Ukraine, a democracy of 44 million people, continues to experience a devastating attack. As the world uneasily watches the 8th day of the Russian invasion, people and nations are uniting like never before, sending support and condemning this unjustified war.

Sitting in the heart of Europe, Ukraine celebrated its 30 years of independence last year. While it may seem like a young state, it has a thousand-year history. Throughout this period, it has formed a powerful and resilient nation. Citizens there developed a strong sense of national identity, showing devotion and love to its culture, traditions, architecture, communities, and beyond.

Today, brave defenders are fighting for the future of this country, and we want to showcase all of Ukraine’s unique beauty. That’s why Bored Panda scoured the internet and collected some of the most gorgeous and breathtaking pictures that capture what an incredible land it really is. Continue scrolling, upvote the ones you liked most, and share your thoughts in the comments!

#1 Kyiv, Ukraine

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#2 Spring In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#3 Kyiv, Vozdvizhenka District, September 2020

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#4 Kyiv, Ukraine

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#5 Pripyat, Ukraine

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#6 An Unusual Tunnel "Fairy Tale" In Odessa, Ukraine

#7 The Love Tunnel, Ukraine

#8 Revival Mural In Kyiv

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#9 Freedom Is Our Religion. Kyiv, 2017

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#10 Found This Amazing Building While Visiting Kyiv, Ukraine

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#11 One Of The Two Halls Of Parting, Memory Park (Kyiv) Ukraine. Built In 1968–1981

Architect: A. Miletsky concept, design, architectural plastic copyright modeling of the wall of remembrance by artists Ada Rybachuk and Vladimir Melnichenko

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#12 Church In Voevodyno, Transcarpathia, Ukraine

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#13 Stanislav Grand Canyon In Kherson Moutains, Ukraine

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#14 "Keep In Touch". Popasna, Donbass, Ukraine

When I asked the kids what was the meaning of this painting, they mostly answered that it spoke about love.

In Popasna, the war divides people, not only geographically but also in their convictions. This wall is a tribute to the children of Popasna who manage to stay together despite the adults' madness. 

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#15 Soviet-Era Architectural Features In Kyiv - Does Anyone Know What These Features Symbolised?

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#16 Peaceful Kyiv

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#17 Staryi Solotvyn, Zhytomyr Region

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#18 Maidan Square In Kyiv

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#19 Church Of St. Nicholas On The Water

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#20 Odessa, Ukraine

The interesting fact about this place is that you can swim here with the dolphins. The dolphinarium in the hotel is always a plus, I discovered an additional attraction - flying a drone with seagulls.

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#21 Pillow Sculpture In Kyiv

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#22 Vozdvizhenka - A Pearl Of Kyiv. The Elite Micro District Of The City. Each Element And Color Perfectly Refined, They Show A Real Rainbow

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#23 Lviv Theatre Of Opera And Ballet

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#24 Darnitsky Bridge In Kyiv

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#25 Evening Kyiv With Motherland Statue In Background

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#26 Illuminating Photo I Took On A Trip To Lviv, Ukraine

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#27 Motherland Monument In Kyiv, Ukraine (102m - Taller Than Statue Of Liberty). Museum Of WW2 Inside

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#28 Kyiv, October Of 2021

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#29 House Of Scientists - Lviv, Ukraine

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#30 Colorful Kyiv

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#31 Vozdvyzhenka, Kyiv - A Neighborhood Of ‘Luxury’ 19th Century European Style Apartments That Were Built In The 21st Century

When the picture was taken back in 2017, they were mostly still unoccupied due to the high price and low demand.

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#32 Christmas Tree At Sofiyivska Square In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#33 Kyiv's "Eiffel Tower"

In 2014, Kievgorstroy has built a 16-meter copy of the Eiffel Tower in the French Quarter. That is almost 20 times smaller than the famous building, but, nevertheless, very similar to the original.

The Eiffel Tower in Kyiv can be reached by reaching the Lybidska metro station. 

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#34 Just A Metro Station In Kyiv

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#35 Motherland Monument On The Top Of Hill In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#36 Arriving In Chernivtsi, You Can’t Help But Walk Along This Central Street, Drink Coffee And Eat Here, You Can Also Take Off Directly From The Terraces And Take It All Off

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#37 Beautiful Lviv

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#38 The Beauty Of Ukrainian Architecture

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#39 Architectural Face Of Kyiv 1960-1980: Familiar To The Eye, But In Some Ways Spectacular, In Some Ways Unique, Or Even Absurd Buildings

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#40 House With Chimaeras In Kyiv, Ukraine

House with Chimaeras or Horodecki House - designed by Władysław Horodecki in 1901 in the Art Nouveau style. Due to his detailed architecture, Horodecki was known as the Antoni Gaudí of Kyiv. 

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#41 Potemkin Stairs In Odessa

Potemkin Stairs - 192 steps connecting the port with the center, are the entrance gate to the city and are also the most recognizable showcase of Odessa. Standing at their foot, you cannot see their end, in a word, a long staircase.

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#42 Pidhoretskyi Castle, Lviv Region, Ukraine

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#43 Add Bright Colors For A Good Mood. Lviv National Academic Opera And Ballet Theatre

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#44 Warm Autumn Day In Lviv

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#45 Lviv. Ukraine Is Beautiful

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#46 Radomysl Castle, Zhytomyr Region

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#47 Baroque Kyiv, Ukraine

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#48 Maidan Square, Kyiv, Ukraine

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#49 Lviv, Ukraine

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#50 Ukraine, Kyiv

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#51 Dnipro, Ukraine

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#52 Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine

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#53 Misty Morning In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#54 Kyiv, Ukraine. St. Nicholas Cathedral

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#55 Kyiv, Ukraine. There Was No Wind, So The Reflection Is Almost Perfect

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#56 Tramway In Odessa, Ukraine

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#57 Motherland Monument. Kyiv, Ukraine

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#58 "Peace To Ukraine" Mural In Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture Taken In July 2015

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#59 Tunnel Of Love, Ukraine

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#60 Old Wooden House In A Forest. Ukraine, The Forest Next To Zbrui Village

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#61 Vozdvyzhenka Is Like A Palette: Even Brighter When It's Cloudy

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#62 This Street Looks Like LEGO And I Love It

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#63 Enjoy New Kyiv Murals And Street Art

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#64 My Beautiful City Kyiv

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#65 St. Nicholas Cathedral, Kyiv, A Few Days Ago

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#66 At The Top Of Mount Hoverla. Very Windy And Cold, But Still Incredibly Beautiful

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#67 People's Friendship Arch In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#68 To Lighten Up The Mood A Bit About Ukraine. Here Are Some Pictures I Took While Visiting Ukraine

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#69 The Yablonovsky-Brunytsky Palace In Pidhirtsi Near Stryi. And This Is The First Palace In The Lviv Region, Which Is Not Restored At Public Expense

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#70 Decoration Of The Lutheran Street, Kyiv

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#71 City Geometry

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#72 "Owls Are Not What They Seem" (Twin Peaks)

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#73 "Golden Gate" Is One Of The Most Beautiful Metro Stations Not Only In Ukraine, But Also In Europe

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#74 Something Will Happen In The Sky

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#75 Gothic, Neo-Renaissance And Late Mannerism On The Same Street In The Incredible Lviv

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#76 The Railway Station Of Odessa

The first thing that appeared to my eyes after reaching Odessa. I remember the respect I felt when I looked at this building after leaving the train at 5 a.m., which took me through half of Ukraine. I realized that I am at the other end of Europe, I am surrounded by different realities and a culture different from the one I know every day.

A peculiar mix of excitement and light fear, a distraction that this place will turn out to be, in the face of a homie wandering around Ukraine alone.

Spoiler: Well, it turned out to be a really cordial place, full of contrasts and people who often helped me when I needed that help.

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#77 Admire The Insane Beauty Of The Nature Of The Ukrainian Carpathians

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#78 Beremytske Nature Park In Ukraine

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#79 The City Of Chernivtsi. Cathedral Of The Holy Spirit

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#80 Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Is A Football Stadium In Kyiv, The Home Arena Of The Dynamo Football Club, Named After The Team's Long-Term Coach Valery Lobanovsky

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#81 Vinnitsa, A City That Has Recently Occupied A Top Position In The List Of The Most Comfortable Cities In Ukraine For Living

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#82 Ukraine. Kyiv. Mental Hospital. You Can See Famous Arts On The Wall. And Some Hopeless People In The Windows

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#83 A River Of Houses, Kyiv

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#84 Odessa, Ukraine

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#85 Sunset Near Kyiv, Ukraine. I Took This Photo From The Plane During A Trip There

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#86 This Is In Kyiv, My Favorite Cafe

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#87 Lviv, Ukraine

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#88 Winter At Lviv, Ukraine

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#89 Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Complex

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#90 Sunset In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#91 Uzhgorod, Ukraine

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#92 Autumn In Ukraine

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#93 Modernist Architecture In Lviv, Ukraine

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#94 Soviet Brutalist Architecture In Ukraine

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#95 My Son Took A Picture Of A Little Cottage Near Lviv, Ukraine I Thought You Might Enjoy

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#96 Holodomor Victims Memorial - Kyiv, Ukraine

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#97 Apartment Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine

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#98 The House With Chimeras (Gorodetsky House) In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#99 Kyiv, Ukraine

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#100 St. Anthony Cathedral, Losyach, Ternopil Region, Ukraine

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#101 Kyiv. Vozdvyzhenska Street

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#102 Snow Queen's House

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#103 Hidden Kyiv

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#104 When You Have Been Living In Kyiv For A Long Time, But You Are Still Finding New Places

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#105 Kyiv Street Art

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#106 Street Art In Kyiv

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#107 Kyiv Is Impossible Without Podil

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#108 Vozdvizhenka, Kyiv

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#109 Train Station Of Lviv

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#110 National Museum Of The History Of Ukraine In The Second World War

Memory complex, 1981. Architect: Viktor Yelizarov, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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#111 Beautiful Streets Of Lviv

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#112 Church Of St. John The Theologian In The Village Of Kurylivka, Kharkiv Region. Built Probably In 1625 Or The End Of The XVIII Century, Rebuilt In 1836

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#113 This Upside Down House In The Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine

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#114 Prospekt Svobody 28, Lviv

The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet was constructed between 1897 and 1900. It was built in the classical tradition using forms and details of Renaissance and Baroque architecture, also known as the Viennese neo-Renaissance style.

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#115 Vydubychi Monastery

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#116 Looks Like A Mirage

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#117 St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, Kyiv

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#118 Incredible Chernivtsi

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#119 Kyiv Few Weeks Ago

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#120 Two Times When It Is Most Worthwhile To Go To Tustan - In Early August, When The Knights' Festival Is Held, And In October, When The Forests Around Are Covered With Color

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#121 Evening In Lviv

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#122 Another Perspective - A Different Vision. Lviv Opera

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#123 Morning At The City Of Zaporozhye. Holy Protection Cathedral

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#124 I Remember The Time When It Was Possible To Take Photos Without Tourists In The Frame Near Tustan

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#125 Buki Landscape Park

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#126 Park In Kyiv

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#127 Night Sight Odessa, Ukraine

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#128 Church At Pechersk-Lavra, Kyiv, Ukraine

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#129 St. Sophia's Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine

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#130 Lviv Opera House

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#131 Olympic National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine

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#132 Kyiv, Ukraine

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#133 Lviv, Ukraine

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#134 St Andrew's Church - Kyiv, Ukraine

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#135 Three Eras Of Architecture In Lviv, Ukraine

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#136 Beautiful But Intriguing Place In Kyiv - Vozdvizhenka. Called "The Oligarch’s Ghost Town"⁣ ⁣

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#137 Fabulous Andriyivsky Descent And Vozdvyzhenka

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#138 These Cars Parked In Kyiv, Ukraine Match Colors In The Ukrainian Flag

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#139 Kyiv, Vozdvizhenka, September Of 2021

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#140 How Can I Not Love You Ukraine

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#141 Kyiv In Film

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#142 Statue Of Perun God Of Thunder And War, Kyiv. Erected In 2009 By Ukrainian Followers Of Slavic Native Faith

Starokyivska hill, a place where there was a cult place of Slavic gods in ancient times

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#143 Independence Monument, Kyiv, Ukraine

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#144 Birds And Rabbits Mural In Kyiv

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#145 “Motherland”, Kyiv, Ukraine

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#146 Kyiv, Ukraine In 2020

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#147 Nose. On The Wall. Kyiv

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#148 Visited Kyiv This Weekend. You Have A Beautiful Capital With A Lot Of Character, Which You Frankly Don't Find In Most Of The Rest Of Europe

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#149 Another Beautiful Subway Station In Kyiv. It Is Even More Beautiful As It Looks Like In The Picture

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#150 Evening In Kyiv

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#151 Building Of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

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#152 Sunrise In Kyiv

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#153 Old Towns Always Have A Very Special Spirit. Lviv, Ukraine

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#154 Local Trade Market (Lviv, Ukraine)

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#155 Took This Picture With My Phone In Lviv, Ukraine Few Years Ago

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#156 Odessa, Ukraine

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#157 April Evening In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#158 Zhytomyr, Ukraine

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#159 Sunrise From Window In Kyiv, Ukraine

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#160 One Of My Favourite Building In The City. Dnipro, Ukraine. The Building Was Built Between 1912-13

Architecture by Samuil Vilensky.

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#161 Water Tower In Lviv, Ukraine

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#162 Architecture Of Kyiv

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#163 Just An Office At Kyiv

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#164 This Is A Photo I Took At 5:30 AM In Kyiv

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#165 Colorful Lviv

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#166 Alexander Tereshchenko's Mansion On Leo Tolstoy Street In Kyiv

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#167 National Museum Of Folk Architecture And Life Of Ukraine

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#168 Kyiv, Ukraine

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#169 Visiting Kyiv For The First Time Ever. Your Country Is More Beautiful Than I Ever Could Have Imagined

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#170 South Bridge, Kyiv

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#171 Kyiv, Ukraine

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