The plateau has an abundance of different types of karst cavities – caves, mines, and tunnels. Because of this the area is very popular among cavers. A lot of caves are accessible to ordinary tourists; they can go without special equipment. Soldatskaya (Soldier) mine (depth 515 meters) and Nakhimovskaya mine (400 m) are the first and third deepest places in Ukraine.

There are several nature reserves and natural monuments of national importance on the territory of Karabi.

Today it is a place of rest annually visited by about 500,000 people. Total area of the park is 179.2 hectares.

Park “Sofiyivka” was founded in 1796 by the owner of Uman town, Polish magnate Stanislav Potocki. The park was named in honor of his wife Sophia Witt-Pototskaya and was presented to her in May 1802.

“Sofiyivka” is a monument of world landscape gardening art of the late 18th – early 19th century. More than 3300 forms and cultivars of plants, native and exotic trees, and shrubs are growing here. Address: Ukraine, Cherkassy oblast, Uman city, Kievskaya Str., 12a. Photos by Oleksіy Nіkіforov.

His works can be found in deferent cities all over the world. Exhibitions: Wroclaw (Poland), Prague (Czech Republic), Kiev (Ukraine). More information about the paintings on the site of the author.

The population of the city was about 49,400 before the disaster (April 26, 1986). After the disaster Pripyat was abandoned, all the residents were evacuated. Today it attracts tourists and scientists from all over the world.

Let’s see how Pripyat looks today in freezing weather and covered in snow. Photos by Sergei Nagorny.

You will see main monuments of the city (such as the monument to the Sunk Ships, Sailor and Soldier monument, St. Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonese), warships and auxiliary ships of Russian Black Sea Fleet and Ukrainian Navy.

The candies have very interesting and fancy names: “Cherry Agrafka”, “Gratulyatsiya”, “Frau Zimmer Black”, “Walnut Bandzoh”, “Sweet Patsorki”, “Strawberry Tsemka”. The chocolate shop offers 39 varieties of candies. You can buy them individually and in sets. On the walls you can see large pictures of all the candies with a detailed description of the chocolate and fillings.

You can also buy various souvenirs and coffee. On the ground floor there is a cozy cafe where you can enjoy delicious coffee and sweets. Photos by jenta17. The site of the factory has additional info that may be interesting.

Sometimes the beach is looking like the remains of the lair of aliens from the famous movie with all this slime and other strange objects. The photos were taken by aquatek-filips who miraculously escaped before the aliens came back :)

Fresh slime! The aliens are probably lurking nearby :)

You can see such attractions of Lviv as the Opera House, the Black Kamenitsa, Dominican church, monument to printing pioneer Ivan Fedorov and second-hand books market located nearby, Glinyanskiye Gate, King Danilo monument, Ivan Franko university, High Castle observation point.

The equipment of the cable cars was made in Switzerland, which had extensive experience in building cable cars. Both cars had a capacity of 70 passengers and moved up and down at a speed of two meters per second. May 8, 1905 the railway was opened and the carriage of passengers started.

Opening hours: 6:00 to 23:00. The difference in elevation between stations is 75 meters, the length of the route is 222 meters, the slope: 18-20 degrees. Photos by russos.

The authors are guys from Sevastopol living in another city now, but every summer they return to the place and continue their work for a month or two. Photos by aquatek-filips.