Ukraine

[ July, 2013 ] The piano in this picture was played by Rachmaninov. The chandelier above shook when Chaliapin sang there. The surrounding wall was made by hand and the each flower is different slightly….

[ July, 2013 ] This is the Swallow’s Nest which every travel brochure prints for the page of Crimea. It is situated 10 km west of Yalta and it is really picturesque, standing just the…

[ July 2013 ] In the southen part of Crimea on the sea, they were building high rise apartments one after another, which was damaging the view. They are for Ukrainian or Russian rich people’s…

[ July, 2013 ] This lion is at the entrance of Livadia Palace which is famous for Yalta Conference. The ribs are clearly visible. This palace was completed in 1911 as a summer retreat for…

[ July, 2013 ] The Livadia Palace where they held Yalta Conference was originally built as a summer retreat for the last tsar of the Romanovs in 1911. Russian revolution happened in 1917, so they…

[ July, 2013 ] This photo is in Livadia Palace where the famous Yalta Conference was held. These people are the attendance and the second person from Stalin is Gromyko. It is a familiar name…

[ July, 2013 ] Our base in Crimea was Yalta. Yalta is famous for the Yalta Conference, isn’t it. But the town was full of people who spent their summer holiday here and at a…

[ July, 2013 ] I do not know why, but I have always been attracted Crimea Penisula at Ukraine, so this summer we decided to visit there. We needed to change the airplane in Kiev…

[September, 2011] In the centre of Kiev, there is a big underground shopping centre. Most of the shops there seemed the franchise of western European chain stores, but we found some Ukrainian jewellery shops and enjoyed…