Posts about Russian villages and towns regularly appear on this Internet of yours, leaving a depressing impression: anti-tank roads, crumbling wooden houses and the same toilets, rickety fences, hogweed and burdock to the horizon. In response, the padded jackets languidly snarl, "You might think that your villages look better in Hohland."
Better. That's the thing, which is better! And today I will prove it to you.
Welcome to an excursion to the Ukrainian Ustimovka village, Globinsky district, in Poltava region. This is not some special exhibition village and not a "ruble" for the rich - an ordinary village, and its choice is due solely to the fact that there is a house that my family uses as a summer residence. If you can call "dacha" ordinary country house and 25 acres of garden.
The photo was taken last year, in August. We don't put the pool in May yet :)
Actually, there are few "summer residents" in the village, the vast majority of residents are locals, they live here all year round. The reason is that Ustimovka is not a suburb or a satellite of some large and rich city. The village is located in a remote Ukrainian province - to the capital (Kyiv) - 300 kilometers, to the regional center (Poltava) - 130 km, to the nearest big city(Kremenchug, population 250 thousand) - 35 km.
This long introduction should convince you that the village is the most ordinary Ukrainian village. I spent my whole life in the Poltava region and I assure you that the rest of the villages here look about the same, plus or minus 30%.
So let's start from my house. May 1, noon, +25, partly cloudy. Apricots have faded, cherries are fading, pears and apples are in full bloom.
Please note that cherry-apple trees grow not only in vegetable gardens, but also along the road. As a result, in the summer, children do not have to climb into other people's orchards for apples :) Rather than teach theft from childhood, it is better to make some things publicly available.
In addition to cherries typical of the Poltava region, cypress trees grow along the road in Ustimovka.
Once in the village there was a research station growing new varieties of wheat, and an arboretum with 400 plant species. Now all this is also there, but the station is barely working, and the arboretum is heavily overgrown. However, the passion for impractical, but beautiful trees remained, therefore chestnuts, poplars, cypresses, maples and other crops of no agricultural importance grow along the roads and in the yards.
By the way, when chestnuts and lilacs bloom - it's doubly awesome here.
Go ahead. To the right is the club. I'm not sure if there are "ta-ta-ta-dances" here, but on May 1 they arranged a karaoke club. There is also billiards and performances are held regularly. folk groups In short, the club is alive.
Next to the club there is a monument to the soldiers-liberators, which no one is going to demolish, on the contrary - it is freshly painted, the territory has been cleaned, flowers have been planted.
Exactly the same monuments in good condition stand in all Ukrainian cities and villages. Do not believe the Kremlin propaganda that tells us how monuments and wearing orders with medals are banned here, all this is nonsense. We ban the communist ideology, which led to mass casualties, and demolish monuments to the ghoul Lenin and his followers. The symbols of the Second World War are not affected by these laws.
They feel great and are not going to close, moreover, competition forces them to follow the assortment and cleanliness. Pay attention to the cleanliness of the area in front of the store - no papers, no beer bottles. Yes, and the store is painted, licked, etc. :)
Last look at my cypress street (actually Lenina street, but will be renamed soon) with Pathfinder parked, and at the crossroads in front of the store we turn left.
I don’t know the name of this street, but it is no worse - there is also asphalt here (it is installed throughout the village), neat and painted fences, and the same neat houses. And everything blooms :)
I emphasize once again - these are ordinary houses of ordinary villagers - someone lives better, someone worse, but there is no serious property stratification. In Ustimovka there is not (or I did not find) a single "three-story villa" of visiting citizens; in general, this village is not considered cool due to its remoteness. Estimate how the villages to which city capital is going look like.
We continue the walk. Still the same street, pay attention to the houses on the left and a small "park" on the right.
In fact, this is an "avenue" type, on the sides of this "park" there are two roads. Beautiful, green and there is a place to graze model-looking goats.
Crossroads, street turns right (houses-fences-trees to see)...
And we'll go to the left. Here you don’t even have a street, but a narrow alley. But also paved.
Pay attention to the gas pipe on the left. The whole village is gasified. In general, there are many villages in Ukraine with electricity and gas, maybe even the majority.
We go outside along the arboretum. On the left is the house of a local farmer, on the right are his cows. I was able to build a chic fence for myself, but I can’t repair two holes on the asphalt.
Goats, cows, geese, ducks, chickens - all this is in the village, and this is a plus for us - when we live here in the summer, we buy milk from the villagers for 20 UAH 3-liter jar, eggs for 12 UAH, a dozen, well, etc. .d. Tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, cherries, grapes in our garden. Fresh air(there is no factory within a radius of 30 km), pure water, natural food, beauties around. Who needs those Turkey and Egypt :)
We will not go to the arboretum today, here are last year's photos, if anyone is interested. We go further down the street. The arch on the left is missing the inscription "Arbeit macht frei".
This lane leads to the buildings of the research station, but we will go further, we are interested in the village, not the industrial enterprise. The road along the arboretum soon ends and goes into the fields.
Here we turn left (we are walking along a large square, so all the time to the left), onto the dirt road. Yes, in little-used places there is a primer, but it doesn’t look as terrible as you know where.
No dirt, no garbage, no broken glass, it's a pleasure to run barefoot through such a village :)
Another 200 meters along the dirt road, and again we get to Lenin Street. On the right in the photo is a small children's garden.
Kindergartens and schools are not available in every village. But here it has taken root and even still functions. There is also a school in Ustimovka, but the villagers decided that it would be more profitable to take a bus and take the children to neighboring Babichivka than to maintain two underutilized schools.
We turn towards the house. Again cypresses, cherries and apple trees - here all the streets are like that.
A few fences, houses and other things, to assess the degree of "devastation".
By the way, all these houses with large plots (20-25 acres) are inexpensive - the remoteness from the city affects. 3-5 thousand dollars for all the pleasure. After buying a house, you can insulate it, sheathe it with clapboard, as for example here:
The pride of this courtyard is an old huge poplar tree, as high as a five-story building and with a girth of seven people.
We put things in order in front of the house, otherwise the Muscovites will suddenly attack, and my trees are not painted.
Just kidding :) It is thriftiness and a passion for order that determines the differences between Ukrainian villages and Russian ones. Not subsidies from the budget (nobody has seen them here), not hope for a kind king who will solve your problems during a direct line, but a banal impossibility to sit still if your garden has not been dug up and the roof has not been patched.
I'm still walking down the same street. There are practically no abandoned houses in Ustimovka (in other villages there are more), asphalt is available everywhere, the fences are strong. Here comes across a yard with an old wooden fence.
This is because summer residents live here, they don’t need to observe beauty every day. But the yard is cleaned, well-groomed, where it is necessary to dug up, the trees are whitewashed.
Gardens also do not overgrow with burdock. And I have never seen a cow parsnip here.
At local residents in addition to 25 acres, there are also "allotments" nearby - 5-10 hectares of land outside the village. Previously, it was collective farm land, now there are no collective farms, everyone sows their allotment with wheat, corn or potatoes. Planting, processing, harvesting with the help of tractors, their own or rented, and, given the prices of food, most of the villagers live well. It is quite difficult to find an unsown patch in Ukraine.
That's it, so we completed the circle of honor - we returned to my house. At the end of the street you can see a bus - there are a lot of them here, more than 10 a day. The Kremenchug-Khorol road passes by the village, the Kremenchug-Globino road passes through the village, so you can get there even if there is no car.
Notice the lights along the street. They are working, they are turned on in the evenings. In a remote village, Karl!
Well, the control in the head. In Ustimovka there is Internet, fiber optics from DataGroup. The cable is brought to my house, and further through wifi router distributed throughout the yard. 100 megabits, unlimited for 100 hryvnia per month.
The only distraction from the Internet is the garden and kebabs :)
This is what it is - a Ukrainian village. When they talk about the "Ukrainian spirit" or " national idea", I always answer - go to the village. All this is fully preserved there. Ukrainians are inextricably linked with the land, and for this reason they will protect it.
Similar report from last year
When planning a vacation, many people dream of popular resorts, or a walk around, forgetting about more affordable leisure activities, such as a trip to a nearby village or any other Ukrainian village. What could be better than pristine nature and delicious healthy food? After all, Ukraine has always been famous for its natural resources, and if you haven’t convinced yourself of this yet, then you have every chance.
Kolochava, Transcarpathia
Krylos, Ivano-Frankivsk region
Krylos impressed us with its history and neatness. The village is located on the place where in the 12-14th century was the capital of the first Galician, and then the Galicia-Volyn principality - the city of Galich. Today, Krylos is often called Ancient Galich, because the village has preserved a lot of evidence of the existence of a once mighty state. It is for these testimonies that one should go to the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
Author of the photo: Tetiana Smirnova IGotoWorld Photo Group.
Bakota, Khmelnitsky region
An amazing place, translated as "desired place." And, indeed, everyone who has been here instantly fell in love with this blooming region. Previously, Bakota was the capital of Podolia, but history decreed otherwise. In 1255, together with the arrival Tatar-Mongol yoke, the settlement was virtually wiped off the face of the earth. Over time, the village was restored, but in 1981, during the construction of the Novodnestrovskaya hydroelectric power station, the population was evicted, and the land was flooded. Today, this village cannot even be found on the map, and many do not know that there are the remains of a rock monastery, created by the same Anthony, who founded the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
Dzembronya, Ivano-Frankivsk region
The place where clouds are born. And all because it is one of the highest mountain villages in Ukraine. Vasily Stefanyk and Lesya Ukrainka came here in search of inspiration. They say that the picturesque area of the village of Dzembronya inspired Sergei Parajanov to shoot the cult film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.
Mezin, Chernihiv region
A small picturesque village called is spread out on the high bank of the Desna. It would not have been remarkable if Ukrainian scientists had not discovered a large Paleolithic site here. archaeological finds replenished numerous museums around the world, and a museum was formed at the excavation site. In addition, the village of Mezin is the center of the eponymous national park, created to protect the local Desnyansk heights, covered with forest and nicknamed "Mezinsky Switzerland".
Opishna, Poltava region
The true Mecca of pottery modestly lurks in a small village located on the steep banks of the Vorskla. ABOUT National Museum few have heard of Ukrainian pottery and the Institute of Ceramics. Having visited, you will have a unique chance to get acquainted with the history of pottery, which has been actively developing in this region for the last 3 millennia. Don't forget to buy the Poshnian whistle as a keepsake.
Iza, Transcarpathian region
Having been in the capital of pottery, you can not miss the center of the weaving -. In this Transcarpathian settlement folk craftsmen create real masterpieces that can only be seen here. In addition, people come to Iza to enjoy delicious cheeses, because the Baranovo cheese factory is located here. The cheeses produced here are known throughout the region.
Strusov, Ternopil region
Many travelers do not include everything in their plan due to the banal lack of information. In vain, this place has ancient history and different beautiful nature. Here you can see the ancient palace of Count Holukhovsky in the Empire style, a cave church carved in stone and the church of St. Anthony.
Stone village, Zhytomyr region
In that mysterious place nobody lives. However, tourists often visit the petrified settlement, in particular, to see the so-called God's footprint - a small depression in the stone, which helps to cure many diseases. Choose one of the points of your journey and get acquainted with the legends that tell about the history of its appearance.
Trikraty, Mykolaiv region
It is associated with the Cossack family of Skarzhinsky, whose family estate is still preserved. It was here that the famous Viktor Skarzhinsky was born. Devoting his life to botany and forestry, he planted artificial forests. Thanks to him, the Trikratsky Forest now exists, including such protected areas as the Skarzhinsky Summer Farm, Vasilevsky Apiary and the Labyrinth. Not far from here is the Aktovsky canyon, also known as the "Valley of the Devil" or the Lesser Crimea.
Podgortsy, Lviv region
In the past it was called "Galician Versailles". Its main decoration is the beautiful castle of the "Golden Horseshoe of the Lviv Region". In addition to the Podgoretsky castle, here you can take a walk in the French park and visit the Roman Catholic Church of the Exaltation and St. Joseph.
Verkhovnya, Zhytomyr region
Known for keeping traces of the stay of the great French writer Honore de Balzac. Here, within the walls of a luxurious palace, an ardent romance was born between him and the first beauty of Poland, Evelina Hanska. Now the rooms that the writer used for his literary activity, serve memorial museum Balzac.
Roztoky, Chernivtsi region
People come to Roztoky in search of red rue, because it was this region that once inspired the creation famous song. But if this reason is not enough for you to come here, how about a landscape reserve? Seven waterfalls of different power and height seethe here - a unique phenomenon for the Carpathians.
Synevyr, Transcarpathia
It is rich in crystal air, ecologically clean forests and the main pearl of the Carpathians - Lake Synevyr. Few people have heard about this miracle of Ukraine, moreover, 6 km from the beautiful Synevyr there is the only museum of forest and rafting in the World. Having been here, do not forget to visit the popular Kamenets waterfall.
Only 1600 people live in this village. Radivilovskiy district, Rivne region. The nearest city (Dubno) is 38 kilometers away.
The village is quite ordinary, although with tragic story- in 1651, the Poles completely massacred the locals. Before the Battle of Berestets, Vishnevetsky's detachment came here, after which 4 people survived, and all the houses were destroyed. However, for these places it is quite a common story, it was here that the Poles especially fiercely genocide the civilian population, trying to suppress the uprising.
This is to the question of the genocides in Volhynia, which are so fond of remembering in Poland.
But let's get back to the village and how people live here and now.
They have gas, internet, a bank, an art school, several shops, two pharmacies, a New Post office, and other nice little things. And this is not a regional center.
2. Selrada. 
3. In front of her is a square with a stage. 
4. Shop and a full-fledged bank branch. 
5. Pharmacy and "Nova Poshta". 
6. Another pharmacy. 
7. One of several grocery stores. 
9. More modern "mini-market": 
10. Inside. 
11. Rural shopping mall - Construction Materials, seeds, fishing goods, second hand. 
12. Opposite the square and the art school. 
13. The inscription on the left says that the building was restored by the villagers with the assistance of the district administration. In practice, this means that the locals did all the work, and then they were paid from the local budget. This is a common practice, in a neighboring village, locals paved a road on their street, threw concrete slabs - and then came to the selrada, where they were compensated for all expenses, including fuel, and paid for their work. Somehow it all works, because people know each other and can influence the authorities. 
14. And this is a monument Soviet soldiers. I have already written more than once that I saw the most miserable monuments to Soviet soldiers in the Donbass even before the war - they were destroyed from time to time and overgrown with grass. On Western Ukraine the picture is completely different, all the monuments are tinted and are in excellent condition (sometimes the stars are replaced with crosses). This does not apply to Lenin - I have never met him anywhere. Sometimes, next to the monument to the Red Army soldiers, they erect a monument to the soldiers of the UPA, as in the link - http://pauluskp.com/news/4adc89871. 
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17. Apparently, the former honors board. 
Rural churches in Western Ukraine are a separate story. But the local temple even stands out against their background.
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20. Built in 1933. 
21. In the hands of the angels are ears of corn. 
22. And some plant that I could not identify. 
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24. Stone cross in memory of those who died at the hands of the Poles. 
25. Such wooden crosses are everywhere at temples and at crossroads. Mandatory spears, hammer, tongs and a ladder, reminiscent of the details of the crucifixion. 
26. Everything is thought out. Trust in God, but don't make a mistake yourself. 
27. There is even a backlight. 
28. Religion is one of the first places here. I myself saw how, in a crowded bus, old women rushed to give way to a young priest whose car broke down. To the honor of the priest, he refused to sit down, but the situation itself is indicative. 
29. Let's move on. In Volhynia, the villagers actively use horses, as it is a very convenient and versatile transport. For example, when roads between villages are covered in winter, you can only get there by horseback. Therefore, the presence of a car in the yard does not mean that there will not be a horse there. 
30. Naturally, bicycles are also popular. 
31. Road departing from the main one. 
32. Hairdressing and ritual services. 
33. Another store and something like a cafe. 
34. Cafe-bar. 
35. A small grocery store, and next to the owner's house. 
36. Locals build not as big houses as in Transcarpathia, where the owners compete in size, but most of the rooms are empty. In Volhynia they are more practical. 
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45. Stork nests are everywhere. If not at every step, but they are definitely more common than stray dogs in cities. 
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61. Near the forest. In these forests, the locals hid from the communists, building entire temporary farms in the thicket. Not all of them were UPA rebels, most simply escaped repression and exile in Siberia. Many were exiled. It is I who convey what the locals say about their grandparents.
If you enter a query on the topic of Ukrainian villages in a search engine, the search engine will give an inconsistent result. On the one hand, they will offer to watch reports and videos, which will show beautiful modern or old but well-restored houses, well-groomed streets, a picture, in general, pleasing to the eye of any urban inhabitant who dreams of his personal ranch on 10 acres, on the other hand, official statistics, according to which, more than 600 rural-type settlements disappeared from the map of Ukraine during its independence, with a tendency to disappear annually on average 20 more villages and towns.
This contradiction is easily explained - plots with beautiful houses filmed mainly in Western Ukraine, devastation and despondency - mainly its eastern and central parts. By the way, there are facts of registration of new settlements, settlements, but again - in Western Ukraine.
Long before the war, in 2008, I had a small trip around the Sumy region. Even in large, by local standards, villages tormented me the only one the question is - how do people live here, or rather survive? Now, after years, I remember and think - after all, I was not there in the most bad times, but how is it now?
We survive as best we can, we are fed by chickens, vegetable gardens, our farm. Abandoned, abandoned to the mercy of fate, we can only ask God for something here. The pension is small, barely enough for medicines, and now the first-aid post will also be closed, and that’s it. You won’t run into the district center, and what will they say there - grandmother, why did you come to us, we have nothing to help, go home to die ...
The official statistics of the extinction of villages is biased, sociologists say. In Ukraine, there are a lot of villages that exist only on paper, in which no one has been living in reality for a long time. And if the state dares to clean up the registers, then several thousand more villages and towns will officially disappear from the map of Ukraine. Many settlements exist only formally, when 10-15 people live in the whole village, the old people who remain there.
“Once upon a time there was a good village here - Aleksandrovka,” the driver of the old truck pokes his finger either in the sky, or in the direction of the wasteland (depending on the position of the truck, either falling into a pit or leaning on its right side). - But the old people for the most part died, and the youth went to the cities - to look for better fate. Now two grandmothers and two of their overgrown nephews live in this Aleksandrovka, drinking everything that contains alcohol, ”- from an interview with the owner of a truck shop that delivered essential products to several villages in the Sumy region. The interview was back in 2010.
I have repeatedly heard the opinion of the villagers themselves that the extinction of villages is beneficial to the state and the agro-industrial oligarchs. They say that we will die, there will be no village, the state will transfer rural land to large farmers without any problems. Only in most cases, no one gives anything to anyone, in the place of extinct villages, over time, wastelands with rickety remnants of civilization are simply formed, reminiscent of the fact that people once lived here. Nature takes its toll, trees sprout through the roofs of houses.
One of the oldest villages in the Chernihiv region, Khaikha, has been abandoned since 2013. In any case, they talked about this in the neighboring Parafinovka, although according to other sources, the village was abandoned back in 2007, but it is still listed as active in the registers locality. And there are thousands of such, existing only in the registers of villages in Ukraine. Haiha was founded in 1500. In the village of Baranovka, the same Chernihiv region, only one person was registered as of 2014, and only one well remained from the neighboring village of Lozovoe.
The whole building in Baranovka is the store building, the 90s are forever frozen in it. On the floor there are labels with the names of Soviet-era goods, early Ukrainian price tags in “karbovanets” with astronomical amounts: cigarettes without the Vatra filter cost 9,000 karbovanets, sweets - 158,000 per kg, bread - 18,000 karbovanets, a box of matches - 3,000 karbovantsev.
In 1993, the rise in prices in Ukraine reached 10,000% per year.
Before the 2014 coup d'état, the village in Ukraine was dying out, one might say - smoothly, and there were even some hopes that the situation could be corrected, a territorial reform carried out, support for small businesses operating in countryside to support the social sector. But the "reforms" carried out according to the requirements of the IMF did not leave Ukrainian villages, remote from more or less major cities no chance of survival. The genocide of the village, people say, but the Ukrainian press will not say a word about it. Quiet, but very large-scale cleaning of the territory.
Photos and illustrations are taken from open sources
Returning from our weekend itinerary Kyiv-Buki-Uman-Zhashkov, another no less interesting and exciting idea came up, which we brought to life with pleasure. To be more specific, another travel route was born Kyiv-Ethnographic complex Ukrainian village-Castle Radomysel-Korostyshev canyons. It was no less exciting than the previous one. All our facilities, so to speak, are located along the Zhytomyr highway. First, on this Saturday we planned to visit ethnographic complex "Ukrainian village". I want to talk about it in this article.
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Our excursion to the ethnographic complex "Ukrainian village"
The complex is located 15 km from the city limits of Kyiv in the direction of Zhytomyr in the village of Buzova. Who watched House 2, this name will be easy to remember.
We arrived at Ukrainian village at 11 am. Excursions have already been, but fortunately not very many. Entrance to ethnographic complex free. We entered the gate and found ourselves in a completely different time! Wooden huts in abundance of autumn foliage looked delightful. The entire territory of the ethno-complex is indented with paths with signs. Directly - a zoo, a temple, a gazebo on the water to the right - a refectory, barbecue places. Who wants where! We are the first time in Ukrainian village I wanted to see everything and not miss anything. There is a map of the complex in front of the entrance, for reference we looked at it and took a picture on the phone. But having entered the territory, we forgot about the map and just walked, enjoying the beauty of the complex and its atmosphere.
Ethno-hotel in "Ukrainian village"
On the way we met a hut-hotel. They were very surprised. In appearance, it looked like an old hut with wooden beams of those times. Ethnographic complex actually a recreation center. It consists of ethnographic museum, a zoo, a modern and ethnographic hotel, picnic houses, barbecue places, a restaurant, a sauna.
Its uniqueness lies in the fact that antiquity and modernity are intertwined here. On the territory there is an ethno-hotel, which consists of five old, authentic huts. They were dismantled and brought from Polissya, here they were carefully assembled. Each hut is a quadruple room. Inside the huts are equipped with all modern amenities: plasma TV, shower, air conditioning. At the same time, there are symbols of the past life in the rooms: a clay oven with ancient dishes, icons, paintings, wooden benches and tables covered with towels and carpets. Looks very original.
Zoo in "Ukrainian Village"
There is a small zoo behind the ethno-hotel. Lately, we often see such mini zoos. It has already become a kind of feature. In our opinion, the most remarkable was the zoo in Mezhyhirya. Pigs, ponies, donkeys, deer, various birds live in the ethnographic complex. We really liked the nutria, we had not seen them anywhere before. Such interesting animals it turns out. They were watched so much, they cleaned their "feathers" all the time, it seemed that this action takes them a whole day.
Entertainment for children in the ethnographic complex
There is a lot of entertainment, this is the aforementioned zoo, and playgrounds, and also on weekends and holidays in the ethno-complex there are quests, master classes in pottery, baking bread in a real oven, knitting lyalek-motanok. Passing by the refectory, the children were touched, preparing some utensils for dinner. They were engaged in slicing vegetables so attentively and with interest that it was a pleasure to look at them.
In the territory ethno-museum "Ukrainian village" old huts are located, their decoration fully symbolizes the life of our ancestors. Near one of them there is a huge moonshine still, saying that it is still working, but unfortunately we did not see it in action. But with pleasure we watched the master classes that took place in the complex. It was very interesting to look into each hut, especially in the souvenir shop. There are so many beautiful things there.
We were told what adaptation our ancestors made sunflower oil. It smelled so good of homemade oliya that I wanted to try it!)
The complex is built in a very picturesque place on its territory there are many trees and flowers. Made compositions from wood, characterizing different heroes fairy tales and cartoons. Here we remembered "about the Garbuzov family" this odd was often told to us in childhood.
We walked around the "village" and looked at everything around with pleasure, it was very interesting and exciting! There are a lot of excursions, both for children and adults, everyone here will be interested.
There is also a pottery master in the ethno-village. He teaches everyone the basics of pottery. This pleasure is paid, but it's worth it. I remember with pleasure our trip to the Pirogovo Museum and Mamaev Sloboda, where such master classes are also held. We stood for twenty minutes and watched how the girl, with the help of a master, sculpted a clay plate. All creations are placed in the oven to dry, then all craftsmen can take their creations home as a souvenir.
We had a great time in the ethnographic complex Ukrainian village. In high spirits and positive emotions, we drove further to the Rodomysl Castle and the picturesque Korostyshev quarries. There we had a very interesting tour of the castle and a picnic.
