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Europe » Ukraine » Poltava Oblast » Poltava September 8th 2010

Day Two in Poltava Weather: It's a touch on the chilly side today. Overcast, but not raining. I will wear the jacket today, just in case. Svetlana arrived at the hotel at 9:00 for breakfast with me today. After breakfast, we continued our excursions. We took a cab to the Museum of the history of the Poltava Battle. In front, stands the Monument to the Great Peter. He was one tall man!!! He stood 2.04 meters in height. Inside is many, many artifacts from both sides of the battle - Russian and Swedish. Across the street is the Sampsonovskaya Church and the Communal grave to Russian Soldiers. 1345 soldiers were lost during the Battle of Poltava, most of which are buried here. From here, we walked up the street to the Monument to Swedish Soldiers. We ... read more

Tuesday: Poltava Day 1

Europe » Ukraine » Poltava Oblast » Poltava September 7th 2010

CanadianDavid

Day One of Poltava Weather: another beautiful day. Everyone here is wearing a jacket or sweater?!?! No jacket needed for this Canadian boy! Comfortably warm out today. Woke up about 10 minutes before alarm again today. Svetlana is supposed to meet me about 10:00, after breakfast. At 8:30, I made my way down for breakfast. Breakfast consisted of fish, rice, a pancake sort of biscuit, the absolute best apple juice I have ever tasted, and tea. After breakfast, went back up to my room to wait for Svetlana. She showed up shortly after 10:30. We set off for our first excursion around Poltava. We walked by the KGB Building - beautiful architecture!! We proceeded towards the Glory Monument (golden eagle) in the City Centre. Svetlana pointed out important buildings as we walked, such as the Building ... read more

Ukraine VI - Poltava

Europe » Ukraine » Poltava Oblast » Poltava July 27th 2009

Sofiyivsky Park

Ake Och Emma

Ukrainian hotels, a large park, a Swedish history lesson and some other stuff we didn't know where to put it In this entry might look a little bit strange because we have decided to throw in some stuff we didn’t know where else to put it. We still hope you will like it. We can start with Sofiyivsky Park in Uman. It is a large park from the early 19th century. It contains forests, open landscapes, some artificial pools and other things you expect to find in a park. We had heard that the Sofiyivsky Park is one of the great highlights of a visit to Ukraine. To us it wasn’t. We were actually disappointed. It was nice but we had expected something else. Before we went on this trip we had an idea of what ... read more

Brief history of Ukraine

Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Gran...more history

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