Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts

29/10/2024

Poppy seed flowers - Odessa, Ukraine


Many of Odesa's buildings have, rather uniquely for a Ukrainian city, been influenced by the Mediterranean style of classical architecture. This is particularly noticeable in buildings built by architects such as the Italian of Odesa Francesco Boffo, who in the early 19th century built a palace and colonnade for the Governor of Odesa, Prince Mikhail Vorontsov, the Potocki Palace and many other public buildings.



 

08/06/2024

An airport painting - Ternopil, Ukraine


Ternopil known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in the west of Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret. Ternopil is one of the major cities in Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. Ternopil is a centre for the light industry, food industry, radio-electronic and construction industries. In the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, a harvester plant and a porcelain factory operated in the city.

EUROPA stamp 2020 - "Ancient postal routes"


 

11/12/2020

The Museum of Shipbuilding and Fleet - Donetsk, Ukraine


The only museum of Shipbuilding in Ukraine is situated in Mykolaiv. The museum exhibition is located in twelve rooms and numbers nearly 3,000 exhibits. Ancient House, where the museum is situated, is a monument of the history and architecture of the late 18th – early 19th century. Built in the style of the ancient Russian classicism, it served as chancery and premises of the main commanders of the Black Sea Fleet during 1794–1900.


 

13/10/2020

Gravity Falls - Kharkiv, Ukraine


For their summer vacation, 12-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are dropped off from their home in Piedmont, California, to the fictitious town of Gravity Falls, Roadkill County, Oregon to spend the summer with their Great Uncle Stan Pines, who runs a tourist trap called the "Mystery Shack". Things are not what they seem in this small town, and with the help of a mysterious journal that Dipper finds in the forest, they begin unraveling the local mysteries.


 

13/07/2020

Marilyn Monroe - Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine


Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's changing attitudes towards sexuality.   
Long after her death, she has continued to be a major icon of pop culture.


12/05/2020

An-32P Firekiller - Kiev, Ukraine


The Antonov AN-32P Firekiller air tanker. Special category type certificate granted on 10 March 1995.   
According to Antonov, a state-owned company in Ukraine, it can carry 8 tons od liquid which translates to about 2,000 gallons. It can be used as a cargo aircraft when not fighting fires.