WebAfter the death of the Lithuanian prince Vytautas (Vitovt) in 1430, Podolia was incorporated into Podolian Voivodeship of the Polish Crown, with the exception of its eastern part, the Province of Bratslav, which remained with Lithuania until its union with Poland in the Union of Lublin of 1569. From 1672, Podolia became part of the Ottoman Empire, when and …

WebThe museum is the part of the Radomysl Castle historical and cultural complex. It was founded by Olga Bogomolets. Population. The current estimated population of the oblast is 1,268,903 (as of 2013). Zhytomyr Oblast is the most important center of the Polish minority in Ukraine, which numbers 49,000 locally.

WebIkona (gr. εἰκών eikón „obraz”) – obraz sakralny powstały w kręgu kultury bizantyńskiej, wyobrażający postacie świętych, sceny z ich życia, sceny biblijne lub liturgiczno-symboliczne, charakterystyczny dla chrześcijańskich Kościołów wschodnich, w tym prawosławnego i greckokatolickiego.Pierwowzorem ikon były (prawdopodobnie, …

WebThe oblast is located in the central part of the Right Bank Ukraine and borders seven other administrative oblasts of Ukraine. Along the southwest of the oblast the Dniester river passes. A 202 km (126 mi) long section of the state border with Moldova.. The Vinnytsia oblast has appreciable mineral deposits and other exploitable raw materials.

WebPidhirtsi Castle (Ukrainian: Підгорецький замок; Polish: zamek w Podhorcach) is a residential castle-fortress located in the village of Pidhirtsi in Lviv Oblast western Ukraine, located eighty kilometers east of Lviv.. It was constructed by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan between 1635–1640 by order of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's Grand …

WebA beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young. Though the word beehive is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes nest from hive.Nest is used to discuss colonies that house themselves in natural or artificial cavities or are …

WebKyiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Ки́ївська о́бласть, romanized: Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna (Ukrainian: Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine.It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is a self-governing city with special status.The administrative center of the oblast is in Kyiv city, the capital of Ukraine, despite ...

WebThe Khotyn Fortress (Ukrainian: Хотинська фортеця, Polish: twierdza w Chocimiu, Turkish: Hotin Kalesi, Romanian: Cetatea Hotinului) is a fortification complex located on the right bank of the Dniester River in Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine.It is situated on a territory of the historical northern Bessarabia region which was split in 1940 between …

WebThe Swallow's Nest (Ukrainian: Ластівчине гніздо, Lastivchyne Hnizdo, Russian: Ласточкино гнездо, Lastochkino gnezdo) is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka, in the Crimean Peninsula.It was built between 1911 and 1912, on top of the 40-metre-high (130 ft) Aurora Cliff, in a Neo-Gothic design by the …

WebKamianets-Podilskyi Castle (Ukrainian: Кам'янець-Подільська фортеця; Polish: twierdza w Kamieńcu Podolskim) is a former Ruthenian-Lithuanian castle and a later three-part Polish fortress located in the historic city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, in the historic region of Podolia in the western part of the country. Its name is attributed to the root word …