Ukrainian Ethnic Village

There is hardly a better way to feel Ukrainian ethnic atmosphere and comprehend its traditions than to immerse yourself in there. I've recently come across this website where everything is so 'Ukrainish '. Never been there but really want to. I think this is the great place to visit for both foreign tourists and local people like me. Will add it to my Must Visit list.

P.S. The best thing about this site is that they have an English version!

Khutir Nadia: Inside the Museums

This post is the continuation of the previous one so as I've already mentioned (have I?) there are two museums in the park which are quite exciting for visiting even though I'm not a museum monger.
The first one is the house where the master of theatrical art Iwan Karpenko-Kary (Tobilevich) lived, it resembled my grandgranny's house, yes people really lived that way in Ukraine. So here it is:

Khutir Nadia: The State Museum-Reserve Karpenko-Kary (Tobilevich)

Three days ago we had a really GREAT pastime in a lovely park-museum not far from Kirovograd. Once you are in this city in spring/summer/fall, don't omit the opportunity to visit Khutir Nadia. There is a number of reasons for that:

Long Night of Museums 2012 in Kirovograd, Ukraine

Up to this day I hardly heard about the Night of Museums, but a couple of hours ago I discovered this is an incredibly great event! This post is going to be supersaturated with pictures and it won't still help to convey the atmosphere prevailing there.
In case you are not that obsessed with museums (like me), you probably don't know what this event mean, so briefly about it. This is actually the International Day of Museums, just like Engineer's Day or Miner's Day, which is celebrated around May 18. Once solemnized in unusual way when the museums and galleries stay open till late at night, it was good received by the public and became a solid tradition, a great one I may add.
So let's start.

Are You a Museum Fanatic? Then visit Kiev Natural-Science Museum

Kiev National Science Museum is located in the heart of Kiev, so even if you suddenly change up your mind for not visiting it you can simply walk around and enjoy ancient buildings.
Address: Bohdan Khmelnitskiy St, 15. You can get there by Kiev subway to the station 'Teatralnaya' By the way, this place might serve you as a starting point. Go one way and you are in the Botanical garden, go another and you'll find yourself in Vladimirskaya Street where there are the famous Golden Gates (not golden at all:)), Sofiyskiy Cathedral and that lovely cafe I told you.