Lugansk

Lugansk is a regional center of Ukraine. But first of all Lugansk is a big industrial city. The date of its foundation is considered to be the beginning of the construction of the foundry on the river in 1795. The plant produced shells and guns for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Empire. The settlement was founded near the factory and became the basis of the current Lugansk.

In the Soviet era the city was renamed in Voroshilovgrad in honor of Voroshilov - one of the leaders of the USSR in Stalin times. The Soviet Union still reminds about itself by numerous frescos with hammer and sickle on many buildings of the city. In general, however, modern architecture of Lugansk bears the imprint of the communist regime. There are not so many old buildings. Many examples of urban architecture of the 19th century were destroyed during the WWII.
Among the most striking buildings of the city are the hotels of Lugansk. Four-star hotel «Ukraine», located in the old part of town, has a certain style and charisma and it is a typical example of Stalin's empire style.

In Belovodsk, the town near Lugansk, you can find the really interesting monument - the Holy Trinity Church. A few years ago the church was restored by the parishioners and municipal authorities and now is available for visiting.

Foreign tourists, arriving in Lugansk, can be divided into three categories: business visitors, sex-tourists and drink-tourists. Most of them, of course, want to make a sex or a drink tour. Local alcoholic drinks, as well as the lovely and uninhibited girls are interesting to the many tourists from Germany, Austria and Italy.