Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Friendship of Nations Monument
A huge Soviet realist monument under a tin rainbow
in Kyiv. (
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Jewish Sites
Cemeteries, former synagogues, 19th-century
shtetls
(villages) and tombs can be found
across Ukraine but the holocaust left few Jews to tend to them.
Uman
The tomb of Rabbi Nachman draws thousands of pilgrims at Jewish New Year.
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Berdychiv
The highlight here is the tomb of Levi Yitzhak set amid toppling, Hebrew-in-
scribed graves. (
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Sharhorod
One of the region's best preserved
shtetls.
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Dnipropetrovsk
Check out east Ukraine's best Jewish museum. (
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Museums
Most of Ukraine's museums are threadbare, underfunded affairs; however, there are
some quirky exceptions.
Museum of One Street
Relates the story of Kyiv's Andriyivsky uzviz in a delightful jumble
of knick-knacks. (
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Korolyov Cosmonaut Museum
A blast off from the Soviet space program past. (
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Nuclear Missile Museum
See how close the world was to obliteration at this former nuc-
lear missile launch site. (
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Chornobyl Museum
Tells the horrific story of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (
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Pysanky Museum
The yoke's on you if you miss this folksy museum housed in a huge
painted egg. (
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