Friday 24 May 2013

Berezhany

Berezhany - charming city in Ternopil region with its 638th history and here are some of Berezhany sightseeings on my photos for Your enjoyment!

 Model of ancient Berezhany castle in the castle's yard

The next photos show you the present state of Berezhany castle, the most famous and attractive architectural monument of the city. This castle was built in 1534-1554 for rich Polish magnates Senyavski.

One of castle's cellars

The church on the castle's territory, now it's under reconstruction like whole castle

Monument to the victims, killed by NKVS agents in Berezhany prison in June,1941.

Memorable monument to Ukrainians, who were deported from the modern territory of Poland into USSR by Polish and Soviet communist state powers in 1944-1947.

Berezhany Fire-Saving Service is one of the prettiest buildings, erected in the first half of the XXth century in the city.

Monument to Ukrainian writer, poet, translator and painter Bohdan Lepkyy, who lived eight years in Berezhany.

Berezhany City Council was built in 1803-1811. Except city council, four museums also function in this building now: Berezhany Book Museum, Berezhany Museum of Regional Ethnography, Museum of Persecutions of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Bohdan Lepkyy Literary-Memorable Museum. 

St.Trinity Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, built in 1768.

Jesus Christ's sculpture ahead of St.Trinity Church

 The Mother of God's sculpture ahead of St.Trinity Church

 Monument to Ukrainian writer, poet, painter and public figure Taras Shevchenko

St. Hryhoriy Armenian Church was constructed in 1746-1764.

 Ss. Petro and Pavlo Roman Catholic Church, built in 1600-1625

Former monastery and St. Mykolay cathedral of Bernardine order, which were built in 1683. But since Soviet period till nowadays the jail for minors still functions there.

 House-Museum of Ukrainian writer and lawyer Andriy Chaykovskyy

Monument to Andriy Chaykovskyy ahead of his house, who worked as a lawyer almost thirty years in Berezhany.

Modern St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Berezhany gymnasium was erected in 1805.

Friday 17 May 2013

About some April political events

In April several political events deeply imressed me, so I want to name these events, though I had no time to write here in the last month (sorry!).
Joyful and unexpected political news were news about the amnesty for some Ukrainian prisoners, which was signed by Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych on April 7th, 2013. Then were amnestied former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko, who was arrested yet in the end of December'2010 and got 4-years imprisonment, and former Minister of Protection of Natural Environment Heorhiy Filipchuk - they both were ministers in the Cabinet of the Ministers of ex-Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and were found guilty during the present presidency of V.Yanukovych. And now that freed ex-ministers can get the treatment of their diseases, which had been grown in the jail.
Sad news were reports that British politician Margaret Thatcher had died on April 8th, 2013 and had been buried on April 17th, 2013. In my opinion Margaret Thatcher was strong and great politician of the XXth century, so she also was controversial political figure in the world's history. She cared about her country Great Britain, so I don't mean that she didn't make any political mistakes. What was very important that M. Thatcher was independent politician - she wasn't some doll-marionette in the oligarchs' hands, as many present Ukrainian politicians are nowadays. Prime Minister M. Thatcher cared about growing of British economics and didn't care to be millionaire or billionaire, using state power to becoming richer and richer, as many many past and present Ukrainian politicians did and do now, beginning from the moment of their getting of any state power in Ukraine.That's why I think that M. Thatcher was real politician in all good senses of that word. And I was really sad, hearing the information about her death, but, of course, it's life and everyone will die some day. 
My biggest April political disappointment was Ukrainian politician and boxer Vitaliy Klychko. On April 2th, 2013 V. Klychko didn't come in the parliament to vote for the cancellation of Ukrainian Pension's reform'2011 and then on April 19th he didn't come in the parliament to vote for the demission of Cabinet of the Ministers of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. V.Klychko didn't also come in the parliament to examine the project of the law about Ukrainian president's impeachment in April. Besides it, this year politician Vitaliy Klychko congratulated people with such Soviet holidays as Homeland's Defender Day on February 23th and Victory Day on May 9th, though he usually congratulates with these "holidays" every year. Well, earlier I really thought that V.Klychko could be European politician with democratic thinking, but I have mistaken.