Rubizhne Off The Beaten Path

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There is only one wooden church in Rubizhne.
It is called St.Luke of Crimea Church.
You can see it here on Picture 1, 2.
It is located at the crossing of Khmelnitsky Street and Construction Workers Street on the territory of the city hospital.
The liturgy takes place regularly there and attracts a lot of parish from the neighborhood.
The church is quite new. It is still under construction.
The interior is quite small: the size of a living-room.
It is lavishly decorated and there are a lot of beautiful icons on tyhe walls.
I find it a nice place for a photo session.
It can be the end point of your exploration of Bohdan Khmelnitsky Street.
Picture 4,5 :
St.George's Church Foundation Cross in Liberators Street.
It was erected in 2004 on the territory alotted for this church. The memorial sign reads that a new church will be built here.
St.George's Church has temporary premises in the former park movie theater now.

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Cannon of Rubizhne (as I call it) is located in Liberators Street.
It commemorates the heroic feet of the liberators of the city in January 1943 when the city was liberated from the Nazi invaders.
There are four square bas-reliefs at the obelisk of Cannon of Rubizhne representing different symbols of the war.

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Another new cathedral has been built in the so-called 7th District in Lenin Street.
It is the biggest church in the city.
It has a very special exterior and interior, too.
It is called Holy Assumption Cathedral.
If you wish to see that cathedral, drive along Lenin Street past its crossing with Mendeleyev Street.

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This is a new cathedral dedicated before the Easter of 2004.
It is located in what we call Southern Settlement
This place is to the left of Zaria circle after you enter the city boundary. Turn left and see the cathedral behind the leisure center that we call palace of culture.
The construction of this new cathedral lasted for three years.
The church is unique as to its architecture – both interior and exterior.
The church was called after the Holy Icon of Pochayiv that is kept at the famous Holy Dormition Laura in the city of Pochayiv, Ternopil region, Ukraine.
The dean of Pochayiv Cathedral Father Vladimir says there are no such cathedrals in Luhansk region.
There is another cathedral located next to this new one.
It is called St.Seraphim's Cathedral and is located in the old two-storey building.
It was open before the new cathedral had been built.
St.Nickolas Chapel in Smirnov Street located opposite the city militia headquarters is the newest in Rubizhne.
It was dedicated in January 2009.
St.Nickolas Chapel

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Smirnov Street (formerly School Street) is located in the Old Town between Doichev Street and General Ivanov Street.
It is 1,385 meters long.
Vladimir Smirnov (May 20, 1954, - July 29, 1982) is our famous fellow countryman.
He was born in Rubizhne.
By the way, he finished the same school as me: School No. 3.
What’s more, I was priviled to see him once when a schoolboy. He came to his former school to attend the traditional Reunion on the first Saturday of February, 1975.
We all rushed to the gym where the party was taking place to see the famous champion.
Vladimir Smirnov was a fencing champion.
He became an Olympic champion in fencing during the 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow.
Within the seventeen years of his sporting career he set eleven world records and received 160 medals.
He died in July 1982 after he had been mortally wounded by a German fencer Matheus Behr whose foil broke, but he continued fencing and hit Vladimir Smirnov right into his eye with his broken foil. Smirnov died at the Vatican hospital nine days after he got his terrible wound.
Vladimir Smirnov was buried at Lukianovo Military Cemetery in Kiev. There is a bronze Smirnov monument in Moscow.
Smirnov Street appeared in Rubizhne on September 16, 1988 when School Street was renamed into Smirnov Street.
Now there is Smirnov monument opposite the militia administration building in Smirnov Street.

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The city leisure center is officially called Kirov Palace of Culture .
It is located opposite the City Council building.
There are several societies of amateur activities there, among them a young people's dance studio.
Also, you can see a movie or a concert here.
If you go down Kirov Street, you will get to the City Park dedicated in 1933.

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This memorial is located in the city park in Liberators Street behind the City Council Square and near the Ukrtelekom building.
It was dedicated on October 26, 1999 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
Some videos on this topic from Rubizhne:
Dedication of the Afghan War Memorial,
October 26, 1999
Afghan War Military Glory Memorial Room

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Liberators Street had been the main street in the factory settlement of Russko-Kraska before it became a county town in 1934.
Then the center moved to Kirov Street.
Liberators Street was called Rubizhne Street in Soviet times.
The street begins at the railway station.
The liberation of the city began with this street.
Now it is one of the longest streets in the city. It leads to North Circle and Moscow Avenue.
The city park , the central market and the bus terminal are located in this street.