Ukraine ~ Elsewhere « Roads Less Traveled Photography

Break on Through (To the Other Side)

Seen at the Kiev Sea/Reservoir north of Kiev, early October 2011.

Bears Statue

Bears Statue, seen at the Karpati Sanatorium, outside Mukachevo, Ukraine.

Done in a painted style.

Old Doors, Uzhgorod Castle

Seen at Uzhgorod Castle, Uzhgorod Ukraine.

Uzhhorod or Uzhgorod (Ukrainian and Russian: Ужгород; Rusyn: Уґоград, Ужгород or Унґвар; Hungarian: Ungvár; Slovak: Užhorod; German: Ungwar, Ungarisch Burg; Yiddish: אונגװאר , translit. Ungver or Ingver, Polish: Ujgorod) is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It [...]

Statue of Jelena Zrinska and Frances II Rakoczi

Jelena Zrinska (mother) and Frances II Rakoczi (son).

Seen at Palanok Castle, Mukachevo, Ukraine

Francis II Rákóczi (Hungarian: II. Rákóczi Ferenc, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈraːkoːtsi ˈfɛrɛnts]; 27 March 1676 in Borsi, Royal Hungary – 8 April 1735 in Tekirdağ, Ottoman Empire) Hungarian aristocrat,[1] he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in [...]

Red Square, Chernigov Ukraine

A panorama view of Red Square in Chernigov, Ukraine. Yes, it’s still called that!

Old Castle Wall, Uzhgorod

After the arrival of the Hungarians, the small town began to extend its borders. In 1241–1242 the Tatars of Batu Khan burnt the settlement. In the early 14th century Uzhhorod showed strong resistance to the new Hungarian rulers of the Anjou dynasty. From 1318 for 360 years, the Drugeths (Italian counts) owned the town. [...]