Zaporizhia is a large industrial city, one of the most important industrial centers of Ukraine. It does not at all resemble those industrial cities that were actively rebuilt during the Soviet period. Many shady avenues are broken on the banks of the Dnieper, and all the streets of the city, not to mention the parks and squares, are simply buried in the abundance of greenery. Right after DneproGES there is a small area, which locals call Sotsgorod. This is the very realm, where the architectural style, called the Stalinist Empire, rules undividedly. The houses here are all majestic and high, with columns, fountains and porticos, as well as large courtyards.
Modern Zaporizhia is a city of factories and metallurgists; it is the presence of large industrial enterprises that determines its appearance. In the central area of the city are modern …
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As in any large city, in Zaporizhia are accessible the most different centers of leisure and entertainment. A lot of options for active recreation in Zaporizhia are connected with Khortitsa. …
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Iconic cultural sights of Ukraine
The Olesko Castle is located in the Lviv region. In this 14th-century building that stands on a hill, once lived the great polish king John III Sobieski. In the 19th century, it was damaged by an earthquake, after which it was restored. At the moment there is an art museum in the castle with hundreds of wonderful exhibits from the 10th to 18th centuries: paintings, decorations and sculptures. Visitors can find ancient statues in the garden. In Poltava there is a snow-white monument-colonnade called the Rotunda of Peoples Friendship or the White Gazebo. It was opened in 1909, built in memory of the Battle of Poltava in 1709. The columns look like a horseshoe shape. This is a kind of tribute to the legend, according to which a local resident shod Peter the Great’s horse, which decided the outcome of the battle.
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