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Get to know Ukraine!

Not all Ukrainians are aware of the fact that Kyiv’s Memorial Museum of World War II is one of the world’s three tallest sculptural compositions and that Europe’s largest cave, called Optymistychna, is located in Ternopil region.

“We want to show that Ukraine is a unique European country,” said the organizers of the cultural-social project called Little-Known Ukraine. The project was initiated by the International Foun­dation of Ukraine’s National Memory and the Obolon Company. According to the president of the foundation, Ihor Yukhnovsky, the goal of the project is to “help Ukrainians as well as citizens of other countries understand the state in which we were fated to be born.”

“There are over 130,000 government-protected historical and cultural monuments in Ukraine,” explained Serhii Blosh­cha­nevych, Obolon’s chairman of the board. “But according to experts, this is not a complete list of Ukraine’s heritage sites, many of which are in bad shape. We want to draw the public’s attention to the question of preserving our national heritage and making Ukraine’s monuments more accessible and interesting for people.”

The project is sponsored by First National Channel’s series on tourism called “Unique Ukraine.” There are plans to produce a guide to little-known historical sites in our country, and a Web page called “Little-Known Ukraine” is already up and running. After registering online, visitors can submit travel stories and pictures of interesting heritage sites. The best travel accounts will be published in the print version of the guide, and the top contributor will win a trip around Ukraine.

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