Carnets de voyage

From the Old Capital to the New One by Sergiy Lushpenko (2454) 2009-06-16 - 2009-06-24

This solo bike trip was from the former Ukrainian capital city, Kharkiv (it was the capital of Ukraine up to 1934), to the present one, Kiyiv, and back, over Kharkivska, Sumska, Poltavska, Chernigivska, Kiyivska and Cherkaska provinces (oblasts).

The main parameters of the trip was the following:
9 days (from June 16 to June 24 2009), 1210 km,
route - Kharkiv, Okhtirka, Hadyach, Romni, Priluki, Kiyiv, Vishhorod, Zolotonosha, Kremenchuk, Kharkiv. ... (full story) (6 photos)

Tavrica - from Kherson to Kerch by Sergiy Lushpenko (2454) 2009-07-29 - 2009-08-16

This bike trip over one Ukrainian oblast (province), Khersonska, an one autonomous republic, Krim (Crimea), has the following characteristics:

6 persons (in mountains, alone in the rest of the trip), 19 days (July 29 to Aug. 16 2009), 1250 km; ... (full story) (10 photos)

Lands of Kuban, Don & Donets Rivers by Sergiy Lushpenko (2454) 2009-08-17 - 2009-08-28

My bike trip over historical regions of Kuban (Krasnodar kray and Republic of Adygeya) and Don (Rostov oblast) rivers in Russia, as well as Donets River (Donetska and Kharkivska oblasts) in Ukraine has the following characteristics:

1 person, 1 bike, 12 days (from August 17 to August 28 2009), 1260 km;

route - Port Kavkaz, Krimsk, Abinsk, Apsheronsk, Maykop, Ust-Labinsk, Bataysk, Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, Amvrosievka, Shakhtersk, Enakievo, Horlivka, Dzerzhinsk, Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, Slovyansk, Izum, Chuguyiv, Kharkiv. ... (full story) (9 photos)

Old Ukrainian Estates by Sergiy Lushpenko (2454) 2009-06-07 - 2009-06-08

Our bike trip over old Ukrainian estates in Kharkivska oblast (province) has the following characteristics:

2 persons, 2 bikes, 2 days, 2 hundreds km;

route - Kharkiv city, town of Lubotin, urban village of Sharivka, urban village of Krasnokutsk, urban village of Huti, urban village of Stariy Merchik, town of Lubotin, Kharkiv city.

Our points of interest were located mainly along the line of 50° in latitude, between Kharkiv city and urban village of Krasnokutsk (the westernmost regional administrative center in the oblast). (6 photos)