The Mykolaiv region is genuinely flat. Fields, wind, steppe to the horizon. And then, suddenly — a 125-ft (38 m) bell tower. To understand why …
St. George’s Church in Krasnopillia — a Gothic Vertical Amid the Southern Steppe
Mykolaiv Oblast
Radon Lake at Myhiia — a flooded quarry with radon in the water, machinery on the floor and rapids of the Buzky Gard nearby
One morning workers arrived at the quarry and found it flooded. Overnight or within a few hours the quarry had filled with water. Excavators and …