Ukrainian family values and positive in X-mas tree toys
Ukrgifts.com company located in Dnipropetrovsk launched a
project to promote Ukrainian handmade items both in Ukraine and abroad. At
Christmas eve the designers offer wooden Christmas Tree decorations adorned
with Petrykivka painting.
‘Ukrainian souvenirs are embodiment of family values
coming from the sacred places of the soul. We’d like the positive radiated by
our decorations to be associated with their Motherland, the country that is
rich in talents’, the company representatives comment.
The goods uniqueness is that they combine traditional
wood processing technic and modern idea of quality and up-to-date souvenirs,
‘Wooden and clay souvenirs are very green and harmless. Then they have their
own character and spirit making them different from trivial and mass consumer
goods. Authentic handmade presents go together with modern tendencies of
traditional values revival. They deserve to be family heirloom and passed on
from generation to generation’.
http://ukrainegoodnews.com/family_values_and_positive_in_christmas_tree_toys.html
Dnipropetrovsk innovator impresses Saudi Arabia king and American
scientists
Mykhailo Litovchenko, 16-years-old innovator from
Dnipropetrovsk, invented a water desalination plant powered by energy of waves.
On Mykhailo’s opinion, this plant would be useful on the
islands with acute fresh water shortage. The plant can produce 400 m³ of fresh
water per year and 6MW of power per hour.
Mykhailo’s innovation was recognized at scientific
contests in the USA, the Netherlands and Sweden. The special recognition was
received from Saudi Arabia king.
Ttrilingual
Ivano-Frankivsk guide is available
As a part of ‘Eastern European’s pearls: development and
promotion of transboundary city cultural tourism products’ project, Economic
and Integrative Development Administration of Ivano-Frankivsk City Council and
Public organization ‘Tourist Association of Ivano-Frankivsk Region’ published
city guide ‘Ivano-Frankivsk: city of walks’. The city guide is available in
Ukrainian, English and Polish.
The guide consists of 5 parts and each of them provides
tips and recommendations for visiting Ivano-Frankivsk.
‘Eastern European’s pearls: development and promotion of
transboundary city cultural tourism products’ project is an international
initiative involving participation of three cities both from Poland and
Ukraine. The project aim is to create mutual tourism product in Lublin,
Przeworsk, Zamość, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Kolomyia.
http://www.mvk.if.ua/news/29368
Odesa photographer won
two medals in Toronto
Photos taken by a famous Odesa photographer and
journalist Oleh Kutskiy took golden and silver medal in photojournalism section
at 121st Toronto International Salon of Photography. ‘Man
and Woman’ work (episode of 2004 Orange Revolution) won golden medal and ‘Save
a Life’ (taken on May 2, 2014 on Kulikov Field, Odesa) received silver medal.
Oleh Kutskiy is an active participant of Orange
Revolution in Ukraine. The revolution heroes and antiheroes became the
characters of his photos.
http://odessa.kp.ua/odessa/480710-odesskyi-fotohraf-poluchyl-mezhdunarodnuui-nahradu-za-kadr-2-maia
Lviv of 1772-1775 to
be showcased in Wroclaw
Lviv panorama of 1772-1775 to be exhibited in September
2015 in Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw. Currently Polish specialists are restoring
plastic panorama of the Ukrainian city, which was created in 1930 by
architecture Janusz Witwiski.
The panorama model scale is 1:2000, located on six discs
of 2×2.1m each one. The ancient Lviv panorama is presented by houses, churches,
monasteries, totally about 300 buildings.
‘The buildings are made of cardboard and plywood covered
with copper and lead. The creators used wires and even celluloid’, Adam
Grosowski, the restorer, said. ‘They all are made with high fidelity preserving
all architectural details. Every chimney and every window is perfectly
recreated. Moreover, for giving the city a historical touch the authors
intentionally underlined the antiquity of the buildings by recreating their
spots, cracks and exterior damages’.
The exhibition in Wroclaw will be the first official
presentation of Lviv panorama of the 18th century (even Lviv locals have not
had an opportunity to see it yet).
http://afishalviv.net/news/ua/u-vroclavi-pokazhut-legendarnu-panoramu-lvova-xviii-stolittya/
