Matviy Andreyev

Vinnytsia

Matviy Andreyev

I've been to Vinnytsia twice, but haven't got any photos from the first two visits. This page is about my third visit, a short one.

I visited the Pirogov park. Here's a footpath from it.

A footpath in the park of Pirogov museum

This path by a row of linded trees led to a former surgery.

Linden tree row in Vinnytsia's Pirogov museum

A bench.

Pirogov museum in Vinnytsia. Park bench

One of two old pine trees planted by the surgeon himself in 1862.

A pine tree planted by Pirogov
A pine tree planted by Pirogov, branches

For some reason, the man was mummified and rests on display. The mummy is in another place 1.5 kilometres from the park — in a church. I went because I was asked to by a friend. It was not allowed to take photos of the mummy. I think that mummies are not interesting, and gladly obliged the «no photos» rule. I took a photo of a water well that stood on the way there instead.

A water well on Pirogov street in Vinnytsia, Ukraine

The church had this nice entrance, and required an entry fee.

The entry to the Pirogov's resting place in Vinnytsia, Ukraine

Later I was guided to a viewpoint by a friend. We had to go past a chain of not very pleasant ponds near Levadni dead ends, and a bit of a forest. One of these unpleasant ponds:

A pond near a forest in Vinnytsia

There were two tiny streams to cross on our way.

A crossing of a stream near a forest
Forest

A fallen tree trunk was the soil for young sprouts.

path under a semi-fallen tree trunk in a forest

We climbed a hill and reached the well-known viewpoint overlooking a bend of the Southern Bug river

Southern Bug river bend from a high cliff in Vinnytsia
Southern Bug river bend from a high cliff in Vinnytsia

How to get to that view? One possible route is to walk from the Peduchilishche bus stop (Google Maps). The other route is through Sabariv, crossing the river over its dam.

A random place in the city center and an old poster on the train station is all I've got from that short visit.

Vinnytsia center and a poster of Julia Hushul's art exhibition
A poster about the dangers of walking on railroads