The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine was held in Kiev from 9th to 13th of May, 2017. We will tell you about the most interesting facts of the competition and the discoveries of this year: Singer Jamala was the one who «brought» Eurovision 2017 to Ukraine. She won the year before in Stockholm with

Chernobyl nuclear power accident or Chernobyl disaster – the destruction of the fourth power block which happened on the 26th of April 1986 in Chernobyl nuclear power plant, located on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR (now – Ukraine). The destruction had the explosive nature and the reactor was completely destroyed. Large quantities of radioactive

The “Eurovision” organizers had a very noble idea: to merge the scattered after the Second World War European countries in a single burst of music. The competition is held annually since 1956 (firstly in Switzerland), and is one of the most popular non-sporting events in the world, with an audience of 600 million viewers! “Eurovision”

Why did Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests begin? In late November 2013, Ukrainians took to the streets in peaceful protest after then-president Viktor Yanukovych chose not to sign an agreement that would have integrated the country more closely with the European Union. As the protests in Kyiv’s Independence Square, or Maidan, continued into 2014, the government began

Approaching the capital of Ukraine by car, train, boat or plane, you can see from everywhere the noble pile of the Motherland monument. The main sculpture – the figure of a woman with a shield and a sword in hands – was made of slab stainless steel and erected on a 40-meter cone pedestal. The

Pyrohiv is the museum under the open air. The exposition displays the architecture of Ukrainian villages (peasant houses, windmills, wooden churches), items of peasant life (furniture, crockery, clothes, musical instruments. Museum was found at the outskirts of Kyiv in 1976. Its territory was divided in sectors according to territorial and time principals.   Pyrohiv exhibition

Proud and magnificent figure of Prince who christened Kievan Rus is placed high on a hill over Dnieper. Saint patron of Kiev has a great cross in his right hand and the prince’s crown in left one. The statue erected on top of the iron-bent brick pedestal made in the shape of a chapel.  

It’s a monument to main characters of very famous in Ukraine play by Mykhailo Starytskyi – After Two Hares (Pronya Prokopivna Sirkova and Svirid Petrovich Golokhvastov). The story is very simple! Young man promises to marry two girls at the same time. He is looking for wealth with one girl, and for love with another.

Lovers from different countries have a tradition to place signs of love – locks, ribbons adorn signs on lovely bridges. These bridges are called “Bridges of lovers”, they are in a comfortable place with beautiful views. The capital has a bridge of lovers, and judging by the number of locks, Kiev is a city of