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THE HISTORICAL PECULARITIES OF UKRAINIAN CUISINE

Ukrainian cuisine is one of the richest and interesting cuisines of the world. Due to a variety of excellent dishes and their high flavouring qualities it was spread far outside of Ukraine. Some dishes, for example borsch and varenyky, were included into the menu of international cuisine long ago. In days of the Kievan Rus’ [...]

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UFO in Crimea over Ayu-Dag

Mountains are not just their external beauty but also sanctity of their land and energy active deep breaks. Sacred Ayu-Dag mountain near Artek (Young Pioneer camp) and Partenit village people call it the Bear Mountain (Medved’-gora) , its outlines remind a laying bear and its height is 565 metres. But Ayu-Dag is translated from Greek [...]

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Sorochynsky Fair

The history of Ukrainian fairs dates back to the depth of centuries. These territories of Ukraine since ancient times were famous for heavy crops of agriproducts, abundance of fish as well as livestock and other national crafts. There also was the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, and special Ukrainian colour turned everything [...]

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THE RED CAVES

On territory of our country there are more than 5 thousand well-known caves and 800 of them are in Crimea. Among the caves formed of limestones, the first place according to its extent takes the Kizil-Koba or the Red caves. Red caves or Kizil-Koba is the system consisting of several caves located in Crimean mountains [...]

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Panticapaeum-Kerch

Kerch is one of the most ancient cities in Crimea, known in Classical Antiquity as Panticapaeum, and in Old Russian writings called Korchev. Panticapaeum (Greek:Παντικάπαιον,Pantikápaion) is translated as fishing way from Iranian language Panti-Kapa. It was an important city and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), situated on a hill (Mt. Mithridates) on the western side [...]

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Chersonesus

In Sevastopol, on rocky cape between Quarantine and Sand bays, there is a National reserve “Chersonesus Taurian”, created for protection, studying, restoration and exhibiting of ruins of one of the most ancient cities of our country – Chersonesus. A history and archaeological reserve Chersonesus is known not only in our country, but also far beyond [...]

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THE HOUSE-MUSEUM OF SEVASTOPOL UNDERGROUND 1942-1944.

On 4th October, 1967 in the house № 46 in Revyakina street (former Laboratory highway), during the period of fascist occupation 1942-1944 the head of Sevastopol underground V.D.Revtyakin lived. The first exposition of the headquarter and shadowy printing office (Communist shadowy organization in in the rear of Germans) were opened there. In April, 2001 during [...]

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Tourist camp “Eski-Kermen”

Crimea is not only the sea and burning sun, but also beautiful mountains. You can take a dip in the atmosphere of wild nature and feel yourself in Middle Ages period having visited tourist camp “Eski-Kermen”. Tourist camp “Eski-Kermen” is remarkable complex of a healthy rest including two fishing ponds with pavilions, as well as [...]

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Genoese fortress in Sudak

Genoese fortress in Sudak

Sudak fortress is a unique monument, visiting card of a town, its ornament. Everyone who enters the towm can see high walls with teeth. In spring it has green colour and in summer as well as in autumn it’s yellow and torrid. Here all tells about protection against enemies: fortifications in height of 8 metres [...]

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Timoshenko`s criminal cases

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine has finished investigation on criminal case, concerning signing of gas contracts with Russia in 2009, informs RIA «Novosti» news agency. Ex-prime Minister of Ukraine Ulia Tymoshenko has been accused of abuse of authority and judicial power as well as state endamagement on an especially large scale. The principal deputy [...]

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