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Trypillian Tour
Wonders of Neolithic
civilization on the territory of Ukraine
Past tours pictures
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Our lovely tour director and guide
Natalka greated us at the Boryspil airport and
took us to the hotel. She was with us all
the time on the tour, helping with accommodations,
transportation, dinners and museums. Her organizational abilities
are just unbelievable!
We were never late more than 2 minutes anywhere, even
if we had to drive 500 kilometers! She knows a
lot about Trypillia and ancient arts. She has degree
in business from Ukrainian Univ, she studied tourism
in USA, and is well read in many subjects of ancient
cultures and spirituality. |
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Hotel Andriivsky. Located on
- Anriivsky Uzviz - famous tourist area in Kyiv.
This is one of likely places for Kyiv
accommodations. |
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Our adventure started from Dnipro
river. |
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Museum of Natural History in Kyiv has
one of the best collections of Trypillian Culture. It
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wonderful when your guide is a professor of
archaeology! |
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Kyiv Metro. Because of a small
group size, we could blend with local crowds, which
provided more natural experience of a city. |
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Banduryst on Andriivsky Hill in Kyiv. |
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At the entrance to the Historical Museum
in Kyiv stands thousands years old polovetska
baba. |
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In front of the Historical Museum in
Kyiv sits a millennium old ancient "kapyshche" - the altar for
worshipping native gods. |
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This is our bus on the route of adventure
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discovery of Trypillian Culture in Ukraine! |
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Dnister River, western Ukraine. On the
opposite river
bank you can hardly see Fortress Hotyn'. But you
can see one of our tourist swimming
in the river :)) |
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City Khmelnytsky. Behind us under
yellow tent is a restaurant where we had very nice dinner.
In Ukrainian, dinner called "vecheria". |
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We stopped at this museum. |
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A model of a room in Trypillian house with a woman
waiving a thread. It is true (!), they did it 7,000 years
ago! |
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Local "vuyko" in Halychyna area. |
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Ukraine does not have any "No
Trespassing" signs or zones (yet). You can go
anywhere you want! |
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Short stop on the road to cool down in
a local river. |
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Sacred vessel of Trypillian people.
Read about it in our eMuseum. |
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Museum display of Trypillian
ceramics. |
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Kolosky, Voloshky, Divchata...
So many songs about it in Ukraine.... |
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Three archaeologists -
specialists in
Trypillian Culture:
Standing -
Dr. M.Videiko, Dr.I. Kochkin
Sitting - Dr.T.Tkachuk
Excavation field near Halych. |
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Archaeological excavation near Halych. |
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Found! This ceramics is between 5 to 7
thousands years old! |
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It is not very unusual to meet a woman
on a horse. This one was riding to her friend for a
cup of tea! :) |
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Kupalo celebration dinner. |
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Dressed for Kupalo celebration. |
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Old wind mill at Kupalo celebration
area. |
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Entrance to village Trypillia, where
Trypillian Civilization was discovered around 100
years ago. |
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Only one country in Europe still has
storks (chornohuz) - Ukraine. We saw
these birds everywhere. People believe that they bring good fortune and children
:). |
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Small village museums have a special
charm and artifacts, which reflect local customs and
history. |
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River Medgybizh. In
Polish this name means - Between Gods (mizh-bohamy). |
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Fortress Medgydizh |
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Forgotten Jewish cemetery |
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Sofiyvka Park in city Uman' |
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Fortress Hotyn' behind the hill on the
bank of Dnistr river |
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Local dining is excellent! |
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Kupalo celebration. Behind dancing
girls is Dnipro river and a small chapel, which was built per
Taras Shevchenko's sketch. |
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Kupalo celebration |
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Kupalo celebration |
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Kupalo celebration |
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Kupalo celebration |
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Lunch on the road. |
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Historical Museum in
Kamenets-Podilsku. |
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Reprint
and picture about our tour from a tourist magazine |
Dr. M. Videiko, Harriet Hughes and her friends
Kathleen and Nick standing in front of the
Kamianets-Podilsky fortress. |
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NEWS
February 2004 (pp 68-69)
UKRAINE.
We learned about the archaeology of the Trypillian
Bronze Age during our 11-day trip to Ukraine, June
27-July 7, 2002, but we also saw many interesting
medieval and later sites and met many interesting
people in this newly independent state.
Our tour with Kolos Corporation (5841 Colfax
Ave., Alexandria, VA 22311-1013: phone 703/585-
0649, e-mal kolos@kolos.corn or visit
www.trypillia.com) cost $1,100, land. (The
2004 "Tryptillian Tour," taking place June
28-July 8, will cost $1,650 land only.) A
few non-included meals and extras added tip to less
than $100. We also gave substantial tips to the guide,
the driver and Dr. Mykhailo Videiko, who led the tour,
because although there were only three of us and the
tour price was based on a group of 10, KoIos kept to
the advertised price.
A senior researcher at the Archeology Institute of the
National Science Academy of Ukraine , Dr. M. Videiko's
specialty is the Neolithic age and the early
Trypillian Bronze culture of 5,000 to 7,000 years ago.
We saw a significant find being uncovered at one
of the digs we visited.
In Kiev, beginning outside the door of the
Andriyvskiy Hotel, were several blocks of art and
craft stands that had wonderful items at
amazingly low prices. I brought home a large covered
walnut dish for $12 and printed Pysanky eggs for $2
each.
We also toured St.Sophia Cathedral, a UNESCO World
Heritage Site, and Caves Monastery. We wished we had
more time at the museum of wooden architecture in
Kyiv; we were able to see only part of it in several
hours and could spent more time in the shops, which
had fabulous artworks at very modest prices.
On this trip we did a lot of walking on uneven ground
and cobblestone streets. The archaeological
sites were mostly off the beaten path. On
occasion we enjoyed box lunches, incredible feasts of
several types of smoked fish, ham, turkey, cheeses,
bread, tomatoes, wine, juice and several deserts.
Plumbing outside the hotels, was often
hole-in-the-ground variety; however, except for a
couple of times, they were properly maintained and did
not smell.
We were only moderately interested in archaeology, but
this tour had enough other interesting and unusual
things to see and do that we considered it a bargain.
We met many more Ukrainians not involved in tourism
than we would have on a conventional tour. Would
we do it again? Yes.
--- HARRIET S. HUGHES, Alexandria, VA
www.intltravelnews.com |
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