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Travel Pictures - UKRAINE - 1999 |
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Monument to the essence of
communism; the mastery of deception -
Kiev, Ukraine |
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Colya and Galya standing in front
of St. Michael's Cathedral before a summer storm -
Kiev, Ukraine |
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My aunt Ann posing in front of
the majestic opera house -
Lvov, Ukraine |
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Relatives on the balcony
overlooking the streets of western Ukraine's most beautiful city
(L to R Alla, Ann, Dad, Galya, Peter, Colya) -
Lvov, Ukraine |
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The cramped apartments buildings
in Ukraine can often seem like elevated gulags -
Rovno, Ukraine |
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| God's paint brush? Dazzling
fields streaked with poppies - near Rovno, Ukraine |
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A surprise hotel dinner for the
arriving overseas guests (L to R Galya, Colya, Me, Dad, Ann) -
Rovno, Ukraine |
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Another day, another feast (L to
R Peter, Inna, Alla, Dad, Me, Colya) -
Rovno, Ukraine |
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Andrei slurping his borscht. He could never comprehend my inability to understand him when he
spoke
to me in Ukrainian; he must have thought I was a dunce (well, you can't
fool everyone!) - Rovno, Ukraine |
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My young and enthusiastic
translator Alona in front of a field of poppies -
Tesiv, Ukraine |
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Taking the horse for a walk (L to
R Dad, Alona, Horse, Ura, Ura's father-in-law) -
Tesiv, Ukraine |
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Everyday is a feast at Ura and
Valya's home (L to R Dad, Ura, Valya's Mom, Valya) -
Tesiv, Ukraine |
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| Dad and Ura having too much fun -
Tesiv, Ukraine |
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Dad and Ann feasting with their
first cousins whom they have met for the first time -
Bochanitsa, Ukraine |
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| Seventy years is a long time to
wait to meet your first cousins! - Bochanitsa, Ukraine |
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Charter members of the "Bochanitsa
Alcohol Elimination Society" (these men could really put away the
alcohol!) -
Bochanitsa, Ukraine |
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| Dinner with Peter's and Anna's
daughter (Galya) and her family - Kuznetsovsk, Ukraine |
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Relatives inside Colya's van;
Colya was our wonderful chaperone during our visit -
Ostrog, Ukraine |
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| Tanya with her husband and
daughter - Ostrog, Ukraine |
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| Me posing with cousin Vitalic -
Ostrog, Ukraine |
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Our host Lena must be thinking,
"jet lag and samarhon do not mix"! Dad is
completely zonked while Ann says "Don't take a picture and post it on
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internet for the entire world to see!" - Ostrog, Ukraine |
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| Maria with her lovely great
granddaughter Alona - Ostrog, Ukraine |
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| Alona playing the funny guitar - Ostrog,
Ukraine |
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| Western Ukraine has a strong
religious tradition - Pochayev Monastery, Ukraine |
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Andrei and Colya are enjoying the
dark interior of the main cathedral -
Pochayev Monastery, Ukraine |
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This shining dome can be seen for
miles across the Ukrainian countryside -
Pochayev Monastery, Ukraine |
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| Picturesque countryside in the
foothills of the Carpathian Mountains - near Yaremcha, Ukraine |
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| The epitome of a quaint village -
near Yaremcha, Ukraine |
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| Summit team for Ukraine's highest
peak - Mount Hoverla, Ukraine |
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The Carpathian summits of
southwest Ukraine rise above timberline -
Mount Hoverla, Ukraine |
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Dad says "Jet lag, samarhon,
and mountain climbing do not mix" -
Mount Hoverla, Ukraine |
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Me and Sergei posing on the
6,761-foot summit of Ukraine's highest peak -
Mount Hoverla, Ukraine |
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One of many stunning cities in
Europe's largest country -
Chernivtsi, Ukraine |
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| One of western Ukraine's many
castles - Khotyn Castle, Ukraine |
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This ancient fortress once
provided protection along a critical water-based trade route -
Khotyn Castle, Ukraine |
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Precarious walkway high above the
Dniester River -
Khotyn Castle, Ukraine |
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| Majestic castle protecting the
entrance to the old city - Kaminets Podilsky, Ukraine |
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| A dwelling fit for Dracula
himself - Kaminets Podilsky, Ukraine |
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| A major seaport and tourist
attraction on the coast of the Black Sea - Odessa, Ukraine |
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| Silver onion domes on the Black
Sea - St Pantelejmonovska Church; Odessa, Ukraine |
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Ukrainian vendors struggling
against 70 years of communist brainwashing -
near Simferopol, Ukraine |
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| Crimea: The Soviet Riviera -
Yalta, Ukraine |
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One of those hideous statues of
Lenin in an otherwise inviting town square -
Yalta, Ukraine |
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The southern coast of the Crimea
is equal in beauty to the more famous French Riviera -
near Alupka, Ukraine |
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The Soviet Riviera's rugged
coastline-
near Alupka, Ukraine |
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| The Crimean coastline from the
Alupka Palace - Alupka, Ukraine |
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One of Lenin's sanitoria constructed for "the treatment of the working people";
I do not know if the
walled-off beaches are more appropriate for a resort or a prison - near Alupka,
Ukraine |
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Crimean coastline and the
sanitoria (middle of picture) where I was arrested! -
Hurzuf, Ukraine |
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Ancient bourgeois mansions and a
fantastic "sit with Lenin" statue -
Hurzuf, Ukraine |
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| The Communist's photo of a
lifetime - Hurzuf, Ukraine |
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This dog, patiently waiting
outside a sausage stall, makes a clear statement
without speaking a word in Ukrainian! - Yalta, Ukraine |
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