Seven Wonders of Ukraine

The Seven Wonders of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Сім чудес України [ˈsʲim tʃʊˈdɛs ʊkrɐˈjinɪ]) are seven historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine, which were chosen in the Seven Wonders of Ukraine contest held in July, 2007. This was the first public contest of that kind which was followed by the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine, the Seven Wonderful Routes of Ukraine, and the Seven Wonderful Castles of Ukraine. All nominated sites are publicly owned protected areas of at least regional level, available for tourism.

Locations of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine

The voting for all contests consisted of two parts: experts in Ukraine voted for their seven best sites, and internet users voted for their seven favorite sites on the official website.

History

The initiative was started by (one of the) deputy chairman of Verkhovna Rada Mykola Tomenko under the motto "Piznai Ukrainu!" (Discover Ukraine). The initiative was a continuation of numerous preceding public actions that took place in various regions of Ukraine such as "Kupala's games at the native land of Gogol" (Poltava region), "Starry autumn in Kachanivka" (Chernihiv region), "Let's discover island Khortytsia" (Zaporizhzhia Oblast), "Maslyana in Bukovina" (Chernivtsi region), "Amber legends of Rivne region", "Day of Europe at the native land of Lesya Ukrainka" (Volyn region), and others.

The next stage of the initiative was the organization of the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine in 2008.

Organization committee

The organization committee consisted of:[1]

  • Mykola Tomenko (parliamentarian of the 5th convocation of the Ukrainian parliament)
  • Andriy Pakhlya (head of State Service of tourism and vacation resorts)
  • Oleksandr Volkov (parliamentarian of the 5th convocation of the Ukrainian parliament)
  • Oleksandr Bryhynets (Kyiv city politician)
  • Yuri Artymenko (deputy head of parliamentary committee)
  • Volodymyr Kurinny (head of Vekhovna Rada subcommittee)
  • Volodymyr Ilchenko (chief-editor of "Mandry" magazine)
  • Oleksandr Bohutsky (general director of Ukrainian TV-channel ICTV)
  • Viktor Kolesnyk (dean of historic department of Kyiv University)
  • Viktor Nabrusko (president of the National Radio company of Ukraine)
  • Ihor Pasichnyk (rector of the National university Ostroh Academy)
  • Nataliya Sumska (National actress of Ukraine)
  • Anzhelika Rudnytska (Distinguished actress of Ukraine)
  • Volodymyr Shevchenko (rector of Donetsk National University)
  • Oleksandr Kharchenko (chief-editor of informational agency UNIAN)

Partners
  • Tut i tam – site of the tourism gourmands
  • For Kyiv – Internet-portal
  • Mandry – magazine
  • National Radio company of Ukraine
  • UNIAN – information agency
  • ICTV – television channel

Selection

Local and provincial (oblast) authorities composed a list of 1,000 possible candidates. An expert council consisting of 100 people, including culturologists, historians, and tourist specialists, chose a list of 21 candidates from which people on the internet could vote.

Voting on the 21 possible candidates was opened on July 7, 2007.[2] A total of around 77,000 internet users voted in the campaign.[3] The voting was closed on August 21, 2007 and the results were officially announced on the same day.[4] The campaign was initiated in May 2007 by Mykola Tomenko, a Ukrainian politician and the deputy of the Parliament of Ukraine of the fifth convocation.

Each manager of a winning nomination was awarded a statue of their candidate made out of green marble, matte steel, and gold-mirror acrylic paint.[5]

Results

Just before the next Independence Day of Ukraine, on 21 August 2007 were announced final results of the voting.[6]

Voting results
WonderInternetExpertsTotal
placescoreplacescore
Sofiyivka Park22031939
Kyiv Monastery of the Caves41812139
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle31951736
Khortytsia12171536
Chersoneses61641834
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv91322033
Khotyn Fortress517121027
special nominations
Levadia Palace715101227
Ostroh Castle101213921
Pysanka Museum81417519
extended ranking
Stone Grave121091323
Pochayiv Monastery14881422
Odesa Opera111114819
Holy Mountains Monastery19361619
Saint Anthony's Caves166111117
Palanok Castle13918413
Olesko Castle18415711
Lutsk Castle1572029
Shevchenko Heritage Park2111667
House of the State Industry1752116
Pereyaslav2021935

List
# Name Location Image
1 / 2Sofiyivsky Park[7]Uman, Cherkasy Oblast
The landscape of the Sofiyivsky Park.
The landscape of the Sofiyivsky Park.
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) [8]Kyiv
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
3 / 4Kamianets National Historic-Architectural Reserve[9]Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
General view of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle.
General view of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle.
Khortytsia[10][11]Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
View Khortytsia and the nearby Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
View Khortytsia and the nearby Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
5Chersonesos Taurica (Khersones Tavriysky)[12]Sevastopol
The remains of the city of Chersonesos.
The remains of the city of Chersonesos.
6Saint Sophia Cathedral[13]Kyiv
The Saint Sophia Cathedral.
The Saint Sophia Cathedral.
7Khotyn Fortress[14]Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast
Panoramic view of the Khotyn Fortress.
Panoramic view of the Khotyn Fortress.

Special nominations

Three objects from the nomination list awarded a special recognition:

  • the Livadia Palace, a monument of modern history, Livadiysky Palace-Museum,[15] Monument of Architecture;
  • the Ostroh Castle, a spiritual monument, part of the Ostroh Regional Museum;
  • the Pysanka Museum in Kolomyia, a monument of modern Ukraine, part of National Museum of Hutsul-land and Pokuttia folk-art of Yosafat Kobrynsky.

Full ranking lists
  • Ranking by votes of internet-users: 1) Khortytsia, 2) Sofiyivka, 3) Kamianets, 4) Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, 5) Khotyn Fortress, 6) Chersoneses Taurica, 7) Livadia Palace, 8) Pysanka Museum, 9) Sophia of Kyiv, 10) Ostroh Castle and the Academy, 11) Odesa Opera Theater, 12) Stone Grave, 13) Palanok Castle, 14) Pochayiv Monastery, 15) Lutsk Castle, 16) Saint Anthony's Caves, 17) House of the State Industry, 18) Olesko Castle, 19) Holy Mountains Monastery, 20) Pereyaslav, 21) Shevchenko Heritage Park
  • Ranking by votes of experts: 1) Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, 2) Sophia of Kyiv, 3) Sofiyivka, 4) Chersoneses Taurica, 5) Kamianets, 6) Holy Mountains Monastery, 7) Khortytsia, 8) Pochayiv Monastery, 9) Stone Grave, 10) Livadia Palace, 11) Saint Anthony's Caves, 12) Khotyn Fortress, 13) Ostroh Castle and the Academy, 14) Odesa Opera Theater, 15) Olesko Castle, 16) Shevchenko Heritage Park, 17) Pysanka Museum, 18) Palanok Castle, 19) Pereyaslav, 20) Lutsk Castle, 21) House of the State Industry

All contenders
  • Kyiv: Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, Sophia of Kyiv, House with Chimeras;
  • Crimea: Levadia Palace, Mithridat Mount, Alupka Palace and Park Heritage Center, Swallow's Nest;
  • Vinnytsia Oblast: Nikolay Pirogov Manor, Old Slavic Cave Temple with Bush Relief, Nemyriv Schythian oppidum;
  • Volyn Oblast: Liubats Castle, Volodymyr complex of historic and cultural landmarks, Lesya Ukrainka Museum in Kolodiazhne, Chelm Icon of Virgin Mary;
  • Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Stone Female Sculptures, Ivan Sirko Grave, Novomoskovsk Trinity Cathedral, Nativity of Mary Church, Ukrainian line;
  • Donetsk Oblast: Historic and Architectural Preserve in Sviatohirsk;
  • Zhytomyr Oblast: Saint Basil the Great Church, Stoney village, Korolyov Museum of Astronautics;
  • Zakarpattia Oblast: Palanok Castle, Forest and rafting museum at Chorna River, Saint Michael Orthodox Church, Nevytske Castle;
  • Zaporizhzhia Oblast: Historic and Archaeological Preserve "Stone Grave", Khortytsia, DnieperHES;
  • Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: Pysanka Museum, Dovbush Rocks, Holy Spirit Church;
  • Kyiv Oblast: Pereyaslav Historic and Ethnographic Preserve, Lyutizh Beachhead, Ivan Kozlovsky Manor, Arboretum Oleksandriya, Dobranychivka Archaeological Site, Holy Protection Church, Kateryna Bilokur Manor;
  • Kirovohrad Oblast: Tobilevych Museum Heritage Park, Saint Elisabeth Fortress, Kirovohrad Oblast Art Museum;
  • Luhansk Oblast: Vladimir Dal Literature Museum, Memorial "To the Fighters of the Revolution", Derkul Horse Farm complex;
  • Lviv Oblast: Olesko Castle, Svirzh Castle, Pidhirtsi Castle, Krekhiv Monastery, Tustan Fortress;
  • Mykolaiv Oblast: Historic and Archaeological Preserve Olbia, Wild Garden Archaeological Landmark;
  • Odesa Oblast: Odesa Theater of Opera and Ballet, Akkerman Fortress, Potemkin Stairs;
  • Poltava Oblast: Gogol Museum Preserve, Kotlyarevsky Literature and Memorial Museum and Manor, Saint Nicholas Church, Poltava Regional Studies Museum, Poltava Exaltation of the Holy Cross Monastery;
  • Rivne Oblast: Ostroh Castle and the Academy, Saint Trinity Monastery, Dubno Castle;
  • Sumy Oblast: Monument to the Mammoth, Round Courtyard, Reverend Sophroni Monastery;
  • Ternopil Oblast: Verteba Cave, Bohyt Mount, Buchach Townhall (Rathaus), Pochaiv Monastery, Zavarnytsia Spiritual Center, Vyshnivets Palace Complex, UPA Camp, Castles of the Ternopil Region Historic and Architectural Preserve;
  • Kharkiv Oblast: House of the State Industry, Holy Protection Monastery, Skovoroda Literary and Memorial Museum;
  • Kherson Oblast: Askania-Nova Park, Legendary Armed Charabanc, Goat Grave, Shovkunenko Art Museum in Kherson, Saint Catherinian Cathedral;
  • Khmelnytskyi Oblast: Kamianets Historic and Architectural Preserve, Medzhybizh Historic and Cultural Preserve, Samchyky Historic and Cultural Preserve;
  • Cherkasy Oblast: Arboretum Sofiyivka, Taras Shevchenko Homeland Heritage Park, Trypillia Culture Historic and Cultural Preserve, Shevchenko Heritage Park;
  • Chernivtsi Oblast: Khotyn Fortress Historic and Architectural Preserve, Bukovina Metropolitan Bishops Residence, Russian Old Believers Assumption Cathedral;
  • Chernihiv Oblast: Saint Anthony's Caves, Saint Transfiguration Cathedral, Hustynia Monastery, Princely Burg (Gord);
  • Sevastopol: 1854–1855 Sevastopol Defense Panorama, Chersoneses Taurica.

Seven Natural Wonders
Ukraine postal stamp commemorating images of the "Seven natural wonders of Ukraine"

The Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Сім природніх чудес України, Sim pryrodnikh Tchudes Ukrainy) is the selection of the most popular and unique natural landmarks in Ukraine, as the second stage of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine national program. All seven sites are publicly owned protected areas of at least regional level, available for tourism.

# Name Location Image
1Falz-Fein Biosphere Preserve "Askania-Nova"[16]Askania-Nova, Kherson Oblast
2Landscape park "Granite-steppe lands of Buh"[17]Mykolaiv Oblast
Valley of Mertvovod.
Valley of Mertvovod.
3Landscape park "Dnister Canyon"[18]Dnister
Dniester Canyon between village Hubyn (Ternopil region) and town Chernelytsia (Ivano-Frankivsk region), western Ukraine.
Dniester Canyon between village Hubyn (Ternopil region) and town Chernelytsia (Ivano-Frankivsk region), western Ukraine.
4Simferopol Speleology Museum (Marble Cave)[19]Chatyr-Dag
5National Nature Park "Podillian Tovtry"[20]Khmelnytskyi Oblast
View of the entrance to the park, near the historic town of Bakota.
View of the entrance to the park, near the historic town of Bakota.
6Shatsky National Nature Park[21]Shatsk, Volyn Oblast
Svitiaz.
Svitiaz.
7National Nature Park "Synevir"[22]Mizhhiria Raion, Carpathian Mountains
Synevir.
Synevir.

Special Nominations

Three objects from the nomination list needed a special nomination:

Other important nominees
  • Basalt columns
  • Bukovina waterfalls
  • Hoverla
  • Desna floodplains
  • Danube Biosphere Preserve
  • Stone Tombs
  • Kaniv Mount
  • Karadag Nature Preserve
  • Kochubei Oaks
  • Tustan
  • Apple Colony

Selection program

which were chosen in the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine on August 26, 2008. The voting consisted of two parts: experts in Ukraine voted for their seven best sites, and internet users voted for their seven favorite sites on the official website.

As for the original event of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine the local and provincial (oblast) authorities composed a list of 1,000 possible candidates. An expert council consisting of 100 people, including culturologists, historians, and tourist specialists, chose a list of 21 candidates from which people on the internet could vote.

The internet voting on the 21 possible candidates was opened on July 7, 2008, at the program's web-site. A total of around 77,000 internet users voted in the campaign. The voting was closed on August 26, 2008, and the results were officially announced on the same day. The whole campaign was initiated back in May 2007 by Mykola Tomenko a Ukrainian politician and the deputy of the Parliament of Ukraine of the fifth convocation.

Each manager of a winning nomination was awarded a statue of their candidate made out of green marble, matte steel, and gold-mirror acrylic paint.

Castles and Palaces

The Seven Wondrous Castles and Palaces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Сім чудесних замків та палаців України, Sim chudesnykh zamkiv ta palatsiv Ukrayiny) is the third stage of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine program that has resumed after a three-year break. They are another seven wondrous attractions of Ukraine, which were chosen in the Seven Wonders of Ukraine (castles, fortresses, palaces) on December 1, 2011. During the break there were intentions to conduct a competition for the Seven Wondrous Marchroutes of Ukraine, but that idea was scratched and was never realized. The voting for seven wondrous palaces and castles, as its preceding events, consisted of two parts: experts in Ukraine voted for their seven best sites, and internet users voted for their seven favorite sites on the official website.

As for the original event of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine, the local and provincial (oblast) authorities composed a list of 138 possible candidates. An expert council consisting of 100 people, including culturologists, historians, and tourist specialists, chose a list of 21 candidates (7 fortresses, 7 palaces, 7 castles) from which people on the internet could vote.

The internet voting on the 21 possible candidates was opened on August 22, 2011 at the program's web-site. A total of around 77,000 internet users voted in the campaign. The voting was closed on December 1, 2011, and the results were officially announced on the same day. The whole campaign was initiated back in May 2007 by Mykola Tomenko, a Ukrainian politician and the deputy of the Parliament of Ukraine of the fifth convocation.

Each manager of a winning nomination was awarded a statue of their candidate made out of green marble, matte steel, and gold-mirror acrylic paint.

# Name Location Image
1Lutsk Upper Castle[25]Lutsk, Volyn Oblast
2Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle[26]Kamianets-Podilsky, Khmelnytsky Oblast
3Akkerman Fortress[27]Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky, Odesa Oblast
4Metropolitan Palace[28]Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast
5Khotyn Fortress[29]Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast
6Kachanivka Palace[30]Kachanivka, Pryluky Raion, Chernihiv Oblast
7Vorontsov Palace[31]Alupka, Crimea

Special Nominations

Three objects from the nomination list needed a special nomination:

Other important nominees

See also

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