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Congratulations to the finalists of Ukraine

on Oct 28, 2012

When we show the results of Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in the countries, why not start with Ukraine, a country full of beautiful and monumental Cultural heritage? Ukraine participated in WLM for the first time this year. The local chapter, Wikimedia Ukraine, decided quite early in the year to support the contest, and they received official monuments lists from the ministry of Culture and regional administrations. Wikipedians worked a lot with these lists to use them for the contest, and in the end, more than 44.000 Ukrainian monuments where published in Wikipedia lists – great job! As a result of this tough community job, 648 participants uploaded 33,269 images to Wikimedia Commons, which makes WLM Ukraine No. 3 in the statistics for the largest number of uploads.

The jury had the hard job to choose 10 images for the international finals, here we go with the winners:

1st place: Trinity Monastery in Chernihiv. View from the bell-tower, by Valerii Sorokin

1st place: Trinity Monastery in Chernihiv. View from the bell-tower, by Valerii Sorokin

2nd place: Fortress of Yeni-Kale (near Kerch city, Crimea), by Derevyagin Igor

2nd place: Fortress of Yeni-Kale (near Kerch city, Crimea), by Derevyagin Igor

3rd place: Khotyn Fortress, Chernivtsi Oblast, by Denis Vitchenko

3rd place: Khotyn Fortress, Chernivtsi Oblast, by Denis Vitchenko

4th place: Windmill at the outdoor museum of Pyrohiv, by Roman Starchenko

4th-10th place: Windmill at the outdoor museum of Pyrohiv, by Roman Starchenko

CAPTION

4th-10th place, Odesa Opera Theatre, by Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi

6th place, Monument to flooded ships at Sevastopol, by AleBurd

4th-10th place, Monument to flooded ships at Sevastopol, by AleBurd

7th place, Saint Panthelimon Church at Shevchenkove, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, by Klymenkoy

4th-10th place, Saint Panteleimon Church at Shevchenkove, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, by Klymenkoy

8th place, Roadside monument-tower in Holohory, Lviv Oblast, by Сергій Криниця (Haidamac)

4th-10th place, Roadside monument-tower in Holohory, Lviv Oblast, by Сергій Криниця (Haidamac)

9th place, Intersection Church in Plishyvets, Poltava Oblast, by Denis Vitchenko

4th-10th place, Intersection Church in Plishyvets, Poltava Oblast, by Denis Vitchenko

10th place, Kachanivka Manor, Chernihiv Oblast, by A-designer

4th-10th place, Kachanivka Manor, Chernihiv Oblast, by A-designer

Go on, Wikipedians, check out these images (and the 33,000 more) and write about the wealth of Ukrainian heritage!

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  • Elke

    Elke was member of the international team in 2012. More information available here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Who%27s_who

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