Слава Україні!

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Our hearts are with the Ukrainian people in these crazy times and our wish is that we may once again visit their extraordinary country in peace and love. Here in the meanwhile are some photos from our trip to Ukraine and its glorious capital Kyiv in 2004:

Kyiv, Gorodetsky House ‘of the Chimaeras’. in front of which Zelensky broadcasts to world media. The amazing sculptures are by Emilio Sala who was born in Milan.
Kyiv. Saint Michael’s church and monastery. Rebuilt in the 1990’s after having been demolished by Soviet Russia in 1934.
Kyiv, Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Kyiv, Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Kyiv. Panteleimon the Persian cat who frequented a restaurant by the city’s Great Gate
Kyiv, Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Kyiv. Cossack hero Mamay with his horse.
Kyiv metro. Now in use as an air-raid shelter
Children’s memorial at Babi Yar, scene of the massacre of over 30,000 Jewish people by the Nazis in 1941 and remembered in Yevtushenko’s poem set to music by Shostakovich in his 13th symphony.
Kyiv, Church of Saint Andrew. Architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli from Florence
Kyiv, Andriivsky Descent
Kyiv, Maidan Nezalezhnosti

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