Ukraine has always been considered to be an agricultural country, but every stereotype is doomed to be crashed in cogwheels of history. Todays Ukraine contains more than 450 cities and almost 70% of its population lives there. Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, Lviv and Harkiv as West and East, Chernihiv and Odessa, as North and South - all of them represent the variety of really rich historical and cultural heritageof this country. Their architecture and city coloring differ greatly. Modern Kiev, natty Poltava, reserved Chernihiv, proud Lviv, businesslike Dnipropetrovsk, accurate Chernivci, solid Harkiv, busy Zaporigja, foppish Odessa - every city and town has its face, temper and individuality.
Architecture is often called the "music, frozen in stone". Really, the impregnable stronghold in Kamianets-Podilskij is easy to compare with a grandiose symphony, Bukovyna Metropolitan's residence - with an exquisite oratorio, graceful bell tower of Lavra - with a dinamic orchestral play... Ukrainians can be proud of numeorous architectural masterpieces. For instance, there is a great number of castles, locks, fortresses in here, because of the country being situated on the crossroad of civilizations and worlds. The Old and New fortress in Kamianets-Podilskij, the Mukachevo castle, Hotun stronghold, Genoa strength in Sudak and many others had been protected the rest Europe from different invaders. In addition to this, there are unforgetable parks, gardens and landscapes in Crimea, Carpathian mountains, Uman, Kiev, Bila Cerkva etc. To tell nothing of ortodox, catholic, uniat monasteries, churches, cathedrals.Ukraine has always been a multicultural country and every nationality (there were more than 50 ones) had a chance to leave a footstep in here. And all this is whimxicaly mixed up with simultaneusly modern and old-fashioned, so unlike the other things you've seen before, Ukrainian Soul. So, welcome to Ukraine....
