Category Archives: Ukraine

Podhorce Castle and Church

Podhorce (Pidhirtsi in Ukrainian) is a small town of about 1000 people nearly equidistant from Lwów to the west, Ternopil to the southeast, and Kremenets to the northeast in Ukraine. It is maybe 30 km west of Pochayiv, which we … Continue reading

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Pochayiv Lavra

All I can say about the Pochayiv Lavra is “wow.” It is totally indescribable. But I’ll try. Officially called the Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra, this is quite a grand place with quite a history as well. You can see my … Continue reading

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Vyshnivets Palace

The city of Vyshnivets (in Polish, Wiśniowiec) is a small town about 50 km north of Ternopil. It is mostly known for a large palace that some have called the Versailles of Volyn due to its size and Renaissance style … Continue reading

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Zbarazh Zamek

We left our relatives in Faschivka early on Sunday morning and took off for points north. After traveling through Skalat and Ternopil, we eventually stopped Zbarazh and the Zbarazh Castle (Zbarazh Zamek). Interesting place. I suggest you take the links … Continue reading

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Kremenets Zamek Ruins

High above the town of Kremenets (Krzemieniec in Polish) there was a one time a huge fortress, a Castle. It has an amazing view of the city below, hundreds of feet below. We drove up the ruins and Wojtek and … Continue reading

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Waterfall

I have spent the past several hours on the Internet trying to figure out the name of the spectacular waterfall we visited after we left Yaremche–and before we made it to the Bukovel Ski Resort–without success. Yet it was pretty … Continue reading

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Orthodox Funeral Procession

We were on our way from Kremenets, where Wojtek and I climbed the ruins of a fortress high above the city, to Pochaiv, a huge and lavish monastery, when what should pull out on the road ahead of us but … Continue reading

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Yaremche and the Prut River

Yaremche (Jaremcze or Jaremcza in Polish) is a small town tucked among the Carpathian mountains in the southwest of Ukraine, amongst some very beautiful scenery. In days gone by–before World War II–it was quite a growing tourist attraction. The war … Continue reading

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Chernivtsi

OK, so when we were in Chernivtsi for about 4 hours, I took nearly 400 pictures. That’s around 2 pictures per minute. It was hard to condense them down because we saw so many wonderful things. But, alas, I have … Continue reading

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Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk has a relatively new name, but it’s a pretty old city. The city was founded in 1650 and named Stanisławów (in Polish), a name that it held until 1962 when it was changed to honor the Ukrainian poet, Ivan … Continue reading

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