) is a port city in Odesa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast, and is situated on the country's Black Sea coast.
It is an internationally important oil terminal, and one of Ukraine's top three ports, with Odesa and Illichivsk. In fact, these three nearby port cities have grown into a single conurbation, and Yuzhne is considered a satellite of Odesa.
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[tonight]

@WladYslaW very nice panorama good job