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hunterV Says: Since the city has a rich history, you can see lots of different old and new monuments in the city streets and squares.The monument to Nikita Izotov, a famous Soviet coalminer and a shockworker, is one of them.The monument was created by an artists' team: sculptor V.M.Kostin...
hunterV Says: It's another must in Horlivka.The Promenade is one of the favorite places of lots of local children, teenagers and grownups.It begins in Victory Avenue and proceeds along Dimitrov Boulevard to Revolution Square.There is a park with stone figures, a beertent and a lot of...
Downtown Restaurants: City Cafes
hunterV Says: There are a lot of other cafes and restaurants in Horlivka.I have visited some of them:Barselona Cafe in Lenin Street,Victoria Cafe in Komsomol Street,Druzhba Cafe in Komsomol Street (one of the oldest in the city),Al Capone Cafe in Dimitrov Boulevard Bavaria44 Victory...
Three Little Birch-Trees: Our Local in 1979
hunterV Says: My fellow students and I used to frequent this place on our way from the college.It is conveniently located close to our dormitory.Of course, the place has completely changed since that time.Now it is a restaurant, a poker club, a billiards place and a sauna. beer and dried...
hunterV Says: The Promenade is one of the favorite places of lots of local young people.It begins in Victory Avenue and proceeds along Dimitrov Boulevard to Revolution Square.There are several attractions along the Promenade, among them: - a park with stone figures, - a children's...
Heroes Park: Relax in the Park
hunterV Says: This is one of the downtown parks where you can sit safely and do some people watching.It's a nice and quiet place located a bit off the main street.There is a dormitory of the foreign languages college near this park, so you can meet a lot of English-speaking young people...
hunterV Says: There are fifty-two bus routes about the city and its environs. The total number of buses operating on these routes every day is about four hundred.They are mosly Ukrainian buses manufactured in Lviv by LAZ.These are city bus routes FYI just in case.1 – Nikitovka Station –...
hunterV Says: There are many buses to Horlivka from Donetsk and from many other regional centers, towns and cities of Donetsk and Luhansk region.Besides, buses to/from Odessa, Kherson, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk pass Horlivka.Also, there are a lot of local buses that will take you to any...
hunterV Says: I used to frequent this movie theater in Lenin Street: Shakhtar ("Coalminer") movie theater.We also enjoy going for a walk to Korolenko Ponds located on the city outskirts about forty minutes walk from our dormitory in Kirov Street.We also went to Seversky Donets-Donbass...
hunterV Says: Looking at the city map I noticed that, unlike many other cities I have visited, Horlivka street names sometimes sound very unique.What do you think of such street names:Merry Street (in Ozeryanovka);Galileo Street (in Gagarin Settlement);Bright Street (in Gagarin...
hunterV Says: This is what you can read at the former beach of Korolenko Ponds.The ponds look quite neglected and the water has never been purified.The ponds' bottom has never been cleaned.You can only rent a water cycle and ride around the lake, which is a bit too risky too since you...
hunterV Says: Be careful when walking along the sidewalks or crossing the streets.There are a lot of pot-holes where you can easily stumble and fall, especially in rainy weather or at night.Many sidewalks and roads look as though they have not been repaired for decades...Watch your step...
hunterV Says: A small carrybag for everyday use Tennis shoes for your long city walks. everything is available at the local market and at the stores. any kind of film is here too there are several ponds and you could bathe in one of them. a torch would be a good idea if you plan to...
hunterV Says: This park is very special and strange at the same time.There are no benches here and it is only visited by "transit passengers" who head for the bus terminal and back.There is a hill with a tank memorial on its top.The tank is the famous Soviet T-34.The inscription below the...
hunterV Says: You can see dozens of memorial plaques in different parts of the city.Here are some of them:Heroes ParkThe memorial plaque with the names of twenty-three war heroes - three Soviet soldiers, four NCOs and sixteen officers (among them one Soviet cosmonaut, A.Volkov, from...
hunterV Says: Euro-2012 soccer championship in Horlivka too!Horlivka has been selected as one of the tourist cities for Euro-2012 soccer championship.Here is what reaction this decision caused among the locals..................................................................."WELCOME TO...
hunterV Says: Web sites about this city are numerous.I am sorry almost all of them are in Russian, even the web site of the City Council, although Horlivka has direct contacts with Barnsley. It would have been natural that all these materials were in English and translated at my alma...
hunterV Says: .......................................................................................................................During our Reunion on May 31, 2009 the Association of the College Graduates of Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages was founded. Now I...
hunterV Says: ........................................................................................................*** visiting the ponds on the western outskirts;*** walking in the city parks;*** seeing new movies at "Shakhtar" movie theater;*** attending a swimming section at the...
hunterV Says: ...........................................................................................................................................Traveling became my passion in my student's years in Horlivka.I was a student of the English Faculty of Horlivka State Pedagogical...
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This is a popular place for many young people.It is full of them in the evenings.The customers order mainly drinks and snacks.There is a tent outside and an AC...
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Traveling became my passion during my student's years in Horlivka. I was a student of the English Faculty of Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages from 1977 till 1982. At that time...
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