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Mariyinsky Palace (Ukrainian: Маріїнський палац, Mariyins’kyi palats) is an official ceremonial residence of the President of Ukraine in Kiev and adjoins the neo-classical building of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. It is a picturesque Baroque palace on the hilly bank of the Dnieper River.

The palace was requested to be constructed in 1744 by the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, and was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the most famous architect working in the Russian empire at that time. One of the students of Rastrelli, Ivan Michurin, together with a group of other architects, completed the palace in 1752. Empress Elizabeth, however, did not live long enough to see the palace. The first royal figure to stay in the palace was Empress Catherine II, who visited Kiev in 1787. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the palace was the main residence of Governors-General.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariyinsky_Palace

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Well, every once in a while I come up with what I think is a great name for a photo, but then I find out they story behind the image and suddenly the name I came up with doesn't seem so great any more.

This was seen near the campus of Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Kiev.

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Schornborn Castle, Ukraine, also known as the Schornborn Hunting Castle

During the early 18th century, the beginning of the revolt led by Ferenc II Rákóczi took place around the Mukachevo area. During the mid-late 18th century, the city came under Austrian control as part of the Kingdom of Hungary and was made a key fortress of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1726, the Palanok Castle and the town, before 1711 owned by the Rákóczi family, was given by the Habsburgs to the Schönborn family, who were responsible for an expansion of the town.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukachevo

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• HDR Photo ~ This is a re-visit to one of my earlier HDR attempts and redoing it with some new skills I’ve picked up along the way.

Here is the original Soviet Era Hydrofoil

Seen in Chernigov, Ukraine.

When my wife first saw this parked in Chernigov, she recognized what it was right away. I experienced a what the ???? moment. This is a Polesye class hydrofoil, made to operate in shallower waters.

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Kiev Ukraine.

Flowers usually bring thoughts of spring, warm weather, love, carefree days. But flowers also show up on darker occasions, and this is one of those.

After making it out to take photos about 10 times in January, February 15 was the first time taking photos in 3.5 weeks. A period of more snow than normal, followed by brutal cold left me indoors contemplating the brighter thoughts and warmer times normally associated with flowers.

But I adventured out February 15, even though temperatures this morning hovered around -12C or +11F. I really shouldn't have been too concerned about the cold, since the same event, the same day last year the temperatures were -14C or +7F. In other words, I've been through it before.

A similar photo from last year... www.flickr.com/photos/mattsh/5457561729/

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by Matt Shalvatis - Roads Less Traveled Photography
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