The painting titled "Courage" by Lviv-based artist Olena Papka was sold at a Forbes auction in Prague for $45,000. The proceeds were redirected to the support of Ukraine.
The work depicts a girl with a sword on a black background. The bright yellow...
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A painting by a Lviv artist went under the hammer at Forbes auction for $45,000
Ancient icons were found in the walls of a long-burned hospital
In the Chernihiv region, in the village of Novye Mlyny, there are the remains of a burned-out hospital, which local residents decided to disassemble. The building burned down 16 years ago, and only recently the remaining walls were dismantled. During...
Ukrposhta has issued a circulation of postage stamps "Order of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred"
Ukraine has issued a postage stamp dedicated to the state award of Ukraine, which appeared in 2014 – the Order of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. The new postal issue is special, so Ukrposhta honored the memory of those who died during the struggle for...
Rare tiles found in an old Lviv house
In one of the old houses in Lviv found tiles made in 1530. Judging by the images and the technology of creation, the construction material was produced abroad. At that time, such decoration was very expensive, and not everyone could afford to decorate...
The museum in Naguyevichi will be replenished with three rare old editions
In the village of Naguyevichi (Lviv region), in the state reserve brought publications issued in the first Volovin of the XX century. They should soon be displayed to the general public. The oldest of the three exhibits was a periodical about Ukrainian...
In Ukraine, a coin was issued in honor of the observatory of the XVIII century
The Astronomical Observatory of Lviv University is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year. In honor of this event, the NBU issued a commemorative coin with a face value of 5 hryvnia. The obverse of the nickel silver coin depicts a telescope that is...
The history of the Ukrainian oil industry: a pharmacy-museum of Jan Zeg was opened in Borislav
In Borislav, a new museum of Jan Zeg, whose exposition is dedicated to the medicinal properties of petroleum products, has started operating. The pharmacy-museum project was launched in 2019 and was implemented in two stages. At the first stage, a plot...
Explosive exhibition: mine museum opened in Khmelnitsky
In Khmelnitsky, there is a museum of the history of mines, a collection of objects displayed as an exhibition was collected by a military sapper Yevgeny Guk. In the museum you can see several hundred explosive devices of different designs. At first...
A silver banknote with a portrait of Lesya Ukrainka was issued
Another collector's novelty, dedicated to the Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka, pleased connoisseurs of rare banknotes. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth on January 21, a silver banknote with a nominal value of 200 hryvnia was...
Half a kilogram of gold: archaeologists have shown an ancient torc
In the Transcarpathian region, a large find was shown – a gold artifact weighing 544 g. This ancient decoration is a torc, which was discovered in the Malokopan sacred complex. The gold content is very high and is 94.52%. After the analysis, scientists...