National Park “Skolevskie Beskids” was founded by the decree of the President of Ukraine on 11 February, 1999 on the basis of Skolevskiy closed wood of national importance and spreads over 35,261 hectares of traditional place of public resort - Skhidnytsya, Skole, Slavske- rich of mineral water.
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is one of the oldest universities in Ukraine, Europe and the world. It was founded more than 350 years ago by the decree of the Polish king John II Casimir
In 1908-1909 on the occasion of 200 years of the Battle of Poltava there was built Belaya Besedka. It is an original monument – eight columns, erected in the form of semi-circumference, support the laced coronal looking like horseshoe at the top.
In spring of 1936 in Poltava at the premises of Kharkiv Komsomol Music Theatre there was established the Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre named the State Theatre of Musical Drama.
The monastery was established in 1650 on the riverside of Vorskla at the expense of commoners in memory of the first victories of hetman of the Zaporizhian Host Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky over the Polacks near Zhovti Vody and Pyliavtsi in 1648 (nowadays the village Pyliava of Starosiniavsky District of Khmelnitsky Region).
The city of Poltava is favourably endowed with the samples of architecture and monuments. The majority of monuments are connected with the victory of Russian army over the Swedes. The main area of unique interest of Poltava and Central Square of the city is the Monument of Glory.
Svitiaz Lake is the largest and deepest lake of karst origin in Ukraine. Svitiaz belongs to groups of Shatsk's lakes, which are located in the Shatsky National Natural Park.
Crimea Peninsula on South-West ends with triangle brow of Heraclea Peninsula or Trakhejsky Peninsula. Ruins of Chersonese are one of seven wonders of Ukraine.
The Vorontsov Palace, nowadays Alupka State Palace-Park Museum-Reserve is one of the most visited architectural monuments of Crimea. The Vorontsov Palace was intended to be a summer residence for the Governor-General of Novorossiya area M.S. Vorontsov (1782-1856), upon the project of the English architect Edward Blore (1789—1879).
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