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Chernivtsi. Bukovina. Ukraine

Chernivtsi. I am discovering Bukovina. I wanted to understand what peoples lived here, who the people living in Chernivtsi came from. My personal affairs and classes on the discovery of Jupiter, who quickly handed me train tickets, brought me to this city. I gathered some positivity: it was cold outside, but not hot, and wentContinue reading “Chernivtsi. Bukovina. Ukraine”

Diva of the Holosiivskyi forest in Kyiv

We went in search of places of power of the Holosiivsky forest in Kyiv. How big it is! We walked for two days and saw only a small part of the interesting things of the forest. We were in two parts of the forest, in two monasteries – the Holosiivskaya desert and the Kitaevskaya desert.Continue reading “Diva of the Holosiivskyi forest in Kyiv”

Belgorod-Dnistrovsky is the oldest city in Ukraine

The oldest or not, but I read in Wikipedia that Belgorod-Dnistrovsky is the oldest city in Ukraine, one of the ten oldest cities in the world. The city is 2500 years old. A local taxi driver assured me that the city is much older than 2500 years. Of course, I definitely had to visit thisContinue reading “Belgorod-Dnistrovsky is the oldest city in Ukraine”

Bilogorodka Kyiv region. Historical well

I walk down the street and feel the pain and steadfastness of the residents of the village of Bilogorodka. The village is 22 km from Kyiv. It was loud here in March 2022, but they didn’t get here. The natural border was the river Irpin, the defenders and the power of the ancestors and theContinue reading “Bilogorodka Kyiv region. Historical well”

Mount Moses. Sinai. Egypt

Mount Moses. Sinai. At 2 am, the ascent to Mount Moses begins. We will climb 4 km up, and then another 750 steps. I felt trained.– Just think, 4 km and 750 steps.At first it was. The road to the top is wide. A cortege of three large buses and a dozen minibuses brought anContinue reading “Mount Moses. Sinai. Egypt”

Legends and realities of Kodatsky island

Many legends have been written about a small island opposite the city of Dnipro. Approximately, from these places the Dnieper rapids began, which reached the island of Khortytsya. Before the flooding of the rapids, rocky parts protruded between the island of Kodachok and the river bank and the water here rang, the air was saturatedContinue reading “Legends and realities of Kodatsky island”

Khortytsya is an island of strength and health.

As a child, I spent the whole summer in Khortitsa. I did not understand then and did not attach importance to this. I felt good and happy. Our whole big family was together – parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles. There was a swing and ice cream on the way to the island. We swam toContinue reading “Khortytsya is an island of strength and health.”

Chernigov. Ukraine. Places of power

Chernigov began for me like in a fairy tale: If you go to the right, you will find Kievan Rus and its history. If you go to the left, you will find Saints, monasteries and temples. If you go straight, you will find a modern city and its goodies. The directions are conditional and eachContinue reading “Chernigov. Ukraine. Places of power”

Stratonikeia is an ancient city in Turkey.

The city of Stratonikeia is many thousands of years old. The city lived and flourished in Caria. From him there was a sacred road to Lagina to the temple of Hecate. Its first names are Idrias and Krisaoris. Around the 3rd century BC. the Syrian king Seleucus I gave his wife Stratonikos to his sonContinue reading “Stratonikeia is an ancient city in Turkey.”

Lagina is the cult city of the goddess Hecate.

There are more questions and secrets here than answers. Hecate – the goddess of the moon, night, magic, spells has ambiguous characteristics. She is called the dark goddess. They are afraid of her. She roams the earth with a pack of hellish red-eyed dogs and a retinue of souls of the dead. Only dogs canContinue reading “Lagina is the cult city of the goddess Hecate.”