Sumy is comparably big city (200.000 people) located on north-east of Ukraine about 320 km from Kiev. I travelled there by car using the next route: Kiev - Gogoliv-Priluky- Romny - Nedrigailiv- Sumy.
This road appeared to be the one of the most picturesque ways that I ever seen. Almost feary-tale nature with wild forests, pure lakes and lovely hills has being following me during all the trip. I placed here a couple of picturs as example. By the way, it was a little surprising thing but the road quality was quite acceptible: no holes, no protuberances and rare villages - so it was a real plesure for me and my car.
Priluky -120 km from Kiev - an old kozak town now it is just a big village in Soviet style with no sign of any development and improvement, however the road doesn't go through this town, just passes by. There are two remarkeble places around Priluky - Kachanivka with preserved castle and amazing park that attracts people from the whole Ukraine and Gustynsky monastry - medieval architecture on a lovely island on cranky river. This monastry is well-known among religious people and have plenty of pilgrims each year not only from Ukraine but from Russia and Belorus as well.
Next small town is Romny (220 km from Kiev) - known from early slavic history place on hill upon a river. You have to go right through the center of the town, wich is not very nice but is just like other 1000 small towns in former USSR with no face and filled with standard grey blocks.
About 40 km from Romny towards the Sumy situated Nedrigailiv village. Remarkable thing about the village is that there are elefants pictured on Nedrigailiv'c Coat of Arms. I wondered what does it mean but got information that mammoth excavations where here and it is not an elephant but mammoth on the coat of arms.
Sunday 30 August 2009
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Bahchisaraj
Bahchisaraj is a small town about 40 km away from Sevastopol and from the sea cost. Town itself is not very nice and very similar to majority of Soviet villages and towns with poor highways but the center of Bahchisaraj is really amazing place where old blocks and streets lead to beautiful khan Castle-Palace. Now it is impossible to believe that just 200 years ago it was the capital of huge Crimean Tatar Khanate. This is the place of attraction with a number of tourists and visitors.
After passing through castle bridge above the moat and stone defensiv walls you will find Khan's Palace working as museum with a lot of exhibitions. It is made of stone and wood with distinguished architecture in mongolian? style. Builded over 500 years ago palace has numerous fountains and parks, it seems this is the only one tatar palace in Europe that preserved untill now.
You will find a lot of small tatar cafes around with original tatar dishes. To resume - this place is worth to come over 900 km.
After passing through castle bridge above the moat and stone defensiv walls you will find Khan's Palace working as museum with a lot of exhibitions. It is made of stone and wood with distinguished architecture in mongolian? style. Builded over 500 years ago palace has numerous fountains and parks, it seems this is the only one tatar palace in Europe that preserved untill now.
You will find a lot of small tatar cafes around with original tatar dishes. To resume - this place is worth to come over 900 km.
Monday 20 July 2009
Travel to Crimea, ancient Chersonesos
Chersonesos town-museum is located on the shore of the Black Sea, right on the water,
and is a cross between Sevastopol and Balaklava. This is one of the most remarkable and beautiful places in Crimea. Not too crawded with tourists, possibly because of poor advertisment and difficulty to find (it impossible to find this place on a map or looking for road signs, only local people can advise) the place itself is amazing.
Greek word "Chersonesos" means "peninsula", and exactly describes the place on which the colony was founded about 2500 years ago . Kiev kniaz Vladimir the Great was baptized here in 988, and from this town Christianity was spread to all Kiev Rus (Contemporary Ukraine, Russia and Belarus)
Huge territory of peninsula with preserved streets and partially excavated buildings, greek columns and temples, military walls , gates, and stronghold.
The defensive wall is hundreds of meters long. Buildings include Roman amphitheatre and a Greek temples.
So it was a great pleasure for us to walk among abandoned and half-destroyed streets inspite of incredible heat (+35 C).
But do not hope to have a good meal near this place, you can find only coca-cola bottle and nothing more, this is usual situation for Ukraine, where tourism is not developed at all.
and is a cross between Sevastopol and Balaklava. This is one of the most remarkable and beautiful places in Crimea. Not too crawded with tourists, possibly because of poor advertisment and difficulty to find (it impossible to find this place on a map or looking for road signs, only local people can advise) the place itself is amazing.
Greek word "Chersonesos" means "peninsula", and exactly describes the place on which the colony was founded about 2500 years ago . Kiev kniaz Vladimir the Great was baptized here in 988, and from this town Christianity was spread to all Kiev Rus (Contemporary Ukraine, Russia and Belarus)
Huge territory of peninsula with preserved streets and partially excavated buildings, greek columns and temples, military walls , gates, and stronghold.
The defensive wall is hundreds of meters long. Buildings include Roman amphitheatre and a Greek temples.
So it was a great pleasure for us to walk among abandoned and half-destroyed streets inspite of incredible heat (+35 C).
But do not hope to have a good meal near this place, you can find only coca-cola bottle and nothing more, this is usual situation for Ukraine, where tourism is not developed at all.
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