The village of Rokytne belonged to the widow of a Cossack captain named Cherniak — until she married Lieutenant Colonel Kulykovsky, and it was through …
The Kulykovsky Estate: A Manor Inherited Through Marriage to a Widow
Kharkiv Oblast
The Sviatopolk-Myrsky Estate: A Manor Whose Owners Invented Descent from a Fratricide
The family whose name this estate carries claimed descent from Prince Sviatopolk the Accursed — the very ruler remembered in history as the murderer of …
Sharivka Castle: A Neo-Gothic Gem That Treated Tuberculosis for Half a Century
Sharivka Castle earned its nickname “Sugar Castle” the honest way: the estate landowner Olkhovsky began building was later bought out by the Koenig barons, sugar …
Salt Lake in Antonivka: A Crater from a Blown Gas Well
The Salt Lake in Kharkiv Oblast isn’t a natural body of water — it’s the result of an industrial accident. In 1962, drillers near Antonivka …
Kytsivka Desert – a sea of sand among the forests of the Kharkiv region
Imagine: pine forest, country roads, green hills all around. And suddenly — sand. Dunes. Wind that erases traces in a few minutes. The Kytsivka Desert …