SUMMARY Belarus officially the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian) formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe ]bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to…
SUMMARY Belarus officially the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian) formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the…
KIEV (pop 2,888,000) SUMMARY Kiev (or Kyiv - Ukrainian: Київ, romanized: Kyiv; Russian: Киев, romanized: Kiyev) is the capital and most populous…
Happy Cemetery (Merry Cemetery), Sapanta. Both the church and surrounding cemetery must be seen to be believed. All the grave…
It was not possible to visit this area of Ukraine in 2019. A Russian visa was required but would not…
Ukraine – Central-East (Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia) June 15-16, 2019 Byriuchyi Island is a spit (former island) in the northwestern part of…
Ukraine/Russia (disputed) – Crimea (Sevastopol, Simferopol) I enquired about traveling to Crimea. A Russian visa is required and that needs…
Ukraine – Northeast (Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava) June 17, 24, 2019 POLTAVA Poltava Museum of Local Lore. The art nouveau building…
OBSERVATIONS 1. After only one day, I was fed up with Ukraine. Almost everything is in Cyrillic, which is impossible…
Ukraine – South (Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson) June 13-15m 2019 Having finished seeing everything in Trans Dniester and Moldova, Ukraine was…