Ukraine 2015

Here is the main page covering our visit to the western part of Ukraine, plus a slide show of pictures at the end.

For journal postings from Ukraine, CLICK HERE.

Our itinerary centered around a tour of the homeland of our forefathers in what was part of Russia at the time. The villages lie amid fertile grain-growing plains about 400 kilometers east of the Polish border:

  • Brody, formerly the border between Poland and Russia
  • Shepetivka
  • Nova Labun (Lubin)
  • Bilohorodka

We ended the trip with four days in the delightful town of Lviv (Lvov) and a quick visit to Odessa.

You can also browse the map below for more. Click a pushpin to find posted articles from the marked locations.

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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.

  • Soldiers at Lviv cafe
  • Shepetivka Jewish cemetery
  • Shepetivka Jewish cemetery
  • Shepetivka Jewish cemetery
  • The shtetl site and old marketplace building, Lubin
  • Buildings from the old days, Nova Labun
  • The 20s, Nova Labun museum
  • Site of the shtetl, Lubin
  • Out of the past, Lubin
  • Finding hundred year old graves from the Lubin cemetery upon a densely forested hill
  • Old Lubin cemetery in the forest
  • Woman’s headstone and pedestal, Nova Labun
  • Woman’s headstone, Nova Labun
  • Doves of peace, Nova Labun cemetery
  • Gravestone, Nova Labun
  • Standing at the site of the old shtetl, Bilohorodka
  • Building from the old days, Bilohorodka
  • Buildings once in the shtetl, Bilohorodka
  • Site of former synagogue and Jewish school, Bilohordka
  • School grounds at former foundations of the old synagogue, Bilohorodka
  • Shtetl site, Bilohorodka
  • A history lesson from the headmaster, Bilohorodka
  • Former Bilohorodka cemetery
  • Seeking names of the buried, Bilohorodka
  • One of the few gravestones, Bilohorodka
  • Broken remains, Bilohorodka cemetery
  • Cemetery remnants and gravestones, Shepetivka
  • Remnants of Shepetivka cemetery
  • Synagogue, Shepetivka
  • Memorial to the killing of Shepetivka Jews in WW2
  • Somber at Shepetivka memorial to Nazi massacre
  • The hotel of Shepetivka
  • Hulk of the old synagogue, Brody
  • Detail, former Brody synagogue
  • Returned to ancestral homeland
  • Around Olesko
  • Olesko Castle
  • New countryside church with overflow Sunday crowd
  • Ukrainian breadbasket – for hundreds of kilometers
  • Kremenets castle
  • Pochaiv monastery complex
  • Jeu d’esprit, Lviv
  • Lviv Opera House
  • Pravda bar, Lviv
  • Old multi-lingual storefront, Lviv
  • Ornate architecture of Lviv
  • Charming facades at Ploshcha Square, Lviv
  • White Diana cafe, Ploshcha Square, Lviv
  • Latin Cathedral, Lviv
  • 17th century Boyim Chapel, Lviv
  • Eastern Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration, Lviv
  • Jewish life exhibition curated by our guide, Maxim
  • Gravestone fragments collected by Maxim, Lviv
  • The edge of Lviv’s Jewish ghetto along the train line during WW2
  • Display honoring Ukrainian soldiers, Odessa
  • Crimea war debris on display, Odessa
  • Wedding cheer in front of Odessa opera house
  • Odessa opera house
  • Opera house, Odessa