Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

From: Ukraine
Category: collection
Date: June 2019

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation is an officially designated exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. Established by the Soviet Armed Forces soon after the 1986 disaster, it initially existed as an area of 30 km radius from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant designated for evacuation and placed under military control. Its borders have since been altered to cover a larger area of Ukraine. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone borders a separately administered area, the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, to the north in Belarus. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is managed by an agency of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, while the power plant and its sarcophagus (and replacement) are administered separately.

Chernobyl

From: Ukraine
Category: collection
Date: June 2019

The Monument to Those Who Saved the World is a monument in Chernobyl, Ukraine, to the firefighters that died putting out the fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 after the nuclear accident. The monument is also dedicated to the Chernobyl liquidators that cleaned up after the accident.

Greetings from... Ukraine

Received from: Ukraine
Category: swap
Date: March 2016

Lviv

Received from: Ukraine
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: August 2016
Distance: 1631 km
Time of travelling: 12 days

Lviv's Old Town is the historic centre of the city of Lviv, within the Lviv Oblast (province) in Ukraine, recognized as the State Historic-Architectural Sanctuary in 1975. Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage".

Ukraine

Received from: Ukraine
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 1866 km
Time of travelling: 10 days

National traditional costumes of various parts of Ukraine :)

Zaporizhia

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Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 1120 km
Time of travelling: 13 days

Zaporizhia is an important industrial center of Ukraine, the country's main car manufacturing company, the Motor-Sich world-famous aircraft engine manufacturer. Well supplied with electricity, Zaporizhia forms, together with the adjoining Donets Basin and the Nikopol manganese and Kryvyy Rih iron mines, one of Ukraine's leading industrial complexes.

Kremenchuk

Received from: Ukraina
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 944 km
Time of travelling: 38 days


Kremenchuk  is an important industrial city in central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Dnieper River. Kremenchuk is the administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (district) in the Poltava Oblast (province). As of February 1, 2013, the city's population is 225.9 thousand people.

Alupka

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Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 944 km
The Vorontsov Palace or the Alupka Palace is an historic palace situated at the foot of the Crimean Mountains near the town of Alupka in Crimea, southern Ukraine. The Vorontsov Palace is one of the oldest and largest residential palaces in all of Crimea, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions on Crimea's southern coast.

Lviv

 

Received from: Ukraine
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Date: December 2012
Distance: 377 km
Time of travelling: 15 days

Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. Capital of the historical region of Galicia, Lviv is now regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine. The historical heart of Lviv with its old buildings and cobblestone roads has survived World War II and ensuing Nazi and Soviet occupation largely unscathed. The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as Lviv University and Lviv Polytechnic. Lviv is also a home to many world-class cultural institutions, including a philharmonic orchestra and the famous Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The historic city centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lviv celebrated its 750th anniversary with a son et lumière in the city centre in September 2006.

Odessa

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Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2012
Distance: 953 km
Time of travelling: 9 days

Odessa is a warm water port. The city of Odessa hosts two important ports: Odessa itself and Yuzhne (also an internationally important oil terminal), situated in the city's suburbs. Another important port, Illichivs'k, is located in the same oblast, to the south-west of Odessa. Together they represent a major transport hub integrating with railways. Odessa's oil and chemical processing facilities are connected to Russia's and EU's respective networks by strategic pipelines.

Kamianets-Podilskyi

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Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2012
Distance: 691 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

The different peoples and cultures that have lived in the city have each brought their own culture and architecture. Examples include the Polish, Ukrainian and Armenian markets. Famous tourist attractions include the ancient castle, and the numerous architectural attractions in the city's center, including the cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Trinity Church, the city hall building, and the numerous fortifications.

Ukraine

Received from: Ukraine
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: March 2012
Distance: 691 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

Ukrainian cuisine has significant diversity and historical traditions. Common foods used include meat, vegetables, mushrooms, fruits, berries, and herbs. In Ukraine, bread is a staple food, there are many different types of bread, and Ukraine is sometimes referred to as the "breadbasket of Europe." Pickled vegetables are utilized, particularly when fresh vegetables aren't in season.

Poland - Ukraine (Euro 2012)

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Date: March 2012
Distance: 1285 km
Time of travelling: 15 days

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football teams sanctioned by UEFA. The final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007.

Ukraine

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Category: Choose a country RR
Date: March 2012
Time of travelling: 8 days

Ukraine is a country in Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after the Russian Federation.

Ukraine

Received from: Ukraine
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: February 2012
Distance: 691 km
Time of travelling: 12 days

Ivan Honchar: Romantic conversation.
[Ukrainians in local folk costume of the village of Berezotocha, Lubny District, Poltava Province]
1979. Canvas on cardboard, tempera. National Centre of Folk Culture 'Ivan Honchar Museum'.

Odessa

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Date: November 2011
Distance: 694 km
Time of travelling: 26 days

Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast (province) located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 (as of the 2001 census).

Kyiv

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Date: September 2011
Distance: 566 km
Time of travelling: 8 days

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press. Kiev is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural centre of Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions and world-famous historical landmarks. The city has an extensive infrastructure and highly developed system of public transport, including the Kiev Metro.

Zaporizhia

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Category: Slavic Countries RR
Date: September 2011
Time of travelling: 15 days

Zaporizhia or Zaporozhye [formerly Alexandrovsk (Russian: Александровск)] is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast (province). Currently the city is the sixth largest one in Ukraine and has population of 776,000 people (as of 2011).

Lviv

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Category: from family
Date: September 2011

The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Ukrainian: Львівський Державний академічний театр опери та балету імені Соломії Крушельницької, L'vivs'kyi Derzhavnyi akademichnyi teatr Opery ta baletu imeni Solomyiyi Krushel'nyts'koii; Eng. Lviv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Solomiya Krushelnytska) is an opera house and theatre located in Lviv, Ukraine. The building was built between 1897 and 1900. The Lwów Opera was originally called the Grand Theatre (Polish: Teatr Wielki; Ukrainian: Великий міський театр, Velykyi Mis'kyi Teatr) until it was renamed in 1939 by the Soviet authorities.

Kamianets-Podilskyi

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Category: from a friend

Kamyanets-Podilsky or Kamenets-Podolsky is a city located on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast , the city is now the administrative center of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) within the Khmelnytsky Oblast (province), after the administrative center of the oblast was moved from the city of Kamyanets-Podilsky to the city of Khmelnytskyi in 1941. The city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.