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trijntjevanderhorst

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Hotel Ukraina

The tallest hotel in Europe.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Rasputin Museum at Yusupov Palace

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Peeing Colors in Kyiv

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

Dampo

Arsenalna Metro Station

The deepest metro station in the world.

SamM

Museum of the Great Patriotic War

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

Added by rmcculloch

Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine

Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Dampo

Golden Gate of Kyiv

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

emmastargirl

Added by emmastargirl

Pripyat, Ukraine

Pripyat Amusement Park

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

Allison

Added by Allison

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Added by Delireus

Sarcophagus of Prince Yaroslav the Wise

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Nicolaï Syadristy’s Micro Miniature Museum

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

Dylan

Holodomor Victims Memorial

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

Added by chernobaevlucy

Kyiv Monastery of the Caves and Microminiature Museum

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

Dylan

House with Chimaeras

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

SamM

Kyiv Institute of Information

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Tatyana Markus Memorial

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Soroca, Moldova

Gypsy Hill

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

Added by Theophania

Masada

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

storvandre

Added by storvandre

Solovetskiy, Russia

Bolshoi Zayatsky Island

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

Dylan

Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

Kaliningrad Oblast

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

hcw2rp

Added by hcw2rp

Tsar Bell

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

ronin