Poltava, the Pearl of Ukraine

Poltava , both the city and the women are enjoyable. Poltava is the pearl of Ukraine. It is not large, and only has a population around 300,000. It has many green parks, and a beautiful city center with many restaurants and shops, and of course lots of pretty Ukrainian women. There are a few museums, an art gallery, a theater; and many monuments built to honor leading citizens (who were born in Poltava, or who provided a valuable service while living in Poltava). It is an excellent place to visit if you wish to see the real Ukraine and the daily life of its people, plus meet a couple of nice pretty ladies from Ukraine. You can also visit churches and cathedrals and experience Ukrainian spirituality.

Poltava is situated on the beautiful Vorskla River. The centre of the old city is a semicircular Neoclassical square with the Tuscan column of cast iron (1805-11), commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Poltava and featuring 18 Swedish cannons captured in that battle. The five-domed city cathedral, dedicated to the Exaltation of the Cross, is a superb monument of Cossack Baroque, built between 1699 and 1709. As a whole, the cathedral presents a unity which even the Neoclassical belltower has failed to mar. Another frothy Baroque church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s.