Ternopil

Jesus Christ Resurrection Orthodox Church, XVII-th century.

Jesus Christ Resurrection Orthodox Church' s belfry.

Monument to Danylo Halytskyy, the first Ukrainian king and the prince of Halytsko-Volynske principality.

Monument to Yosyf Slipyy, born in Ternopil region, the Cardinal and the Head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1944-1984.

Former Dominican Cathedral, nowaday Saint Mary the Virgin Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral, architectural monument of the XVIIIth century.

Monument to Solomiya Krushelnytska, famous worldwide opera singer, who was born in Ternopil region.

Taras Shevchenko Dramatic Theatre.

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

City's fountains.

Monument to Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer, poet, translator and public figure.

Monument to Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian hero and politician, the chief of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

Ternopil City Council

Monument to Andrey Sheptytskyy, the Metropolitan Archbishop and the Head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1900-1944.

Ternopil Philarmonic Society.

Monument to Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian writer

"See you later...in Ternopil", as if this funny hatch says.

To be or not to be a fair justice - this is a question.

Former President Viktor Yushchenko came in the court as a witness in gas deal against ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. I don't want to say what Ukrainian statemen and politicians are or were good or bad. But why did V. Yushchenko not use his Presidential veto right, if Y. Tymoshenko was mistaken when signed gas deal with Russian Prime Minister V. Putin on January 19th, 2009? Ukraine isn't monarchy and Y. Tymoshenko wasn't a queen. Ukraine isn't also parliamentary republic, where Prime Minister is a main stateman. So where were other Ukrainian politicians in January of 2009 and why did they not propose another decision in the time of gas crisis in Europe? And where was Viktor Yanukovych as opposition in January of 2009? Opposition must be the first who says about state power's mistakes. And where were all Parliament's deputies? All together were silent then? But when anything is going in the worst way for the country, all politicians must do something better. Or maybe that January gas deal of 2009 wasn't so bad for Ukrainian economics indeed, was it?

This incomprehensible Egypt.

Egyptians are still incomprehensible in their wishes after revolution's ending in February, 2011. Then Egyptians wanted democratic changes in the country and when at least former Egypt's President H. Mubarak left his post, people won their revolution. Egyptians didn't like dictatorship and they wished democracy - in any way they said such wishes in February this year. Nowadays ex-President H. Mubarak, his sons and other former statemen are on trial and can get death penalty for the killing and wounding of the demonstrators during Egypt's revolution of 2011. Of course, killings of the thousands are serious criminal, especially when that thousands want better changes in their lives. But also H. Mubarak left his President's post by himself and he didn't fight "till the end" against his nation, as another dictators say in the present time in the world. Yes, the penalty's decision for H. Mubarak and others is a mainly deal of Egyptian people. But great risk of mistake exists in the death penalty for former Egyptian politicians, because any dictator won't leave his post voluntarily or under the world's pressure in the future. Besides it. Why do Egyptians not begin to change the community and its laws in the democratic way?
I wish real democratic changes and economical successes for Egypt. And wish that Muslims and Christians live peacefully in this country, that Christian girls don't be stealed by Muslims and don't be forced to accept Islam, that Christian Churches don't be set on fire and all Egyptians be happy.

Yulia Tymoshenko was arrested.

Yulia Tymoshenko, the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine and the mainest competitor of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was arrested today. The opposition's leader is staying in the prison in Kyiv now. I don't want to say much, because don't like to talk about farce, and all this political deal against Y. Tymoshenko with her today arrest is no more than a farce. She is accused of "bad" prices of the Russian gas for Ukraine, which she signed as Ukrainian Prime Minister with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in January of 2009. But every European can remember the end of 2008, that cold winter and the stop of the transposrtation of Russian gas into Europe across Ukrainian territory. All wanted any Russian-Ukrainian agreement - only to have Russian gas again. And now what is it? Did Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko something wrong then? But why was this gas deal ratified by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, when it was wrong?

Mourning Day for dead miners

Today is proclaimed Mourning Day in Ukraine for the victims of the explosions in two mines. At least 26 dead and 2 wounded in the mine "Sukhodilska-Eastern" in Luhansk region and 11 dead and 4 wounded in Bazhanov mine in Makiyivka, Donetsk region. Totally 37 lives were lost for their relatives and friends.
Deaths of the miners is this high price for coal industry in Ukraine. Ukrainian miners have a high risk to die or to be injured and then to become invalid after working in a mine. Many Ukrainian mines have very old technical equipment and sometimes mine's equipment can be used since 1950 years till nowadays!
But all mines must be inspected if they are safe for people's work and if the equipments are working without any infringement! Why must people take a risk and go in the mine like go on a visit to the death? They have a right to work without such risk, to have a normal worked day and much higher salary then they have now. When some mine works with some technical violations, this mine must be repaired. Or when the mine has older equipment, so its equipment must be changed. And when mine is just dangerous for people's staying there, that mine must be closed. Why don't proprietors think about human lives of their workers? How may lives of the miners be equaled a nothing while coal industry is one of the mainest in Ukrainian economics?

Explosion in the mine. Again...

17 dead, 2 wounded and 9 disappeared miners after the explosion in the mine in "Sukhodilska-Eastern" in Luhansk region. 4 dead, 4 wounded and 7 disappeared miners after the explosion in the mine in Makiyivka, Donetsk region. Two explosions in the mines for one day. Deaths of the miners again. Sorrowfully, but such explosions often happen in the mines and the miner's profession is the most dangerous in Ukraine. Ukrainian miners very often work illegally or even in the illegal mines, called "kopanky". But even when Ukrainian miners work in the legal mine, they can work in the conditions with technical violations of the mine and practically always in the very hard conditions for human health. And Ukrainian miners usually don't have normal worked day and work over quota, getting little salary for their job. But they haven't choice to change a job, they must work for their families. So every day Ukrainian miners go to the work and don't know if they will come back home alive...

Just wish You a wonderful day.

p.s. the photo of one bush in Lviv Botanic Garden. I call it "He & She".

Sunny virtual excursion in Shevchenkivskyy Grove in Lviv. :)

Homestead (1910) from the village Tukholka, Lviv region, ethnic region Boykivshchyna. Here is small pysanka museum now.

Church was built in 1863 in the village Tysovets, Lviv region, ethnic region Boykivshchyna.

Chapel (1863) from the village Tysovets in Lviv region.

Oil rural factory or "oliynya" in Ukrainian from Lviv region (the beginning of XIX century).


St. Ivan Lavra, amazing wooden Church was built in 1763 in the village of Kryvky, Lviv region


Cossack boat for 40 person, found in Rivne region.

Hives from Ivan-Frankivsk region, where nowadays the bees are also there. :)

School from Lviv region, ethnic region Boykivshchyna (XIX century).

Saw-mill or "tartak" (in Ukrainian) from Lviv region, ethnic region Boykivshchyna (the beginning of XX century).

Woolen cloth rural factory from Transcarpathia, etnic region Boykivshchyna (the middle of XIX century).

Smithy from Lviv region, etnic region Boykivshyna (1870).

Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Church, wonderful example of Lemkivshchyna architecture.

Small mill and well from Transcarpathia, ethnic region Boykivshchyna (the beginning of XX century).

Bee-keeper's home from Lviv region, ethnic region Boykivshchyna (XX century).

Watermill from Lviv region, ethnic region Boykivshchyna (the beginning of XX century).

The oldest museum's homestead, built in 1749 from the village Lybokhora in Lviv region, ethnic region Boykivshchyna.

The richest homestead in the museum from the village Verbovets in Ivano-Frankivsk region, ethnic region Pokuttya (the beginning of XX century).


Windmill from Chernivtsi region, ethnic region Bukovyna (the beginning of XX century).

Typical peasant home from Bukovyna, Chernivtsi region (the end of XIX century).

St. Trinity Church (1777 year) from Bukovyna, Chernivtsi region.

Hutsul homestead is called hrazhda (the end of XIX century, Ivano-Frankivsk region, ethnic region Hutsulshchyna).

Journalism & journalists in Ukraine

Every day less and less articles or TV-programmes are objective in Ukraine. I don't know even what to read or to watch on TV sometimes, because Ukrainian journalists became very loyal toward the state power. The last sadest news of Ukrainian journalism became yesterday, when three sites of the popular newspapers "Hazeta po-ukrayins'ky" ("Newspaper in Ukrainian"), "Ukrayins'ka pravda" ("Ukrainian truth") and "Ukrayins'kyy tyzhden" (Ukrainian week) began to show IP-addresses of their commentators!!! Is it freedom of the opinions in the country? No way! Nowadays when someone writes anything on these three sites, the question "where is a commentator" can be known for all through commentator's IP-address, shown on the site. And when somebody writes something "not very nice" for the power on these sites, so what can be then? This world is such that "not very nice" information or activity is different for every state power. For example, in Belarus the simple applauses on the street are punished with a few-day-staying in the prison now, because in the last time street's applauses were the unique method to show people's dissatisfaction of Belarus' power. And this week Skype agreed with the proposition of Russian power to give information about Skype's Russian users to state bases, though till that time the way of Skype connection was the one real "freedom's island" for Russians.
So do Ukrainian journalists enjoy such way of life as exists in the neighbouring countries?

Was the acception of Pension reform indeed?

Today Pension reform must be accepted finally. It's continueing reform's voting now in Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). It's necessary 226 deputies (minimum!) to accept any law in Ukraine according to the Ukrainian Constitution. But only 133 deputies are present in the parliament's hall plus 3 deputies are sitting in the parliament's presidium, though the parliament' screen shows a number of 350 deputies! This last information of the deputies' presence was known at 19:49 from several Ukrainian media.
So may Pension reform be accepted in such illegal way?