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Locations of the 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.

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 Oblast), "Starry autumn in Kachanivka" (Chernihiv Oblast), "Let's discover island Khortytsia" (Zaporizhzhia Oblast), "Maslyana in Bukovina" (Chernivtsi Oblast), "Amber legends of Rivne region", "Day of Europe at the native land of Lesya Ukrainka" (Volyn Oblast), 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
Wonder Internet Experts Total
place score place score
Sofiyivka Park 2 20 3 19 39
Kyiv Monastery of the Caves 4 18 1 21 39
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle 3 19 5 17 36
Khortytsia 1 21 7 15 36
Chersoneses 6 16 4 18 34
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv 9 13 2 20 33
Khotyn Fortress 5 17 12 10 27
special nominations
Levadia Palace 7 15 10 12 27
Ostroh Castle 10 12 13 9 21
Pysanka Museum 8 14 17 5 19
extended ranking
Stone Grave 12 10 9 13 23
Pochayiv Monastery 14 8 8 14 22
Odesa Opera 11 11 14 8 19
Holy Mountains Monastery 19 3 6 16 19
Saint Anthony's Caves 16 6 11 11 17
Palanok Castle 13 9 18 4 13
Olesko Castle 18 4 15 7 11
Lutsk Castle 15 7 20 2 9
Shevchenko Heritage Park 21 1 16 6 7
House of the State Industry 17 5 21 1 6
Pereiaslav 20 2 19 3 5

List

# Name Location Image
1 / 2 Sofiyivsky 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 / 4 Kamianets 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.
5 Chersonesos Taurica (Khersones Tavriysky)[12] Sevastopol
The remains of the city of Chersonesos.
The remains of the city of Chersonesos.
6 Saint Sophia Cathedral[13] Kyiv
The Saint Sophia Cathedral.
The Saint Sophia Cathedral.
7 Khotyn 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) Pereiaslav, 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) Pereiaslav, 20) Lutsk Castle, 21) House of the State Industry

All contenders

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
1 Falz-Fein Biosphere Preserve "Askania-Nova"[16] Askania-Nova, Kherson Oblast
2 Landscape park "Granite-steppe lands of Buh"[17] Mykolaiv Oblast
Valley of Mertvovod.
Valley of Mertvovod.
3 Landscape park "Dnister Canyon"[18] Ternopil Oblast
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.
4 Simferopol Speleology Museum (Marble Cave)[19] AR Crimea
5 National 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.
6 Shatsk National Nature Park[21] Volyn Oblast
Svitiaz.
Svitiaz.
7 National Nature Park "Synevyr"[22] Zakarpattia Oblast
Synevir.
Synevir.

Special Nominations

Three objects from the nomination list needed a special nomination:

Other important nominees

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
1 Lutsk Upper Castle[25] Lutsk, Volyn Oblast
2 Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle[26] Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
3 Akkerman Fortress[27] Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast
4 Metropolitan Palace[28] Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast
5 Khotyn Fortress[29] Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast
6 Kachanivka Palace[30] Kachanivka, Chernihiv Oblast
7 Vorontsov Palace[31] Alupka, AR Crimea

Special Nominations

Three objects from the nomination list needed a special nomination:

Other important nominees

See also

References

  1. ^ Organization Committee. 7chudes.in.ua.
  2. ^ "Открывается голосование за "семь чудес Украины" (Voting is now open for the "Seven Wonders of Ukraine")". Podrobnosti (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  3. ^ "Ukrainians chose seven wonders of Ukraine". ForUm. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  4. ^ "Сім чудес України визначено! (Ukraine's Seven Wonders are named)". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  5. ^ "CЕГОДНЯ БУДУТ НАЗВАНЫ СЕМЬ ЧУДЕС УКРАИНЫ (Today the Seven Wonders of Ukraine will be named)". Vecherniy Kharkov (in Russian). Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  6. ^ The Seven Wonders of Ukraine are determined! (Сім чудес України визначено!). www.7chudes.in.ua. 22 August 2007
  7. ^ "National Dendrological Park "Sofiyivka"". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  8. ^ "Kyiv Pechersk Lavra". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  9. ^ "National Historical-architectural Complex "Kamianets"". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  10. ^ "National Reserve-island "Khortytsia"". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  11. ^ "Information about the Khortytsia Preserve". Archived from the original on Oct 30, 2010. Retrieved Aug 14, 2022.
  12. ^ "Tauric Chersones". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  13. ^ "Sophia Kyivska". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  14. ^ "Government Historical-architectural Reserve "Khotyn Fortress" (Khotyn, Chernivetska Oblast)". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  15. ^ "Мiнiстерство культури Автономної Республіки Крим | Музеї". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved Aug 14, 2022.
  16. ^ "Askania-Nova(biosphere preserve, Kherson land)". Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  17. ^ "Granite-steppe lands of Buh(regional-landscape park, Mykolaiv land". Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  18. ^ "Dnister Canyon". Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  19. ^ "Marble Caves (Crimea)". Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  20. ^ "Podillian Tovtry(National Natural park, Khmelnytskyi land)". Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  21. ^ "Lake Svitiaz(Volyn)". Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  22. ^ "Lake Synevyr(Zakarpattia)". Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  23. ^ Oleshkiv Desert Archived 2009-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Optimistic Caves Archived 2009-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ "Lutsk Upper Castle". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  26. ^ "Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  27. ^ "Akkerman Fortress". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  28. ^ "Metropolitan Palace". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  29. ^ "Khotyn Fortress". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  30. ^ "Kachanivka Palace". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  31. ^ "Alupka Palace". Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2013-03-16.
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