Articles about Poltava
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1. Poltava pyramids
When you mention the word "pyramid", there is probably the most common association with Egypt. At once you imagine hot arid terrain, endless dazzling yellow sand and... -
2. Poltava Mystic House on Pushkina Street
From time immemorial, there have been beliefs among people as if every home has been a reflection of history, absorbed emotions, feelings, opinions of the dwellers. Our... -
3. OUTSTANDING POLTAVITES SEEN AFTER DEATH
At all times, mystery has aroused contradictory feelings in people: fear, suspicion and distrust on the one hand, and curiosity, amazement and unconscious delight on the other... -
4. Poltava is the birthplace of the Patriarch Mstyslav
Tradition of perceiving Poltava as the spiritual capital of today's Ukraine dated down to the century before last at least. You see, when future Patriarch Mstyslav of... -
5. The tree with its roots growing up
A local landowner (the late 19th to early 20th century.) wanted to arrange a place for outdoor recreation on the outskirts of village of Fedorivka, Karlivka... -
6. The Orthodox Cross at a Poltava school
It happened in a secondary school in the village of Sokolova Balka, Novi Sanzhary district, on April 12, 1996. The pupils going home after the classes found... -
7. Native of Poltava land Ivan Datsenko is the chief of a Mohawk tribe
Ivan Datsenko born 1918 in the village of Chernechy Yar, Dykanka county of former Russian Empire (now, Ukraine). He attended a local secondary school. He graduated from... -
8. TARAPUNKA IS POLTAVA MOCKINGBIRD
As if responding to the wishes of fans of humor Timoshenko was born in the Ukrainian capital of laughter, Poltava that has given Gogol and Kotliarevsky, Kovin’ka... -
9. Legend about Panianka Hill
A legend related to the name of Panianka Hill that was a suburb long ago and stretched as far as the Cherkasy bastion, one of major defensive... -
10. Kozelshchina Monastery Miraculous Icon
Present-day Kozelshchina district centre was established as a settlement by P. Kozelsky, Acting Cossack Sotnia Leader of Kobeliaky, in the first quarter of 18th century. In... -
11. Poltava battle
Ukraine on the eve of the Northern war In 1700-1721 Russia waged a fierce war with Sweden, so-called Northern war, in order to take control of the... -
12. Poltava in Shevchenko’s hard luck
Taras Grygorovych Shevchenko is as much a many-sided man as he can be compared to Leonardo da Vinci. Even if he did not become a poet, he would... -
13. Charming Poltava women in the fate of Alexander Pushkin
1813 Alexander Pushkin wrote in „the program of autobiography”: „Countess Kochubey. Death of Malinovskyi”. This record is dealt with Victor Pavlovych Kochubey's daughter, one of the nearest associates of Alexander... -
14. Participation of Poltava people in the conquest of Antarctic Continent
It is well known to everyone, that the first soviet station «Mirnyi» was opened in Antarctic Continent more than fifty years ago. But not many know that there was 19-... -
15. Hitler spoke on the balcony of kindergarten No 14 in Poltava in the times of the Great Patriotic War
A building at the crossing of Frunze Street and Parisian Commune Street in Poltava is interesting for not only its architecture but also its background. Currently,... -
16. A ghost train makes trips over the Poltava region
On July 14, 1911, a tourist train arranged for rich Italians sent out to cruise from the Rome railway station. More than one hundred passengers saw sights located... -
17. The US President Franklin Roosevelt studied Ukraine by reading books about Dykan'ka
Preparing to enter on the side of USSR in war with fascist Germany, the President of the USA Franklin Roosevelt decided at first to study the future ally on... -
18. POLTAVA RECEIVES A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM BY EURO-2012
City administration is interested in building a new stadium in Poltava, this time – the football one, informed the city major Andriy Matkovskyi during his last live TV broadcast. The... -
19. POLTAVA – THE GREENEST CITY OF UKRAINE!
On the 14th of July at Poltava City Administration a weekly meeting took place. It was carried out by the Secretary of the City Council Olexandr Kozub. The participants of... -
20. Poltava asks Russia to restore a monument devoted to Poltava battle.
Poltava region appealed to the Embassy of Russia in Ukraine with a request to restore a common grave of Russian warriors who died during Poltava battle in 1709. This was... -
21. King of Sweden Charles XVI with his wife Silvia are planning to visit Poltava
King of Sweden Charles XVI with his wife Silvia are planning to visit Poltava in October, 2008. This was informed by the representative of Poltava Regional Administration. According... -
22. Poltava opens skiing resort!
City administration of Poltava has announced an investment competition on the construction of the multifunctional complex with annually closed skiing slope on the same principle as at Dubai Resort (the...
