Poltava Photos

Enjoy our Poltava photo album including local Poltava photographs and pictures of Poltava Ukraine tourist attractions.

Poltava photographs

	Common Russian Grave Site where 1345 Russian soldiers and officers were buried after the legendary Battle of Poltava in 1709.
	Gogol Theater, Poltava Live Poltava theatre located on the corner of Gogol and October Streets.
	Glory Monument, Poltava Monument honoring Russia's victory over the Swedes in the 1709 Battle of Poltava.
	Poltava City Administration Home of Poltava City Council in the heart of the city center.
	1709 Battle of Poltava Located a short distance from Poltava is a small museum that commemorates the 1709 Battle of Poltava between the armies of the Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa and Swedish King Charles XII against the army of the Russian Tsar Peter I. Photo to the left is a monument erected to commemorate Cossack (Ukrainian) soldiers who perished in the battle.
	Poltava Battle Panorama The Poltava Battlefield Museum is home to 9 exposition rooms with priceless relics, paintings and descriptions of the historic 1709 battle between between Swedish (and Cossack) forces verses those of Russia's Peter I.
	Poltava Nunnery A difficult name to pronounce, the Chrestovozdvuzhenskiy Monastery was constructed in 1689-1709, while the bell tower was was built in 1786. It served for years as a male monastery, and was later transformed to a nunnery.
	Poltava White Arbor White Arbor on Ivanov Mountain overlooking the city of Poltava, Ukraine.
	Poltava Panorama View of Poltava, Ukraine from White Arbor.
	Uspensky Cathedral Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral, built 1748-1770, was destroyed by the Soviets in the 1930's. The only thing that remained was its bell tower, therefore the newly restored church now goes by the name "Bell Tower of Uspensky Cathedral".
	Poltava History Museum The Poltava Museum Of Local History and Lore, founded in 1891, houses a collection of over 400,000 artifacts that include archeological finds and examples of local folk art.
	Spassky Church, Poltava One of the last examples of wooden architecture from 18th century Poltava, Spassky Church can be dated as far back as 1686.
	Ivan Kotlyarevsky Museum House museum of Ivan Kotlyarevsky, Ukrainian writer and playwright regarded as the pioneer of modern Ukrainian literature when he published several works in officially unrecognized Ukrainian instead of Russian.
	Afghan War Memorial Memorial on September 23 Street dedicated to fallen soldiers of the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989). Photo by Vlad Butsky see copyright information
	Poltava Coat of Arms
	Vorskla River near Poltava