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Kiev

capital and the largest city of Ukraine

50.4530.52

Chernihiv

city in Ukraine

51.531.3

Chernobyl

(Чорнобиль, Chornobyl) – tour the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster

51.3900930.10468

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Trinity Monastery (Chernihiv)

Ukraine
- Consists of the former Elias (11th-17th century.) and Trinity (1677 - 1780) monasteries. Since 1790 Trinity Monastery became the seat of the Archbishop of Chernigov. Trinity Cathedral has functioned as a parish church until 1929. Than became acting nunnery. Nowadays the monastery is the residence of the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Today on the monastery grounds are acting Trinity Cathedral (it was founded in 1679 by Lazar Baranovich by architect John the Baptist), the refectory with Vvedenskoj church (the only double tower church on the Eastern Ukraine. Dated 1677-1679), the bell tower in 1775 (a 58-m-high building, which offers a magnificent view of the city).