Traveling to Kyiv?

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

Greetings,

If you are traveling to Ukraine's capital, the following might be of  
interest:

*Kiev's afterglow*

By VIJAI MAHESHWARI
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Updated at 2:00 AM EDT

Kiev, Ukraine It's 10 p.m. on a weeknight in June, and the 112 bar in
downtown Kiev is packed with the city's heady beau monde of young  
politicos,
glamour girls and go-east expats.
  [...]
Yet the cozy cafés and Ukrainian restaurants in the historic Podil  
district, formerly
the merchants' quarter, have a sophisticated, intellectual vibe that  
is more Paris than
Moscow. Many great Russian-language writers, including Nikolai Gogol  
and Mikhail
Bulgakov, were actually Ukrainians who later made their mark in the  
empire. Their
well-preserved homes are worth a visit.
[...]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM. 
20050621.wxkiev0622/BNStory/specialTravel/

[also click on the accompanying
Photogallery: In pictures)

Cheers,
N. Pylypiuk

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Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk, Associate Professor
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies  http://www.mlcs.ca
200 Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2E6
voice mail: (780) 492-3498

Canadian Association of Slavists
http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas

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