Truskavets

Here where we're going - to the centre of Truskavets, famous health resort-city in Lviv region!

 
                                                    Truskavets Post

                              Artistic Museum named after Mykhaylo Bilas

Beautiful ancient villas, constructed in the end of the XIXth-on the beginning of the XXth centuries

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

                    The Assumption of the Mother of God Roman Catholic Church

                                              Balneological polyclinic №1

                                                Torosevych Avenue

                                           Pump room of mineral waters №1

                                              Mineral source "Bronislava"

                                                               
                                             Mineral source "Yuzya"

                                             Mineral source "Edvard"

                                 The Mother of God in the health resort park

                             Sculpture of the Musician in the health resort park

      Monument to Polish writer and poet Adam Mitskevych in the health resort park

                                 Museum of the History of Truskavets

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

      St. Mykolay Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and its bell-tower near-by

    Monument to Ukrainian writer, translator and public person Ivan Franko

                                        Another Ivan Franko's monument

                          Monument of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus

Other Taras Shevchenko's monument ahead of "Grand Dining-Room" of the entreprise "Truskavets health resort"

Monument to Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian politician and the Head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)

Monument to Dmytro Danylyshyn and Vasyl Bilas, the activists of the OUN, who were born in Truskavets

The ciitizens of Truskavets (village at that time) had known about medical qualities of their "super water" long time before Truskavets mineral water was mentioned at first in the description of royal doctor Voytsekh Ochko in 1578 year. Then in 1810, during researching works on the territory to reveal available natural resources, people had found several mineral sources in Truskavets. And in 1827 small house for taking a bath and four small houses for tourists had been built in the city of Truskavets and this year is considered the year of the foundation of Truskavets as health resort-city. The most famous Truskavets mineral source is called "Naftusya", because it has a little bit of the taste of oil - нафта (nafta) in Ukrainian. There are also other mineral sources, named after human names "Mariya", "Sofiya", "Yuzya", "Edvard", "Bronislava", etc. All mineral sources have medical qualities and treat many diseases, mainly diseases of metabolism, gastrointestinal tract, gall bladder, pancreas, liver, blood and skin.

So when You want to relax and/or to have some treatment using mineral water, and You also wish to see the most eminent health resort-city in Ukraine, I sincerely recommend You to visit Truskavets!    

Homosexual propaganda in the world

Homosexual propaganda is so much intense in higly developed countries of the world during the last five years, that it looks more and more like homosexual dictatorship of the richest global states. In general homosexuality isn't something new for the humanity and homosexual persons had lived as 100 years ago as 1000 years ago, but only nowadays higly developed countries around the globe try to convince all Earth's population in the thesis that homosexuality is equal to heterosexuality, that it's almost the same - just a few another sexual orientation of the people. Even more, in 2013 different (mainly American, Canadian and British) media and sites, various psychological associations and politics started to discuss about phedophilia like about...just another human sexual orientation and about necessary to understand phedophiles and not to judge them, and phedophiles began to discuss in the internet the necessary of the equality between homosexualists and phedophiles rights in the societies. Then, there are many animal brothels! in the world, where zoophiles can satisfy their sexual desires with the animals, and as diverse people write, when animals aren't hurted, so all is normal and there is no problem in zoophilia. Though zoophiles and phedophiles lived in the past centuries, also as homosexualists lived then, but only in the XXIth century diverse globe's powerful people and some state powers try to convince others that all human sexual desires is ok, because when persons want, so...why not? In my opinion, people can't deceive human nature: heterosexuality and relations between woman and man are natural, and homosexuality, phedophilia and zoophilia are non-natural for human beings. But it's my strong opinion and the reader of the blog can not divide this my opinion. The existence of different opinions of the various persons creates democratic society. And it's really dangerous signals in higly developed states, when some, especially famous, heterosexual person openly says about own non-perception of homosexuality, same-sex marriages and adoption the children by gays as something normal and equal to heterosexual relations, so that heterosexual person can be very criticized and punished for such own non-perception, for example, can be discharged from the work's place. Sorry, but there is no freedom of speech, and it's not democracy, but it's homosexual dictatorship. My country Ukraine is often criticized by state powers of many richest countries that gays are discriminated here, but there is no discrimination of them: homosexualists are not discharged from the work, aren't jailed or beaten for their sexual orientation in Ukrainian state. Besides it's very private deal of anybody, if person is heterosexual or homosexual, and I don't understand why many countries' powers organize gay-prides, which are public event per 100%. Could it be normal event when all men of some country would organize the demonstration with slogans "We are men" or all women would exclaim on the streets "We are women"? Of course, that men are men and women are women, and all together they are not aliens. So why are heterosexual people forced to watch gay-pride, the public event of homosexual people, if sexual orientation is private deal of everyone?
And nowadays special educational programs about homosexuality function in the institutes, schools and even in the kinder-gardens of many higly developed states and it worries very much. Why do children of heterosexual people must to study about homosexuality as something normal and similar to heterosexuality, when their heterosexual parents suppose homosexuality non-normal? Where are freedom of belief and freedom of choice in these obligatory educational homosexual programs? No, there aren't. It's again homosexual dictatorship. And where is freedom of religion in the countries, which popularize and accept same-sex marriages' laws? Why are religions, Christianity and Islam the most, hugily critized for its non-perception of same-sex marriages in those countries, when homosexuality isn't normal and natural for human beigns according these religions? Then, only man and woman may continue human gender and all children need father's and mother's cares. Why can orphans be adopted by homosexual pairs and be forced to knowledge about homosexual relations without any possibility to grow up in heterosexual family and to have father and mother? Where is freedom of choice of these orphans?
At last, in the situation when higly developed global states lead big homosexual propaganda in the world and others states must accept such propaganda, not to criticize and not to ban it, just must shut up and be silent about own non-homosexual opinions, so it will be the truth when such situation will not be called democracy and fight for homosexual rights, but will be honestly named homosexual dictatorship.               

"Femen" isn't movement for women's rights

"Femen" is movement of so-called feminists, which became widely known during the last years thanks to different world's media. Founded in 2008 in Kyiv, "Femen" began to be broad known in 2010, at first taking their actions in Ukraine, then - in other countries around the globe, and nowadays it's some international movement with its branches in many world' states. "Femen" members call themselves fighters for female rights, but all their past and present topless or naked actions were and are brutal and vulgar, which humiliate woman's essence, demonstrating women's protests as hysterical dull naked activity. Those of "Femen" don't protect any feminine rights, but dress in provocative manner more like prostitutes, than fighters for deciding of female problems in the world. Besides it they often dress the wreathes with ribbons, which are similar to Ukrainian wreathes, even if the members of "Femen" are Brazilian or Spanish. So that so-called feministic movement discriminates not only all feminists and women, but especially Ukrainian women and Ukraine. Of course, "Femen" never loved Ukraine and they humiliated this country as only could, also destroying or mocking at Ukrainian national symbols during their manifestations in Ukraine. The most outrageous "Femen" action in Ukraine was cutting of Catholic cross on August 17th, 2012 in Kyiv. This cross was placed by Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Kyiv in 2004 in the memory of the victims, killed by NKVS agents in Kyiv prisons, and "Femen" member Inna Shevchenko, the executor of cutting of the cross, explained such "Femen" action as support for Russian arrested Pussy Riot group. Ukrainian police opened criminal investigation into hooliganism against I.Shevchenko after her cutting of the cross, but she emigrated in Paris and created French branch of "Femen". You know what? It's very very difficult for Ukrainians to get visa in such country as France, but I.Shevchenko was welcomed as some hero in EU, particularly on French TV. Cutting of the cross wasn't feministic action of "Femen", no!, it was really anti-Cristian act, though past and present international activity of "Femen" is against Christianity and Islam and it's a big question why so-called "feminists" offend these two religions instead of real fighting for female rights. ?????... Another very big question is about the source of their financing, because only well financed movement can make so many trips around the world and can be interviewed in the famous world's media as "Femen" members can. ?????... "Femen" has its offices in Kyiv, Paris and Berlin, its German site and huge support of global TV and newspapers, such as Euronews, CNN, BBC, Deutche Welle, Der Spiegel, Le Figaro, Le Monde, The Guardian, The Independent, La Repubblica, Agency France Press and many German, French, British, Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Polish, Swiss, Belgian, American, Australian and others media. It seems like some journalistic "duty" in the whole modern world to show "Femen" daily activity on the TV or to write about it in the newspapers. Wow! How many money must cost such media support! At least, "Femen" manifestators elementarily break public order and act as hooligans, offending or mocking at concrete persons or places, religious symbols, human feelings (often - religious feelings). Now "Femen" activists mainly take their activity in European Union, but don't get any punishment there - neither penalty, nor imprisonment in EU. Why?              

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.

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.