Exploring Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online

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    At the beginning of the Second World War, Buchach had 11,100 inhabitants, of whom 2,400 were Ukrainians, 3,550 Poles, and 5,150 Jews. In 1959, Buchach had 7,000 inhabitants. Such a sharp decrease in the population of the city is explained by the Nazi genocide against the Jews, the deportation of Poles to the territory of Poland and the losses of Ukrainians in the struggle against the Stalinist regime. Today, the population of the city is 12,600, the area of ​​the city is 1,026 hectares.
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    Color photograph of Vvedensk Refectory Church, built 1677-1679, Chernihiv. The pillarless Vvedensk church is one of the oldest in the group of Chernihiv monuments of the 17th century.
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    Within the Uzhhorod Castle, there are 40 rooms in the palace. The largest hall of the castle, the knight's hall, located on the second floor, was transformed into an internal chapel with a painted ceiling by artist Ferdinand Vydra in 1857. Around the same time, the neighboring halls were decorated with stucco, painting, and gold leaf. The Uzhhorod Castle itself is the most valuable exhibit of the Zakarpattia regional Museum of Local History named after T. Legotsky. It is the oldest (spanning the 13th and 18th centuries) and most valuable historical and architectural structure of the city of Uzhhorod.
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    Streetview of Vinnytsia. Second half of 19th century.
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    A wooden skete, rebuilt in early 2000s in the traditions of early Russian wooden architecture of the 16th–17th centuries. Part of the Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition.
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    The building of the Chernivtsi Art Museum is a unique architectural monument of national significance. It was built in the tradition of the Viennese Art Nouveau style for the Bukovyna Savings Bank (1900). Both the exterior design and interiors of the building, in general, have not undergone significant changes over time and since 1991, the Chernivtsi Art Museum has been housed in its current building. The museum contains many masterpieces of Western European, Bukovyna, and Ukrainian art including the many stained glass windows and ornamental staircases.
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    Interior of St. George's Church located in Zavorychi, showing altar and ceiling paintings.
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    The House of Organ and Chamber Music is a well-known architectural building of the early 20th century in Dnipro of the Dnipropetrovs’k region. It is a national monument of architecture and history and a place highlighting the art of organ and chamber music. The house was erected as the Briansk (St. Nicholas) church, designed in the Neoclassical style with baroque elements with five domes and a three-tiered bell tower with a clock. Worldwide famous masters of art consider it an honor to play on the organ. Each year the Cathedral has more than 300 concerts, international festivals, competitions, tours of domestic and foreign artists visit.
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    Interior of the church at the Sumy Theological Seminary.
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    Drama Theater in Mariupol. The house is built of Crimean inkerman gray stone in the style of monumental classicism with a huge number of stucco decorated components. On the facade of the building there is a sculptural composition, where the main role is given to metallurgists and farmers as the main professions of the Azov region, to whom the patrons of art perform a laudatory ode. As a result of the bombing the theater was destroyed on 17th March 2022.
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