Kreminna Travel Guide

 hunterV Says:  The church memorial cross and the huge Lenin monument are the biggest landmarks in the main square.The memorial plaque at the foot of the cross reads, At this place the Most Holy Trinity Cathedral was built in 1837 and it was destroyed in 1939. Unfortunately the memorial... 

 hunterV Says:  The first machine-operatorof Kreminna CountyAlexey Yarotsky(the village of Nevske)used to work at this tractorThis is the inscription at the first tractor monument that stands at the entrance to the local lore museum at 16 Red Square.The museum occupies an old historical... 

 hunterV Says:  There are three memorials in the city park:- the war memorial;- the Afghan war memorial;- the Chernobyl catastrophe memorial.The last two memorial are two stones united by one obelisk.The inscription on the Chernobyl memorial plaque reads, Time does not heal the pain of... 

 hunterV Says:  Kreminna is an old coalmining city.There is a coalminers memorial dedicated in 1995.It contains 121 names of the coalminers who perished fulfilling their duty, among them three ladies - those who died during accidents soon after the war.The inscription on the memorial reads,... 

 hunterV Says:  The central square is called like in Moscow - Red Square.Before 1939 it was the territory of the church, but after the church had been blown up by the Bolsheviks, they renamed the area into Red Square "by the will of the people".Now there is a memorial cross commemorating... 

 hunterV Says:  This huge spruce must be over fifty years old.It was planted when the leisure center was built - in 1967.There are spruces in Lenin Avenue Park too. 

 hunterV Says:  You can sit on a bench and relax here before you resume your city exploration.The park is small and full of monuments and memorials.There is a bank on the left of the memorials and an open air cafe round the corner.The local lore museum is at 16 Red Square. 

 hunterV Says:  You can get to Kreminna by bus from Luhansk.It's about 135 kilometers.The bus fare is about $5.If there are no buses to Kreminna, take a bus to Rubizhne and from there another bus or a cab to Kreminna (about ten miles). 

 hunterV Says:  I haven't seen any church in Kreminna. There is one here, but it is not seen from any downtown street since it is located down the hill.I know there are several big churches in Kreminna County and even a monastery in Varvarivka.There is a big poster on the wall of the... 

 hunterV Says:  This is where young amateur singer and actors meet on weekends, exchange their ideas and make short performances.When I was there, Gallina, the deputy director of the leisure center, an Honorary Citizen of Kreminna, presented me with this badge (picture 1) that enables me to... 

 hunterV Says:  This area has long been known as Oasis of the Donets Basin.People also call it Our Lake District for there are about 130 lakes and ponds in this county them Lake Podpesochnoye.Forests occupy one-fourth of the county’s area. The forests are rich in flora and fauna.All the... 

 hunterV Says:  The majority of houses are private ones, but there is a number of apartment houses.The first apartment houses were built for coalminers in Lenin Avenue in the thirties.Now you can see several five-storey apartment houses and one nine-storey apartment house in Kreminna. 

 hunterV Says:  There is a travel bureau in Kreminna.It is at 4 October Lane.Its name is Galeon Travel Vostok and it's a branch from Galeon Travel company from Kiev.Tel./Fax: +38 06454 22501E-mail: info@galeons.ucoz.ruISQ 561645191 

 scher Says:   Swimming and boating on Lake Chernikovo. It's one of my favorite pastimes in summer.You will not regret doing the same on our lakes, friends! 

 scher Says:   There are three kinds of BBQ meat and we usually take all three of then: a little pork, a little beaf and chicken-meat.Then we add some onions and vinegar, salt and pepper the meat and let it stand for three hours.Then we prepare hot coals and grill the meat there.