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Section four of the YouTube express! We will travel eleven oblasts; six in what I call West Central Ukraine and four in West Ukraine. First to West Central.

Ukraine Oblasts Map
Ukraine Oblasts Map

On this leg of our visit we are going to Vinnyts'ka, Zhytomyrs'ka, Khmel'nyts'ka, Chernivets'ka, Ternopil's'ka , and  Rivnens'ka oblasts.

Click on each oblast for a closer look.





Vinnyts'ka

Vinnytsya Vinnitsya

Vinnytska: Simultaneous Chess Exhibition in Vinnytsya National Technical University. (How old is this boy? David)

Vinnitsa Fall 2007

Vinnitsa

Night Vinnitsa

Tulchin

Tulchin Culture College

Bershad

Market Songs: This short (about 4 minutes) video is taken from real life on the market in Bershad of 1988, where three Jews at shoemaker's are discussing, who told the police about the presence of our group, so they come to check us, while the wondering Christian singer sings his beautiful spiritual Russian song outside.

Peschanka


Peschanka, Ukraine World War 2 Memorial: Soviet WW2 memorial in a Ukrainian town bordering Moldova.


Zhytomyrs'ka

Zhytomyr

Early Days With Nadia: Early days with Nadia in Zhytomyr

Berdychiv

Berdichev: My town Berdichev

Berdychiv

Andrushivka

Cows going home in Andrushivka, Ukraine: Private cows going home in the evening, 2007 August 7


Khmel'nyts'ka

Khmelnytsky

Acrobatic (Elements of Freeruning) in Ukraine Khmelnitsky: Elements of Freeruning. 2006 The best team of Khmelnitsky

Little League - Ukrainian Style: New Yorker Basil Tarasko is the Johnny Appleseed of Little League baseball in Ukraine. From the documentary SMALL BALL by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker at www.cnam.com.

Kamyanets Podilsky: Driving across the Turkish Bridge to see the fortress in Western Ukraine

Kamianets-Podilskyi (description to be added): Three travelers go on a tour for mysterious cas... (Decent Video, Terrible Music, David)

Ukraine Oblasts Map
Ukraine Oblasts Map

Click on the map to see where we have just been; Vinnyts'ka, Zhytomyrs'ka, Khmel'nyts'ka oblasts.

We are traveling to Chernivets'ka, Ternopil's'ka, and Rivenens'ka oblasts.  

Click on each oblast for a closer look.



Chernivets’ka


Chernivtsi

TAK by Chernivtsi.ho.com.ua Chernivtsi in the period of Orange revolution

Razom in English by The Ukrainians 1st accordionist.

Pieces of Chernovtsak from chernovtsy dot org

Excited Ukrainian Woman: in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, we visited a nursing home facility and worked with the elderly. Here, Maria, exclaims (in Ukrainian) with excitement after she sees a digigtal picture of myself and her on Kate's camera. This just goes to show, simple time spent with people can make a big difference!


Ternopil's'ka

Ternopil

Ten Days In Ternopil: USC Upstate trip to Ukraine in August, 2006. Ternopil State Medical University hosted students from Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and the USA. This is a little clip of the amazing Azamat on the Dombra (spelling). It is an instument with only two strings!

Western Ukraine: Wedding Music Pipe Fun: The Veseli Halychany band from Ternopil city (Western Ukraine) making musical fun with pipe on Mariya and Ron's wedding.

Balloon Fun On The Ukrainian Wedding

Jolly Ukrainian Song From The Lemky Land

Berezhany


Storks: Storks on their nest somewhere between Urman and Berezhany

Pidhajtsi

A Baba Feeds the Fowl in Western Ukraine: This is footage that was shot in the town of Pidhajtsi (pop approx. 4,000), state of Ternopil, in western Ukraine in September, 2005. The people of the small towns and villages in this region--the Pidhajetskyj rajon (county of Pidhajtsi), which is among the poorest regions in Ukraine--survive as subsistence farmers with some degree of waged labor.

Bird Release Kozova School Graduation: Bird Release as part of Graduation ceremony at Ukrainian School in Kozova

Buchach 14.05.2008

Zarvanytsia. Sobor of the Mother of God: Zarvanytsia is a small village in the Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. The village is located about 50 kilometers to the south-west of Ternopil


Rivnens’ka

Rivne-Rotaract Food contest

RIBHE - FOHTAHY: Fountains in Rivne

Dubno Castle: Dubno is a city in the Rivne Oblast in Ukraine. The city is located on the Ikva River, 48 kilometers to the south west of Rivne.

Novomalyn: Remains of Medieval Castle; Novomalyn is a village in the Rivne Oblast in Ukraine. The village is located on the Svitenka river, 8 kilometers to the west of Ostroh.

Zdolbuniv and my friends: some fotos of my hometown



Ukraine Oblasts Map
Ukraine Oblasts Map

As we move rapidly toward the Western Border I hope you are enjoying this little tour of Ukraine.

Our next four and final oblasts will incude the town of Stryi where ukraineorphans.net was inspired to exist.

We will visit Volyns'ka (you will see Lutsk on the map), L'vivs'ka, Ivano-Frankivs'ka and Zakarpattya (you will see Uzhgorod on the map).

Enjoy!

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Travel Ukraine through the YouTube, section one: Introducing Ukraine.

Travel Ukraine through the YouTube, section two: Eastern and East Central Ukraine.

Travel Ukraine through the YouTube, section three: along the Black Sea.

Travel Ukraine Through the YouTube, section five: the People of Western Ukraine.

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