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The sculpture of chess players was installed in the park of Shevchenko

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There was the opening of the 19th mini-sculpture of the "Look!" (Shukay) Project. It becames the mini- skulpture of Kiev chess. She was installed in the park of Shevchenko, in a place where more than 50 years old the Kyiv people played chess. The opening of the sculpture fell on the International Chess Day, which, according to the organizers, was an accidental coincidence. - A certain combination is installed on the chessboard - a chess end-game. And you know that we have a sign near every sculpture. The legend of this is: crave me and make a horse, "said Julia Bevzenko, author of the" Look! "Project. The sculpture can be found in the park of Shevchenko, at the entrance, which is closer to the street of Lva Tolstoy at the intersection with Volodymyrska Street. Recall that the eighteenth mini-sculpture project was dedicated to Igor Sikorsky.

Harlan's bright triumph at the World Championships. VIDEO

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Olga Harlan defeated Sophia Velykaya in the final with a score of 15:14 and became the only four-time world champion in fencing with a saber.

Lomachenko best: Legendary Mike Tyson visited Kiev

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Tyson in Ukraine The former absolute world champion visited Kiev on a working visit. Recently, 53-year-old Mike became the face of the Parimatch company and flew to the capital to star in an advertisement of his partners. Parimatch is actively working with the fight lovers market - in the past, their official ambassador was MMA star Conor MacGregor. "I was 11 years old and I stole something. They put me in a colony for theft. They showed us a film about Ali, and after 10 minutes he came to us. Everyone just went crazy. And at that moment I thought that I want to be like him. I wanted to be as respected as he was, "- said Tyson. Tyson in Ukraine Tyson in Kiev “Lomachenko is the best, but I don’t know the second guy (Usik). In any case, he’s not as cool as Vasiliy. I don’t personally know Lomachenko,” the boxer answered the question about Ukrainian champions. “Iron Mike” talked about everything: about the Ukrainian wife of his former coach, about who

See the brightest photos of our players from holidays.

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Almost a month after the end of the football season in most European championships and players went on a well-deserved vacation. Someone from the Ukrainian footballers flew to Turkey and Bali, and someone visited Great Britain, France and the United States. While our players quietly return from their holidays and start preparing for the new season, we tell about their vacation in the summer off-season. Shakhtar's midfielder Viktor Kovalenko tanned under a scorching sun in Antalya. His teammate Bohdan Butko, along with his wife, chose the wonderful island of Bali as the place to rest.     One of the leaders of Dynamo Viktor Tsigankov, accompanied by a charming stranger, relaxed in the Maldives, where the fans were delighted with very frank photos. Let's add that after Maldives a couple went to London.             The goalkeeper of Kiev, George Bushchan also went to the resort. Which is not known for sure.     Dynamo Vitaliy Mikolenko, who is a

Georgy Zantaraya: "The organizers of the European Game forced me to win gold"

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- In Minsk, after the “golden” performance, you held a master class. - Here the organizers guessed who should be invited to speak to the children. They appealed to me two months before the competition. I asked them: “Should a master class take place regardless of my result in Minsk?” They replied: “Yes!” And I gave myself the directive: “It will be a shame to teach children something after a loss”. And to be honest, I was forced to win a gold medal, ”said Zantaraya

Kiovia - Engraving from 17th century

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Kiovia - Engraving from 17th century. 1. Die statt ( The place ) 2. Das Sohlos 3. Nieperft 4. Rudera von demallen Kiow.

Ukrainian tour operators increased incomes by 32%

During 2018 Ukrainian tourist operators earned UAH 16.9 billion, which is UAH 3.8 billion, or a third more than the previous year. The services of tour operators were used by 3,376 million people, which is almost 32% more than in 2017. Transfers the National Industrial Portal with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. According to the results of 2018, the largest tourist operators in Ukraine were:      Join UP! - 902.6 thousand people, of which 878.4 thousand - Ukrainians;      ANEX Tour - 515.6 thousand people, of which 515.6 thousand - Ukrainians;      "Accord Tour" - 279,7 thousand people, Ukrainians - 260,5 thousand;      TEZ Tour - 284.9 thousand tourists;      Coral Travel - 243.7 thousand;       TUI Ukraine - 230.4 thousand.