The length of underground tunnels is more than 150 meters. The command center has its own water supply and ventilation systems. The complex was constructed in 1930ies. Photos by maxiwell83

The museum is made in the form of thematic exhibitions on the theme of the Second World War: weapons, uniform, military equipment, the rooms of the military command and soldiers.

Museum address: Ukraine, Zhitomir region, Korosten, May 1 Street, 2-a (Ostrovsky Park). The museum is open for visitors from 10-00 to 17-00. Days off: Monday, Tuesday.

Nearby, in addition to the military museum, you can find an exhibition of armored vehicles and tanks.

Forests, parks and gardens make up more than half the area of Kiev. Within the city there are two botanical gardens. Kiev is rightly called one of the greenest cities in the world.

We ourselves can easily see this by looking at the following interesting and unusual pictures of the city, taken from the gondola of the balloon. Photos by Nadiya Onoda

Here is a series of photographs of Kharkiv occupied by German troops; most of the pictures were made in 1942. Some of the buildings in the photos are destroyed as a result of bombing and shelling. In 1943, a lot of the buildings will be destroyed, when the city once again will be the scene of fierce battles.

In the presented photos, many of the streets are recognizable, but some of the buildings have not survived to the present day, destroyed during the fighting or demolished after the war.

In spite of everything, the life goes on in the streets of the occupied city in 1942. People are trading, there are a lot of signs in German and Ukrainian languages, passers-by are looking at German propaganda.

Their shapes resemble mysterious statues of humans, animals, creatures from fairy tales, various objects, and depending on the time of day and lighting their shapes are changing.

Thick fog gives special splendor and mystery to this area. The Valley of Ghosts is a popular tourist attraction. Photos by Sergey Anashkevitch

But its life goes on now in other forms – in forms of interesting and unexpected graffiti on the streets of a ghost town. Streets and avenues are almost completely overgrown with trees, the city is gradually destroyed.

The very appearance of graffiti in Pripyat is ambiguous. There is a view that this is the desecration of the grave, but others believe that it is a form of modern art in the urban environment – incentive for tourism, creation of various art projects. Photos by Alex Cheban

This place is located relatively far from the city center, near the central market of Kharkov (here is the approximate location of Kharkov flea market on Google Maps). Photos by ya_rinka

Boats and yachts were among this mess, and jellyfish thrown out on the waterfront by waves squelched underfoot of strolling people.

According to the researchers, this phenomenon happens sometimes due to various water flows, causing the jellyfish to congregate in the waters of the bay of Balaklava like in the bag.

Also additional factor was relatively high temperature of the air (up to plus 20 degrees Celsius), and water (up to plus 14 degrees Celsius) in this period. Photos by Sergey Anashkevitch

For example, in 1892, first in the Russian Empire electric tram appeared in Kiev; in 1902, the Kiev funicular was opened – the second funicular in the Russian Empire after the one in Odessa; the first stationary stadium in the empire was opened here in 1912; the same year, construction of Ginzburg skyscraper was completed – it was the tallest building in the Russian Empire.

These photos of Kiev were taken by Joseph Kordysch just before all these innovations, in 1886. Photos were originally published by sudilovski

The island stretches from north-west to south-east, length – 12.5 km, average width – 2.5 km. In 2007, the island was named one of the “Seven Wonders of Ukraine.”

Construction works on the historical and cultural complex “Zaporozhye Sich” began in November 2004. Nowadays, theatrical performances and all-Ukrainian festival are held here, local residents and tourists are invited to have a tour.

Check our page about Zaporozhye if you want to know more about the history of the place. Photos by Miracle Maker

The resort has 16 lifts and decent infrastructure (hotels, multi-storey car parks, restaurants). On five mountains there are about 60 km of slopes (blue, red and black). The resort is open from November to May, though the weather conditions sometimes affect this.