Kiev
The golden domes of St Michael's cathedral.
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Kiev
A glass factory outside the capital doesn't allow workers much elbow room.
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Sevastopol, Crimea
The occasional swig of vodka helps to pass the time while waiting for a bite.
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Temistoye, Crimea
Gold teeth are a sign of wealth.
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Nuzhniy Bystry, Transcarpathia
Rural Transcarpathia, in eastern Ukraine, is known for its hospitality and guests are given a warm welcome.
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Temistoye, Crimea
Foreigners are met with a mixture of curiosity and fear by children of the Tatar community.
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The hills near Yalta, Crimea
Exotic animals make for great photos.
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Byla Tserkva prison
The director said Swiss help was invaluable in transforming the Byla Tserkva jail into a model prison.
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Khust, Transcarpathia
Makeshift markets on the roadside are a familiar sight in rural Ukraine.
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Monument to the victims, Chernobyl
Statues of firefighters cast in concrete and laminated in silver honour those who died trying to contain the fallout from Chernobyl.
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Pripyat, Chernobyl
Pripyat, a few kilometres from Chernobyl, remains a ghost town. Residents were evacuated shortly after the meltdown of reactor four.
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Sevastyanovka, Crimea
Born after communism, but still living its legacy.
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Looking beyond a painful past.
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A journalist from Ticino resident in Bern, I write on scientific and social issues with reports, articles, interviews and analysis. I am interested in environmental, climate change and energy issues, as well as migration, development aid and human rights in general.
Following in the footsteps of Swiss aid officials in Ukraine, swissinfo travelled through a nation trying hard to leave the past behind. (Pictures and text: Luigi Jorio, swissinfo.ch, 2006)
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