Seven Wonders of Ukraine

The Seven Wonders of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Сім чудес України [ˈsʲim tʃʲuˈdes ukraˈjinɪ]) are the seven historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine, which were chosen in the Seven Wonders of Ukraine contest held in July, 2007. The voting consisted of two parts: experts in Ukraine voted for their seven best sites, and internet users voted for their seven favorite sites on the official website.

1 Overview
2 Organization committee
- 2.1 Partners
3 Selection
4 Seven Wonders of Ukraine
5 Special nominations
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Overview

The initiative was started by the one of the current deputy chairman of Verkhovna Rada Mykola Tomenko under the motto "Piznai Ukrainu!" (Discover Ukraine). The initiative was a continuation of numerous preceding public actions that took place in various regions of Ukraine such as "Kupala's games at the native land of Hohol" (Poltava region), "Starry autumn in Kachanivka" (Chernihiv region), "Let's discover island Khortutsia" (Zaporizhia region), "Maslyana in Bukovyna" (Chernivtsi region), "Amber legends of Rivne region", "Day of Europe at the native land of Lesya Ukrainka" (Volyn region), and others.

The next stage of the initiative was the organization of the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine in 2008.

Organization committee

Among the other members of the organization committee were

Andriy Pakhlya (head of State Service of tourism and vacation resorts),
parliamentarian Oleksandr Volkov (5th convocation of VR),
Kiev city politician Oleksandr Bryhynets,
deputy head of parliamentary committee Yuri Artymenko
head of Vekhovna Rada subcommittee Volodymyr Kurinny,
chief-editor of "Mandry" magazine Volodymyr Ilchenko,
general director of Ukrainian TV-channel ICTV Oleksandr Bohutsky,
dean of historic department of Kiev University Viktor Kolesnyk,
president of the National Radio company of Ukraine Viktor Nabrusko,
rector of the National university Ostroh Academy Ihor Pasichnyk
National actress of Ukraine Nataliya Sumska
Distinguished actress of Ukraine Anzhelika Rudnytska
rector of Donetsk National University Volodymyr Shevchenko
chief-editor of informational agency UNIAN Oleksandr Kharchenko

Partners

Tut i tam - site of the tourism gourmands
"For Kyiv" - internet-portal
"Mandry" magazine
National Radio company of Ukraine
"UNIAN" information agency
ICTV - television channel

Selection

Local and provincial (oblast) authorities composed a list of 1,000 possible candidates. An expert council consisting of 100 people, including culturologists, historians, and tourist specialists, chose a list of 21 candidates from which people on the internet could vote.

Voting on the 21 possible candidates was opened on July 7, 2007.^[1] A total of around 77,000 internet users voted in the campaign.^[2] The voting was closed on August 21, 2007 and the results were officially announced on the same day.^[3] The campaign was initiated in May 2007 by Mykola Tomenko a Ukrainian politician and the deputy of the Parliament of Ukraine of the fifth convocation.

Each manager of a winning nomination was awarded a statue of their candidate made out of green marble, matte steel, and gold-mirror acrylic paint.^[4]