Residence of Bukovynian Metropolitans is a Gem of Chernivtsi City
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excursion includes visiting the monument of national significance built in the second half of the XIX-th century according to the design of the Austrian architect Joseph Hlavka. It's a masterpiece of ancient Chernivtsi which is reasonably considered an architectural landmark of the city – the former residence of the Orthodox Metropolitans of Bukovyna and Dalmatia built in 1864-1882. The entire Residence ensemble strikes with its unusual look, resembling a medieval castle.
City Hall is the City’s Heart
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Excursion acquaints you with the heart of Chernivtsi which is and, no doubt, will always be the City Hall. The history of its construction dates to more than half a century back. For all the years of its existence different flags waved from its tower, but the City Hall has always fulfilled its primary function – it provided management and vital activity of the city. This route offers a tour to the past of Chernivtsi City Hall and acquaints with its present days.
A Trip along Ol’ha Kobylianska Street
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If Central Square is the city’s heart, than Ol’ha Kobylianska Street is its architectural, spiritual and most favorite "artery". On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of Chernivtsi this street has gained a new look, became elegant and extremely beautiful and again tempts to have to walk; it’s a place where business meetings, romantic rendezvous and meetings with friends are appointed, a variety of presentations and exhibitions take place. Ensemble lines in building system of the street, exposed to influence of Austrian and Romanian architectural schools, can be attributed to monuments of city building, while 46 buildings are considered to be architectural monuments of local importance.
Chernitsi is a City of Tolerance
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For centuries Chernivtsi has been formed as a multinational and multicultural city under the influence of historical events. Tolerance has always been one of the main city’s features. Different nationalities, religions, and political beliefs have never prevented Chernivtsi citizens from living in harmony and mutual understanding. The motto "Viribus unitis" ("With Joint Efforts") has been adorning the flag of Chernivtsi since 1908 not accidentally. One could hear people talking in five languages in the streets: German, Romanian, Polish, Yiddish and Ukrainian. Armenians, Czechs, Hungarians and Russians lived here and made a significant contribution to the economy and culture.
Literary Chernivtsi
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Literary fame of Chernivtsi is associated with the names of Yuriy Fedkovych, Ol’ha Kobylianska, Aspaziya Munte, Mihai Eminescu, Rosa Auslender, Eliezer Steinbarg, Itsyk Manger, Sydir Vorobkevych, Iryna Wilde and others. Name of poet Paul Celan was included into the treasury of world literature. All of them wrote in different languages, each had its own unique style and outlook, but all of them were Chernivtsi citizens. Most of them were born here, received education and were formed as creative persons.
City Necropolises
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The guests will see the historic and cultural sanctuary of Orthodox and Judaic Cemeteries, located on top of Mount Horecha in the uptown of Chernivtsi. During a hundred and half years of their existence they turned into a fabulous historic monument of the city – cemetery in Zelena Street, where famous figures of the land were buried: politicians, artists, writers, successful businessmen, church hierarchs, honored citizens and heroes of World Wars of the XX-th century.
Musical Chernivtsi
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Chernivtsi became a musical capital of Ukraine in the middle of the XX-th century, when a young composer Stepan Sabadash put the lines by medical student Mykhailo Tkach to music and wrote a song “Marichka”; and in 1970 when vocal-instrumental ensemble “Karpaty” performed songs “Chervona Ruta” and “Vodohrai” by the medical student and soloist of the ensemble Volodymyr Ivasiuk. Musical history of the land is commemorated in Avenue of Stars with the names of our famous countrymen: Volodymyr Ivasiuk, Stepan Sabadash, Sofia Rotaru, Nazariy Yaremchuk, Vasyl Mykhailyuk, Mykola Mozhovyi, Yan Tabachnyk, Leonid Zatulovsky, Sidi Tal, and others. The tour will go along their paths.
Old Believers in Bukovyna
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During the tour you will get acquainted with the history of origin and development of the Old Belief, learn when and how the Bukovynian village of Bila Krybytsya became a centre of Old Belief movement in Russia and the world and what now is done to revive the cathedral.
Ways of Bukovynian Trio
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Ivan Mykolaichuk was a film-director and an actor. Volodymyr Ivasiuk was a composer. Nazariy Yaremchuk was a singer. They are three prominent Bukovynians who have glorified Ukrainian art. All three of them were born in Bukovyna within one decade: 1941-1951. They grew up, received education and were formed as creative persons in Chernivtsi. Everyone lived a short and vivid life. Their lives and work are an eternal mystery of talent, work, and love. Everyone honored his native land and left a wonderful mark on it. The tour “Ways of Bukovynian Trio” invites you to go along the ways connected with lives and work of Ivan Mykolaichuk, Volodymyr Ivasiuk, and Nazariy Yaremchuk.
Chernivtsi is a City of the Ivasiuks
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Ancient Chernivtsi also has a wonderful history of the XX-th century, because high art was created here by many talented Bukovynians. However, here the story will be about Ivasiuk father and son; one of them made an outstanding contribution to the development of Ukrainian literature, and the other raised Ukrainian song to the heights.
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