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Berdychiv, Ukraine Photo Gallery

Berdychiv is about 40 km south of Zhytomyr and is an important historic Ukrainian town with Jewish roots. The town has a charming old center, but the greatest sight to see is the fantastic Carmelite monastery that is currently being restored. Some day it will be a real attraction. Berdychiv itself is small (under 100 thousand inhabitants), so it's a good destination for a half-day or day trip. It is most easily reached through Zhytomyr by car or bus.

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A snow-covered Lenin in front of the local administration building	Catholic church	French writer Onore de Balzac was married in this church.	Church interior
Main street of Berdychiv	Announcement board with things like Avon presentations, amateur theaters, and chess club.	Old building along Main street	Cleaning snow off the sidewalks
Berdychiv has an abundance of barber shops and hairdressers.	Main street	This "central department store" used to be the local shopping hub.	Front of Orthodox church
People waiting for the bus in front of an old historic building, the first floor of which is now a casino.	Taras Shevchenko park	Snow-covered kiddie roller coaster	Studying the recipients of the "Golden Path" rayon (district) annual award of distinction
Orange flags now wave in front of the rayon administration.	Here and elsewhere snow removal is at a minimum.	The fantastic Carmelite monastery.	Workers in hard hats walking up the church steps
Fortifications	This monastery was also a fortress.	Looking in at the church, which is closed for renovation.	That looks like Mary on top of the church.
There's a catacomb or something down here (also temporarily closed).	Cannons	Ancient walls	Monument to worshipers slaughtered by Nazi troops
View from the monastery	Looking down Berdychiv's main street again	Icicles	Ancient buses like these are becoming rarer and rarer in Ukraine.

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