Ukraine; The Bradt Travel Guide

by Andrew Evans

• ISBN13: 9781841620848
• ISBN10: 184162084X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Summary

Ukraine is a country of diverse charms: from the 'museum city' of Kamyanets-Podilsky to the pristine nature reserves in the Carpathians and Crimea. Be captivated by fanciful churches, imposing fortresses, and a landscape dotted with fields of sunflowers and undisturbed woodland.

Author Biography

Andrew Evans, postgraduate of Russian and East European Studies from Oxford University, spent two years living in Ukraine shortly after the country gained its independence. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the study of Ukrainian folk culture, music, dance, art, and religion. He travels back to Ukraine regularly and writes numerous articles. He was shortlisted in the Bradt-BBC Wildlife Travel Writing Competition of 2002.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. VII
General Information	p. 1
The Country	p. 3
Geography	p. 3
Climate	p. 4
Population	p. 4
Administration	p. 4
Government	p. 5
International relations	p. 6
Economy	p. 7
Conservation and natural history	p. 10
History	p. 13
Ancient history	p. 13
Early civilisations	p. 14
Kievan Rus	p. 16
The Golden Horde	p. 18
Lithuania and Poland	p. 18
The Cossacks	p. 19
Little Russia and the Russian Empire	p. 21
The revolution in Ukraine	p. 25
Civil war	p. 26
Soviet Ukraine	p. 28
Perestroika	p. 31
Early independence	p. 32
The Orange Revolution	p. 33
The Ukrainians	p. 35
People	p. 35
Language	p. 35
Culture	p. 37
Beliefs and religion	p. 41
Holidays	p. 46
Face to face with Ukrainian culture	p. 47
Preparations	p. 51
When to visit	p. 51
Highlights and itineraries	p. 51
Public holidays	p. 53
Tour operators	p. 53
Red tape	p. 55
Getting there and away	p. 57
Health	p. 62
Crime and safety	p. 67
What to take	p. 71
Electricity	p. 73
Toilets	p. 74
Money and budgeting	p. 74
Travelling in Ukraine	p. 77
Travel culture in Ukraine	p. 77
Getting around	p. 79
Accommodation	p. 86
Eating and drinking	p. 91
The banya	p. 95
Arts and entertainment	p. 96
Shopping	p. 98
Media and communications	p. 100
Business	p. 102
Travelling with children in Ukraine	p. 102
The Guide	p. 105
Kiev	p. 107
History	p. 110
Getting there and away	p. 112
Getting around	p. 116
Local tour operators	p. 119
Where to stay	p. 120
Where to eat	p. 126
Entertainment and nightlife	p. 133
Shopping	p. 137
Other practicalities	p. 138
What to see and do	p. 142
Churches and holy sites	p. 147
Museums	p. 155
Parks	p. 157
Outside Kiev	p. 158
Polissya	p. 159
Getting around	p. 159
Chernihiv	p. 159
Chernobyl	p. 163
Zhytomyr	p. 166
Berdychiv	p. 167
Podillya	p. 171
Getting around	p. 172
Vinnytsya	p. 172
Uman	p. 177
Kamyanets-Podilsky	p. 179
Khmelnytsky	p. 185
Galicia & Volhynia	p. 189
History	p. 191
Getting around	p. 191
Lviv	p. 192
Drohobych	p. 212
Truskavets	p. 212
Ternopil	p. 213
Pochayiv	p. 216
Volhynia	p. 217
Lutsk	p. 218
Rivne	p. 221
The Carpathians	p. 225
The mountains	p. 226
Flora and fauna	p. 226
Practicalities	p. 228
Ivano-Frankivsk	p. 229
Yaremche	p. 234
Carpathian National Nature Park	p. 238
Tatariv	p. 238
Vorokhta	p. 239
Bukovel	p. 239
The Chornohora range	p. 240
Yasinya	p. 244
Rakhiv	p. 245
The Carpathian Biosphere Reserve	p. 246
Verkhovyna	p. 246
Kosiv	p. 248
Sheshory	p. 248
Kolomiya	p. 248
The Gorgany range	p. 250
Bukovina	p. 252
Transcarpathia	p. 260
The Black Sea	p. 269
Getting around	p. 269
Odessa	p. 269
Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky	p. 289
The Dnistr and Danube delta	p. 290
Mykolayiv	p. 291
Kherson	p. 292
Crimea	p. 299
History	p. 299
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea	p. 302
Simferopol	p. 303
Yevpatoria	p. 311
Bakhchisarai	p. 313
Sevastopol	p. 319
Balaclava	p. 328
Cape Aiya	p. 330
The south coast	p. 331
Yalta	p. 331
Yalta to Foros	p. 342
Yalta to Alushta	p. 345
Alushta	p. 347
Demerdzhi	p. 349
Feodosiya	p. 349
Kerch	p. 355
The Dnepr	p. 359
Getting around	p. 359
Cherkassy	p. 360
Kaniv	p. 361
Kremenchuk	p. 361
Kirovohrad	p. 362
Dnepropetrovsk	p. 365
Zaporizhzhya	p. 372
Donbas	p. 381
History	p. 381
Getting around	p. 382
Donetsk	p. 382
Slavyanogorsk	p. 391
Mariupol	p. 391
Luhansk	p. 392
Sloboda	p. 395
Getting around	p. 395
Kharkiv	p. 395
Poltava	p. 413
Mirgorod	p. 416
Sumy	p. 417
Language	p. 420
Further Information	p. 427
Index	p. 432
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