The popular American online edition BuzzFeed has selected 22 photos by looking at which you’ll be inspired to visit Ukraine and will love it at a glance.
The author attracts special attention to beautiful landscapes, mountains, ancient temples, and century-old monasteries and fortresses.
We, Ukrainians, know how beautiful our country is but we offer you to enjoy its beauty once again and see how BuzzFeed sees it and shows the world.
1. The sky has the color that most people only see in their dreams.
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Carpathian National Nature Park
2. The landscape looks like the flag of Ukraine brought to life.
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Somewhere in Kherson oblast (region)
3. The photos of these rolling hills and mountains look so beautiful that it is difficult to believe in their reality.
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View of Ukrainian mountains Petros and HoverlaPhoto by Wikimedia Ukraine
4. Everything touched by the natural light looks angelic.
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Hoverla, the highest mountain in Ukraine
5. Green has never looked more beautiful.
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City Sudak, Crimea
Note: Russia annexed Crimea, but the move is not internationally recognized.
6. Mountains in Ukraine are of unreal beauty.
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Zakarpattia oblast (region)
7. With age, churches reveal their true and pure beauty more.
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Vozdvyzhenska church, city Ternopil
8. The nights look really picturesque, like a painting that comes to life.
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Village Berezhnytsia, Rivnenska oblast (region)
9. Ukrainian monasteries look like palaces.
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Monastery of St. Mykolai in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia oblast (region)
10. Churches also look divine.
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Saint Pantaleon Church, Shevchenkove, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast (region)
11. Ukrainian fortresses look fascinating.
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Khotyn Fortress, Chernivetska oblast (region)
12. Some castles look like no other and are so magnificent.
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Dubno Castle, Rivnenska oblast (region)
13. These colors captivate the eye.
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The Holy Mountains Lavra, Donetsk oblast (region)
Note: Travel to the region is discouraged due to the military conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
14. Ukraine has many talented artists creating works of art that surpass all expectations.
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Church of the Three Saints, city Chernivtsi
15. Ukrainian fortresses look as if they stepped from the pages of fairy tales.
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Akkerman Fortress, Odessa oblast (region)
16. And Ukrainian opera houses could pass for houses of princesses.
Jorge Láscar CC BY / Via Flickr: jlascar
The Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian National Opera House
17. Kyiv’s colors are beyond lovely.
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Kyiv
18. National parks of Ukraine enchant with their natural beauty.
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Regional landscape park “Granite-steppe lands of Buh”, Mykolaiv oblast (region)
19. Remote places are no less picturesque.
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Somewhere near Sviatohirsk Cave Monastery
20. Ukrainian rock formations look grandiose.
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Yalta Mountain Forest Reserve, Crimea
21. Sometimes it seems impossible to embrace all the beauty Ukraine has.
Jason Rogers CC BY / Via Flickr: restlessglobetrotter
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle, Khmelnytskyi oblast (region)
22. The nature of Ukraine becomes even more beautiful if you see it from a bird’s eye view.
Dieter Zirnig CC BY-NC / Via Flickr: sugarmeloncom
Swallow’s Nest, the Crimean Peninsula
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