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Kodak Fortress near Dnepropetrovsk 2012-03-25 03:46:00
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 Kodak fortress is a Polish fortress and is located on the right bank of the Dnieper River in one an a half kilometer from Dnepropetrovsk in the village of “Stari Kodaky”. The name of the fortress in Turkic language means "settlement on the hill".Kodak fortress was built in July 1635. The construction works were led by the French engineer de Boplan. The purpose of the fortress was to block access to the Black Sea and the obstruction of villagers to flee in Zaporozhye. The contemporaries gave the fortress the unofficial name “the key to Zaporozhye”.The garrison of the fortress consisted of 200 German mercenaries, dragoons, commanded by that officer Jean Marion. In August 1635 under the command of Ataman Sulima, the Cossacks attacked Kodak fortress and destroyed it, having executed the commander and killed all the dragoons except for 15 mercenaries, who were in reconnaissance at that moment. In 1639 German engineer Friedrich Getkant restored the fortress and increased its area nearly three times. On the territory of the fortress there were built Catholic Church, monastery and the Orthodox Church; the number of the garrison increased to 600 people. The firepower of Kodak fortress was reinforced by artillery and guard tower.In September 1648 there were sent at once three Cossack regiments under the command of J. Vovchenko, M. Nesterenko, and P. Shumeyko to capture the fortress. October 1 the Kodak fortress surrendered without a fight, the fortress guns were dismantled and the very fortress has lost its purpose until 1654.In times of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, the Kodak fortress was the outpost against the Cossacks of Zaporizhian Sich. In 1711 it was destroyed, and from 1734 to 1775 it had been a Cossacksettlement. In 1910 at the site of the former fortress there was established a memorial, and in 1940 there was created a granite quarry on the territory of Kodak, which destroyed almost the entire fortress. There have survived only a few ruins of Kodak and earth billows in the north.
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Church of St. Nicholas in Dnepropetrovsk 2012-03-25 03:43:00
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St. Nicholas Church appeared due to the existence of the Dnepropetrovsk plant, where 90% of employers were Poles, who were in the Roman Catholic community. The former director of the plant, Ignatius Yasyukovich, decided to build a church. However, taking into account the possible negative reaction of the Orthodox population on the construction of Catholic Church, he decided first to build an Orthodox church, and then the catholic one. In 1895 there started the construction of the church, the architect of which was Marian Hormansky, who created the draft of neo-Gothic church. On the eastern facade the building is decorated with two towers, rising up to 33 meters. The main facade is decorated with wooden carvings and art smithery, and the arched window over the central Gothic doors, is larger than the main entrance to the church. The downspouts are in the form of gargoyles, and the bird's-eye view of the very building resembles the shape of the Latin cross lying on the ground. Church of St. Nicholas is built of yellow brick, and includes the 500 parishioners. The building of the temple has lasted for more than two years, and upon the completion of construction there was nailed the plate on the wall of the church, reporting that the Parish Church of St. Nicholas was built in the years 1895-1897 on the initiative of Ignatius Yasyukovich on the donations of employees and workers of the plant, as well as thanks to Metallurgical Community. The church had experienced a lot of restoration work and many difficult years over its history. So, in 1902 the temple walls have been re-painted and decorated; the wooden fence was replaced with forged gothic  lattice, and over the main entrance there emerged the statue of the Virgin Mary. In 1929, the government took the Catholic Church and opened the Polish club in the building. At the beginning of XX century, the Catholic community began to carry out works to save the temple. Thanks to their efforts, the church was restored. And since 1991 the divine services have been carried out every day.
Тэги: dnepropetrovsk, travel, ukraine
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 2012-03-25 03:39:00
... grand buildings in Dnipropetrovsk, its subway is ... legendary place of Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine. Among the ...
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Dnepropetrovsk is the city with the population over million people, the third city in Ukraine after Kiev and Kharkov according to the population size. It is one of the most beautiful cities in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the 20th century and till nowadays Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine is the important center of the metallurgy industry and machine building, aerospace industry and rocket production. In this industrial city are combined the old buildings and the new tall houses. One of the oldest but rebuilt buildings is Potemkinsk Palace 1790 and three old fortresses of the 17th century: Kodakskaia, Novobogorodizkaia and New Kaidaky. In the times of Russian Empire in 1786 according to the building plan of Ekaterina the Second there was founded Transfiguration Cathedral, which should have exceeded the dimensions of the roman cathedral of Peter and Paul – more than 150 m in length and 139 m in height. And nowadays there is built the largest synagogue with the museum of Holocaust in the world.  The city is famed also for its skyscrapers. For that moment in Dnepropetrovsk city is built the complex “Brama” with altitude more than 200 m (about 50 stores). The length of the longest apartment in the city is 830 m. To get from one end of the house to another the dwellers need to pass two trolleybus stations.In the city along the right riverside of the Dnepr there is spread the longest embankment in Europe. Its length is over 23 km. On the embankment in 2005 there was set the fountain-swan. Its singularity is that it can change working modes, wave with the wings and turn round. With the full power the altitude of its central stream can reach 50 m! There are 5 bridges over the Dnepr in Dnepropetrovsk city. The longest one is Kaidakskiy (1732 m). In spite of the grand buildings in Dnipropetrovsk, its subway is one of the shortest subways in the world: 6 stations, the length of the line is 7,8 km. The number of tourists is attracted by the Monastic Island – the historically legendary place of Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine. Among the historical sights the separate attention belongs to the Scythian women – here is the largest collection of them in Ukraine. Many famous historical and contemporary persons had lived in the city of Dnepropetrovsk in different times. Alexander Pushkin, the world known Russian poet, was here in exile. And in 1978 in the kindergarten № 27 was brought up the famous American actress Mila Iovovitsch. Dnepropetrovsk Travel Guide will help you to explore this wonderful city.
Тэги: dnepropetrovsk, travel, ukraine
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