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Where in Kyiv you can visit free galleries

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Cultural life in Kiev rages every second. Options to join the beautiful more than enough. As part of the special project “Where in Kyiv”, the Kyiv Authority edition suggests finding out where to look at pictures in the capital of Ukraine without spending a penny. The galleries contain paintings by talented artists. Often, novice artists exhibit their work in free galleries, but there are some in the collection where you can look at works by popular artists for free.   Voloshyn Gallery   The gallery specializes in “contemporary art” and demonstrates a wide range of various media of contemporary art, holds personal and group exhibitions. The gallery promotes the integration of Ukrainian art into world cultural processes, represents artists at international art fairs and in art projects in Europe and the USA. Voloshyn Gallery seeks to discover exceptional phenomena, with a focus on early-stage artists and artists who have already found their expressive l

Volodymyr Zelensky are looking for a teacher of the Ukrainian language

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Volodymyr Zelensky are looking for a teacher of the Ukrainian language. The winner of the second round of the presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky knows the Ukrainian language and communicates freely. This was told by the future "first lady" of the country Olena Zelenska. According to her, since her husband has been constantly in stress for a long time, it is difficult for him to communicate in Ukrainian and quickly get words as "in the usual environment." Now Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to deepen his knowledge.      "We are looking for a teacher who would help him to speed up," said Olena Zelenska.

ANCIENT ROMAN COINS FOUNDED IN KYIV (PHOTOS)

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Discovered  money was in circulation for nearly five centuries.   An unexpected find was waiting for archaeologists in Kiev Podol, when local residents organized a planting of fruit trees. Artifacts were found on the corner of Kozhemyatskaya and Voznesenskyy descent. It turned out that the find of two dozen coins, several buckles, brooches and numerous ceramics remains of historically very valuable. “The found Roman coins are denarii of the first centuries of our era. They were at a depth of 30 centimeters - below this level is modern concrete! And cultural layers in this place start from a depth of one and a half meters, ”said Vyacheslav Baranov, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.   According to the archaeologist Nikita Sidko, in addition to the coins, fibulas and fragments of ceramics are also of interest.  

Saudi Arabia received 140 Ukrainian missile defense vehicles and 840 missiles

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Ukraine continues to supply modern domestic anti-tank complexes to Saudi Arabia. So, this year the Arab country has already received 140 new Ukrainian TRTs ("Scythian" and "Corsair" and 840 guided missiles to them). A ccording to the data provided by ImportGenius (tracking export-import operations) subsidiary, Ukrspetsexport subsidiary, the State Enterprise "Specialized Foreign Trade Firm" Progress "(SJSC" PROGRES "), for the first two months of this year sent shipments to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through Nicholas Seaport, four batches of anti-tank guided systems and rockets manufactured by the Kyiv State Design Bureau "Luch" , which is part of the State Enterprise "Ukroboronprom".   In total January-February 2019, Saudi Arabia supplied 60 130-mm "Scythian" (with thermal cameras Eye Lr S produced by the Turkish company Aselsan), 80 light-weigh

Turkish airline Pegasus opens the flight Kyiv - Bodrum

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Turkish airline Pegasus from June 13, 2019 opens a new flight on the route Kyiv-Bodrum.   From Bodrum, the planes will fly at 23:55 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and from Kiev (on June 14) at 03:05 - on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Flight Duration - 2 hours 30 minutes. The price of air tickets for the flight Kiev-Bodrum starts at $ 119 on both sides. In the cheapest fare, only hand luggage is included in the price. Pegasus Airlines is a Turkish low-cost airline, founded in 1990 in Istanbul with hubs at several airports in Turkey.

Drohobych truck crane plant has restored production and is preparing special equipment for the Armed Forces

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Drohobych factory of automobile cranes (DAK) in February 2019 resumed production and is already preparing its own special equipment for testing in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the moment, the enterprise attaches to the tests of the KTA-25 truck on the military chassis of KrAZ 63221. The special machine is already painted in military color and has passed the stage of factory tests.   The KTA-25 truck crane is one of the most popular products of the company. It can be installed on a large number of truck models of different manufacturers such as MAZ, KrAZ, KamAZ, MAN, Tatra and others. Truck characteristics of the crane: Maximum lifting capacity useful, t 25.0 Departures at max. lifting capacity, m 3,2 Departures, m 2.4-18.4 Max cargo moment, kN. 800.0 Hook lifting height max., / With extension, m 21,5 / 30,0 Depth of lowering the hook max., M 13.0 (up to 12.5t) Number of sections of the arrow, piece 3 Length of the arrow, m / with exte

At the exhibition in Malaysia, "Antonov" demonstrated AN-148-300MP

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I n the Malaysian Langkawi exhibition LIMA-2019 , Ukraine again demonstrated an An-148-300MP model. This modification of the aircraft is designed to fulfill the tasks of maritime patrol, intelligence, as well as annihilation of potential violators and opponents. And in the last act, he adds two anti-ship missiles to the aid. Actually, this aircraft is already a long time ago. But, if we deal with the aircraft itself with the related equipment, such as SLAR side detection radars, sensors in the infrared and ultraviolet ranges, the target detection system and also electronic intelligence systems, similarly from the PCR now is much better.