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Krasna Square
Krasna Square ( uk, Красна площа, ''Krasna ploshcha''; literally translated as "Beautiful Square") is the main public square located in the city of Chernihiv, Ukraine. History From the Kievan Rus' era up until the 20th century, the square served as the city’s main trade center, featuring numerous stalls and small shops. Today, the square houses many cultural and administrative institutions, including the city's Opera and Drama Theatre. According to archaeologists and historians, the location of the Suburbs, where the square has been found today, was the main bargain of the city in the time of Russia. Later, when Chernihiv, after the convenience of the orders, decreased in size, trade took place on the territory of the fortress, after its liquidation, in 1799, again moved to the area, which before the secularization in 1786 of the Pyatnytsya convent was referred to as Pyatnytske Pole. In 1806, when the city square was erected on the territory of the new square accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty
Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes these objects pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, one of the major branches of philosophy. As a positive aesthetic value, it is contrasted with ugliness as its negative counterpart. Along with truth and goodness it is one of the transcendentals, which are often considered the three fundamental concepts of human understanding. One difficulty in understanding beauty is because it has both objective and subjective aspects: it is seen as a property of things but also as depending on the emotional response of observers. Because of its subjective side, beauty is said to be "in the eye of the beholder". It has been argued that the ability on the side of the subject needed to perceive and judge beauty, sometimes referred to as the "sense of taste", can be trained and that the verdicts of experts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books. History Early years Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarked on an overland trip through Europe and Asia to Australia, following the route of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition. The company name originates from the misheard "lovely planet" in a song written by Matthew Moore. Lonely Planet's first book, ''Across Asia on the Cheap'', had 94 pages; it was written by the couple in their home. The original 1973 print run consisted of stapled booklets with pale blue cardboard covers. Tony returned to Asia to write ''Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip'', published in 1975. Expansion The Lonely Planet guide book series initially expanded to cover other countries in Asia, with the India guide book in 1981, and expanded to rest of the world later on. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernihiv
Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Geography Chernihiv stands on the Desna River to the north-north-east of Kyiv. The area was served by Chernihiv Shestovytsia Airport prior to 2002, and during the Cold War it was the site of Chernihiv air base. History Etymology The name "Chernihiv" is a compound name, which begins with the root 'Cherni/Cherno,' which means "black" in Slavic. Scholars vary with interpretations of the second part of the name ("hiv"/gov", "говъ") though scholars such as Dr. Martin Dimnik, Professor of Medieval History at University of Toronto, connect Cerhnihov with the worship of "the black god" Chernibog. Early history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia'' (Penguin, 1995), p.14–16.Kievan Rus Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, and Finnic, it was ruled by the , fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myru Avenue, Chernihiv
Myru Avenue ( uk, Проспект Миру) is a street in central Chernihiv. It starts from the southern outskirts of Chernihiv and Red Square. Extends north through the city to the city limits. Many streets and alleys adjoin the avenue. The beginning of the avenue passes through the center of Chernihiv, so there are many boutiques, several shopping centers, many cafes, restaurants, hotels "Ukraine" and "Gradetsky". In the area of visiting "Ukraine" Peace Avenue is transformed from Victory Avenue, another major highway in Chernihiv. Description The avenue is very wide in the center, 4 lanes in each direction, for any length (from "Ukraine" to ZAZ), equipped with wires for trolleybuses. In the central part of the city there are 2 parks on the avenues - the Alley of Heroes and the Central Park. From Hradetsky to the end - 2 lanes on each side. The beginning of the name was Lenin Street until 2021. History This street is first mentioned in documents of the XVIII century. Then it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernihiv City Council
Chernihiv City Council ( uk, Чернігівська міська рада) administrative-territorial unit in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine; local government body. The administrative center is the city of Chernihiv]. History On October 15, 1932, a city council was established within the Chernihiv region. On December 22, 1973, two districts were formed as part of the City Council: Desnyansky and Novozavodskaya, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 22, 1973 In 1999, the villages of Chernihiv district Pevtsy and Aleksandrovka, part of the village Novoselovka (Novoselovsky village council) with a total area of 513.4 hectares were included in the Desnyansky district of Chernihiv City Council, Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Chernihiv region) from July 8, 1999 № 872-14. Also in 1999, 50.7 hectares of the territory of the Soviet-Sloboda village council (Zarechny and Astra microdistricts) and 160.2 hectares of the Shestovitsky vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shchors Cinema
Shchors cinema ( uk, Дом кинотеатра имени Н. А. Щорса ), was a theater in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The house of the NA Shchors cinema is an architectural monument of local significance in Chernihiv. The building housed the Chernihiv Regional Youth Center. Description Together with other buildings, it forms the architectural ensemble of Red Square. Brick, 2-storey, L-shaped house in plan. The facade faces east to Magistratskaya Street and Red Square. The facade on the entrance side has a rounded corner. The axis of symmetry of the main facade is accentuated by a 10-column portico of the central entrance. The portico is crowned with an attic. A cylindrical volume rises along the central axis of the façade above the roof. The facade is decorated with pilasters. The ends of the building end in gables. History In 1939, a cinema building was built. At the time of opening it was the best equipped cinema and became the third in the city ("First Soviet Cinema", "Komso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Desna In Chernihiv
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre (with computers, printers, and other office equipment), childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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