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Lvov, Ukraine. April 10-12, 2004.
I had been thinking about
journey to the Ukraine for a long time. This country is quite near to me now,
so it became just a question of time to visit it. During Easter long weekend
we had several days off, so I decided to realize my plans and invite my friend
Maxim to go with me. After arranging accommodation we arrived at small town Przemysl
near polish-ukrainian border and crossed it on foot. Then where was small bus
to Lvov and after one and a half of an hour we were in the center of the city,
near main railway station.
The weather and the city itself were very nice. There probably present all creeds of this part of the world - Russian and Ukrainian orthodox churches, Armenian cathedral, catholic churches, uniate churches, Muslim mosque and remains of the Jewish synagogue. One can follow the history of the city from Galician-Volhynian Princedom, which was the part of medieval Kievan Rus to the Polish Kingdom, following annexation of this region by the Dual Monarchy, then Soviet period and finally as an independent country.
More detailed description of our journey to Lvov you can read here in Russian.
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Main railway station
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University
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Streets of the Lvov
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King Danil memorial
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Adam Mickiewicz memorial
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Taras Shevchenko memorial
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Opera Theatre
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Freedom Avenue
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Boulevard
on the Freedom Avenue
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Militia officers memorial
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Our Lady's statue
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Uniate Dominican church
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Preobrazhenskaya church
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Grushevski memorial
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West - Old City, Town Hall, Old Square, Cathedral
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North - bedroom communities
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East - Chmielnicki street
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Catholic St. Magdalena church
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Church decoration
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Communism victims memorial
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Austrian stronghold
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Metropolite bishop's residence
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New uniate church
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Soviet Soldiers memorial
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Ivan Franko street
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Russian Orthodox Church
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Church decoration
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Shevchenko avenue
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Presidential palace
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Freedom avenue and Shevchenko memorial
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Uniate St. Andrej church
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Street in the centre of the city
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Armenian church entrance
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Armenian characters
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Town Hall
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North-west - orthodox Preobrazhenskaya church, armenian
church, muslim mosque, opera theatre
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North-east - uniate Dominican church, orthodox
Uspenskaya church
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South-west - Catholic Cathedral, Mickiewicz square with memorial
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Bald mountain
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Italian courtyard
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Old city walls
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Ivan Fedorov memorial
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City gates
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Soviet Soldiers memorial cemetery
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Medical university
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Veterinarian academy
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Opera theatre
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The oldest catholic church
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St. Jury Cathedral
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Uniate St. Elizabeth and Olga church
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