Though it was a regional center in the Kyiv Rus times now it's a very quiet picturesque place, since the town is surrounded by three National parks protected by state.
From Kyiv Rus times we have Uspensky Cathedral that was built nearly nine centuries ago and still has a small piece of original wall. And that is one of my favorite places in the town, since according to the old style urban development the cathedral was located at the highest point of the town.
The other day while sitting in the nearest square my boyfriend and his friend were interested how people lived in our climate in those times without heating systems (they are foreigners). So I decided to show them a model of ukrainian style house that we have at Tarasova Gora.
Tarasova hill is another place to visit since it has a very good view of these places to Dnipro and left bank. Once upon a time (but just in 19th century) our greatest ukrainian poet liked this place so much that bought a piece of land and wanted to live here considering it to be the most beautiful place in Ukraine. Unfortunately, he was just buried here.
But the prominent feature about my town is the athmosphere. It's a calm place to have a good rest with extremely fresh air thanks to the Dnipro and national parks. And a comfort of people supporting each other. I didn't live here for almost 16 years of my life but now I enjoy feeling home. At least for this summer.
