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[edit] Swallow's Nest

The Swallow's Nest is one of the Neo-Gothic châteaux fantastiques near Yalta; it was built in 1912..

Swallow's Nest is a mock-medieval castle near Yalta, in Crimea, Ukraine. It was built between 1911–1912 near Gaspra, on top of 40-meter (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff, to a Neo-Gothic design by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood. The castle overlooks Ai–Todor cape of the Black Sea, accessible from the Atlantic Ocean, and is located near the remnants of the Roman castrum of Charax. Swallow's Nest is one of the most spectacular visitor attractions in Crimea.
Photo credit: Dmytro S.

Great image of a famous attraction in Crimea. —dima /talk/ 17:34, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lviv Old Town

View of Lviv Old Town from the High Castle.

Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine, the administrative center of Lviv Oblast, and is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. The city is home to many industries and institutions of higher education such as the Lviv University and the Lviv Polytechnic. It has a philharmonic orchestra and the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater. The historic city centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and has many architectural wonders and treasures. Lviv celebrated its 750th anniversary in September of 2006.
Photo credit: Lewa

Great panoramic view of the Lviv Old Town. —dima /talk/ 19:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pochayiv Lavra

Interiour view of the Pochayiv Lavra in Ukraine.

Pochayiv Lavra of the Assumption of the Theotokos has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological centre of various Orthodox denominations in Western Ukraine. The monastery tops a 60-metre hill in the town of Pochayiv, Ternopil Oblast, 18 km southwest of Kremenets and 50 km north of Ternopil.
Photo credit: Sergiy Klymenko

Definitely worth placing on the portal... excellent image including large view of the Pochayiv Lavra. —dima /talk/ 21:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Support strongly. Also note that the watermark is barely visible. Another plus. --Irpen 03:49, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chernivtsi

The square in front of the theater in Chernivtsi.

Chernivtsi is a historic city in the Northern Bukovina region of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernivtsi Oblast (province), and is also designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast. Chernivtsi is a major point of railway and highway crossings in the region, and also has an airport. The city is considered to have an illustrious history as one of Romania's greatest cultural and educational centres. In May 1999, Romania opened its consulate general in the city.
Photo credit: User:Davidley

I don't remember having any Bukovyna-region related pictures, and this one looks good. —dima/s-ko/ 01:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle

View on lower fortress of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle.

Kamianets-Podilskyi is a city located on the Smotrich River in western Ukraine. Formerly the administrative center of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) within the Khmelnytsky Oblast (province), after the administrative center of the oblast was moved from the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi to the city of Khmelnytskyi in the 1941. The city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
Photo credit: Petro Vlasenko

The castle is a major historic as well as tourist attraction in Western Ukraine. Other images of the castle are also available for selection. —dima/s-ko/ 03:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Potemkin Stairs

Potemkin Stairs in Odessa, Ukraine. The higher perspective allows a person to see both the stairs and landings.

The Potemkin Stairs is a giant stairway in Odessa, Ukraine. The stairs are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odessa. The stairs were originally known as the Boulevard steps, the Giant Staircase, or the Richelieu steps. The top step is 12.5 meters (41 feet) wide, and the lowest step is 21.7 meters (70.8 feet) wide. The staircase is 27 meters high, and extends for 142 meters, but it gives the illusion of greater length. The stairs were so well designed that they create an optical illusion. A person looking down the stairs sees only the landings, and the steps are invisible, but a person looking up sees only steps, and the landings are invisible.
Photo credit: Dezidor

No pictures of Odessa yet, so this is a great one to begin with. —dima/s-ko/ 04:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Streets of Mukacheve

Streets of Mukacheve in the old part of town.

The Mukacheve is a city located in the valley of the Latorytsia River in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Today, the city is a rail terminus on a railway line and highway junction. The majority of the city's population consists of Ukrainian and Rusyns with a significant minority of Hungarians and Jews.
Photo credit: Alex Zelenko

Good picture (IMO) of the old part of town, of course there are more that we can choose from here: Commons:Category:Mukacheve —dima/s-ko/ 03:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Nice, I may have some as well, if so I'll post them up.--Riurik ^(discuss) 05:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Past selected pictures

St Andrew's Church of Kiev (1749–1854)	Lilacs in the Kiev Botanical Garden, with Vydubychi Monastery and the Left Bank of Kiev in the background. Photo taken and copyright by R. Lezhoev.	St Michael's wooden church (1777), from the Shelestove village, is a classic example of Lemko architecture. The church is now located in the Uzhhorod Museum of Folk Architecture and Life.	Dnieper Hydroelectric Station as seen from Khortytsia island near Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Celebration of 750th anniversary in Lviv, Ukraine at Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater	Trinity Church and Monastery in Chernihiv, Ukraine	The Crimean Mountains in Crimea near the city of Alushta.	A wooden bridge leads to the entrance to the Khomutovska Steppe in Donetsk Oblast.
Streets of Mukacheve in the old part of town.	Potemkin Stairs in Odessa, Ukraine. The higher perspective allows a person to see both the stairs and landings.	View on lower fortress of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle.	The square in front of the theater in Chernivtsi.
View of Lviv Old Town from the High Castle.	Interiour view of the Pochayiv Lavra in Ukraine.	The Swallow's Nest is one of the Neo-Gothic châteaux fantastiques near Yalta; it was built in 1912.

[edit] Rotation

Please place links to other featured image candidates here, so that we san start rotating the image at the frontpage. Irpen 06:50, May 29, 2005 (UTC)

Riurik, thanks for remembering to rotate the pic. The current pic you chose is good IMO. Please always remember to take into account not only how interesting the image is but also the quality of the photographic work. However interesting, I don't think we need poor quality images at the fron page. This image I think is excellent in both content and quality. --Irpen 05:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Agree, it's the two rabbits guideline: content and quality. Unfortunately, there is a scarcity of those photographs (excluding those of the capital and Odessa).--Riurik ^(discuss) 05:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)