Excursions in Eastern Ukraine

The traditions and customs of Ukraine on Shrovetide have come to us from the depths of centuries. Our ancestors celebrated this holiday in the springtime, when nature woke up from a winter dream. The meeting of spring was accompanied by fun festivities, baking of golden pancakes. 

On the spring holidays it was customary to ride horses, go to visit, have fun, cook dumplings and, of course, pancakes, which symbolized the sun, the sun's warmth and power. 

Shrovetide is a farewell to winter and a solemn meeting of a beautiful woman - spring. Her celebration among the Gentiles was associated with the glorification of the Sun God Yarila, and after the adoption of Christianity, she became the last stage of preparation for Lent.

We invite corporate groups in the Poltava region to a unique museum of beer and moonshine! Here you can get acquainted with the traditions of brewing and moonshining, see rare exhibits and taste hops. The museum carefully preserves the history and traditions of our people, instills a culture of drinking.

Oposhnya is one of the most glorious and mighty centers of cultural identity of the Ukrainians, all recognized as the capital of Ukrainian pottery. We invite you to the National Museum-Reserve of Pottery in Opishna, as well as other equally interesting places.

Excursion to the historical and cultural reserve "Svyatogorskaya Svyato-Uspenskaya Lavra" is truly a miracle created by nature and people in an amazingly beautiful place on the banks of the Seversky Donets.

Excursion to Dikanka - Gogolevo is inextricably linked with the name of N.V. Gogol. This popular excursion tour introduces the life and work of Gogol, with the places where he was born, spent his childhood and who lovingly describes in his works. 

The city of Zaporozhye is located on the Dnieper River. He got his name from the Dnieper rapids, through which the sailors had been transported at their own peril in times past. "After all, there is something behind the rapids - that's why Zaporizhzhya" - the residents of the city sentence. 

Both Akhtyrka and Trostyanets can be called without a drop of doubt the pearls of Sloboda Ukraine. Nowadays Akhtyrka is the "oil capital" of Ukraine, a museum of churches in the open air, and Trostyanets is famous first of all for the Trostyanets arboretum, and of course, for the museum of chocolate!

Mirgorod is one of the most famous Ukrainian resorts of mineral waters. The city was founded in 1575 year on the bank of the river Khorol. In the XIX century, Mirgorod acquired the status of a district town of Poltava province. 

"The Dnieper is wonderful in quiet weather, when the forests and mountains full of water are flowing freely and smoothly through the forests ..." The Dnipro River was the name of its favorite city by the locals always. Dnipro, Dnipro - this is the official name received in 2016 this one of the most beautiful cities in Ukraine. 

The territory of the present Sumy region was known even in the times of Kievan Rus and was part of the Pereyaslav princedom. The city of Sumy was founded in the distant 1655 year as a wooden fortress-prison.

Poltava is a soul, the spiritual heart of Ukraine is a city of beauty, talent, inspiration, beautiful at any time of the year, but especially beautiful at the time of flowering gardens. It is inextricably linked with the life and work of many Ukrainian artists of the pen and brush, the Poltava Mova became an example of the Ukrainian literary language.

"Three hundred versts from Kiev rejoice in the sun, Reshetilovka, as if somebody scattered white grain on a towel, rastered it in the hills of its huts." Reshetilovka - the edge of craftsmen, masters, talents.

We invite you to visit the unique corner of the Dnieper region - Petrikovsky krai, which combines a magnificent nature, original folk art and unlimited hospitality. This is a great place to get acquainted with the authentic Ukrainian culture and outdoor recreation.

We are reviving the treasures of Donbass: "Artwinery" is one of the largest enterprises in Eastern Europe for the production of champagne, the salt mines of Soledar at a depth of 288 m, salt lakes and ceramics from Slavyansk.

FLORAMIK PARK is a unique place for your creativity, entertainment and new discoveries!

The tour operator "Navigator Ukraine" opens new directions of industrial tourism! We invite you to Krivoy Rog - a symbol of industrial power and economic potential of our state.

Poltava is one of the most beautiful places in Ukraine. It is especially beautiful in the time of flowering gardens. Poltava is proud of its historical places, outstanding figures, beautiful landscapes, scientific achievements.

In the XNUMXth century, the Zaporozhye Cossacks settled and founded their settlements on the territory of the Wild Field. One of these farms was "Galushkovka", which was part of the Protovchansk palanca of the Zaporozhye Army. A journey across the Dnieper region is a journey into the glorious past of the Ukrainian Cossacks.

The Kremenchug magnetic anomaly, consisting of of the ten deposits of ferruginous quartzites and rich iron ores, was discovered in 1928 by geophysicist Andrei Stronoy, and in the 60-th years of the XX century Poltava ore mining and processing enterprise and the youngest city of Poltava region Komsomolsk-on-the-Dnieper grew here, and more recently Gorishni Plavni

We leave Kharkov several centuries ago - to get acquainted with the measured life of noble manors of the XVIII - XX centuries. All these parks, ponds, pinnacles, sculptures, columns, porticos cause double feelings - romantic nostalgia and the irreversibility of the past ...

Kremenchug - a picturesque city - a port on the Dnieper, was founded in 1550 year as a cordon fortress. According to legend, Kremen was the son of Chuga, the founder of Chuguyev, so the name Kremenchuk came out. But this is only a legend .......

Kharkiv region and Poltava region were connected with each other by pedagogical experiments of the father-founder of Soviet pedagogy A.S. Makarenko. Not far from Poltava in Kovalevka was located with 1920 for 1926 year labor colony for juvenile offenders to them. M. Gorky.