Seven wonders of Ukraine

Locations of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine.

The Seven Wonders of Ukraine ( Ukrainian Сім чудес України ) are a selection of seven historically and culturally significant architectural monuments in Ukraine that were selected in a competition in July 2007. It was the first of its kind. Subsequently, the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine , the Seven Wonderful Ways of Ukraine and the Seven Wonderful Castles of Ukraine were selected. All nominated locations are under monument protection at least at regional level and can be used for tourism .

After a pre-selection by the responsible authorities, the list of candidates was reduced by an expert committee. Anyone on the Internet could participate in the final selection.

history

The initiative for the selection came from Mykola Tomenko , one of the deputy chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada , who under the motto Piznai Ukrainu! (Eng. Discover Ukraine ) started. This was preceded by similar competitions, all of which were regionally limited.

In 2008, the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine were selected according to the same mode. Here, too, the initiative came from Mykola Tomenko.

selection

A pre-selection was made by local and regional authorities who proposed a list of 1000 possible candidates. A panel of experts with 100 members, including cultural scientists, historians and tourism experts, drew up a list of 21 proposals from which a selection could be made on the Internet.

Members of the expert panel included:

Andriy Pakhlya , Head of the State Service for Tourism and Resorts
Oleksandr Volkov , Member of the Fifth Verkhovna Rada
Oleksandr Bryhynets , local politician from Kiev
Yuri Artymenko , Member of the Fifth Verkhovna Rada
Volodymyr Kurinny , Member of the Fifth Verkhovna Rada
Volodymyr Ilchenko , editor-in-chief of the magazine "Mandry"
Oleksandr Bohutsky , director of the Ukrainian television channel ICTV
Viktor Kolesnyk , Dean of the History Department of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev
Ihor Pasichnyk , Rector of the Ostroger Academy National University

Nataliya Sumska , actress

Anzhelika Rudnytska , actress

Volodymyr Shevchenko , Rector of the Donetsk National University

Oleksandr Kharchenko , editor-in-chief of the UNIAN information agency

Public Internet voting began on July 7, 2007. Approximately 77,000 Internet users cast votes. Voting ended on August 21, 2007 and the result was announced on the same day.

list

#	Surname	Location	image
1	Sofiyivka Park	Uman , Cherkasy Oblast	more pictures
2	Kiev Pechersk Lavra	Kiev	more pictures
3	Kamianets-Podilskyi	Kamianets-Podilskyi , Khmelnytskyi Oblast	more pictures
4th	Khortytsia	Zaporizhia , Zaporizhia Oblast	more pictures
5	Chersonese	Sevastopol	more pictures
6th	St. Sophia Cathedral	Kiev	more pictures
7th	Chotyn fortress	Chotyn , Chernivtsi Oblast	more pictures