10 stunning photos from Ukraine's Wiki Loves Monuments

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1st place: Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, by Serge Krynytsia, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
In the midst of long-term unrest, Ukrainian Wikimedians took part in Wiki Loves Monuments, a worldwide photo competition that aims to add to the world’s coverage of cultural heritage monuments
The 232 Ukrainian participants uploaded more than 41,000 images—the most of any participating country—of about 14,000 monuments. 3,334 of these were being shot for the first time.
The award ceremony was held on November 21 in the museum of the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, a newly minted UNESCO World Heritage Site. The organizers recognized the best ten photos, seen below; the best picture from each oblast (region, or province); and the individuals with the largest number of monuments captured. An exhibition of the top photos was held in the Great Belfrey.
For more information, please see Wikimedia Ukraine’s blog post (Google Translate). For other country-wide winners, see our posts on Germany (English, German), Nepal, and Pakistan.
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2nd place: 180°-panorama of German House, Chernivtsi, by Maksym Prysiazhniuk, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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3rd place: Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery, Bakhchysarai, Crimea, by Maksym Prysiazhniuk, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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4th place: Halych Castle, Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, by Kateryna Baiduzha, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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5th place: Odesa Opera Theatre, Odesa, by Kostiantyn Brizhnichenko, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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6th place: Holy Mountains Monastery, Sviatohirsk, Donetsk Oblast, by Kostiantyn Brizhnichenko, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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7th place: Passage, Odesa, by Kateryna Krasnytska, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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8th place: Swallow Nest Castle, Haspra, Crimea, by Vitalii Bashkatov, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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9th place: Ceil of Three Saints Church, Chernivtsi, by Ihor Kunytskyi, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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10th place: Khotyn Fortress, Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast, by Serhii Kurlia, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vira Motorko
Wikimedia Ukraine
Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Ukraine organizing team

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