Ukrainian Drivers Are Converting Their Cars into Wood Burners to Save Money on Gas
With the advent of an energy crisis and the rising cost of gas, people are becoming interested in alternative forms of energy. For example, a growing number of Ukrainian drivers are turning to wood to power their cars to save money on fuel. With the automobile industry slowly going electric, using wood as fuel hardly seems […]
This Ukrainian 220-Year-Old Apple Tree Has a Very Unique Way of Staying Alive
The city of Krolevets, in Ukraine’s Sumy region, is home to the world’s most unique apple garden, consisting of only one tree. Spanning 10 acres, the 220-year-old tree – known as ‘apple tree colony’ – has dozens of individually rooted trunks that constantly spring to life, making it seemingly impossible to die. The tree seems […]
Ukrainian Man Claims to Have the World’s Bushiest Eyelashes
Long eyelashes are generally considered beautiful, but this Ukrainian man’s extra-long lashes are just plain creepy. 58-year-old Valery Smagliy, from Kiev, believes that he has the world’s bushiest eyelashes, a trait that he attributes to a secret ingredient in his diet. Valery said that he started eating something, and noticed that it made his eyelashes grow really […]
Badass Ukrainian Grandmother Nicknamed “The Punisher” Trains Alongside Army Cadets
68-year-old Ekaterina Bilyik is fondly known as ‘The Punisher’ in her home town of Zhidaev, Ukraine. Contrary to her appearance, the frail-looking grandmother is a total badass – she recently completed a gruelling military training alongside army cadets four decades younger than her. The amount of energy and enthusiasm that she displayed during training is […]
Young Ukrainian Builds Awe-Inspiring Miniature Frigate with 17,000 Coins
This is what I call expensive art! While most artists spend money on art supplies, this Ukrainian man actually used money itself. 29-year-old chef Sergei Nikolayev Knurov fashioned a detailed miniature ship out of a variety of Ukrainian coins. The final piece contains a whopping 17,000 coins, with bank notes for sails. Sergei, a resident […]
Alina Kovaleskaya – Ukraine’s Newest Real-Life Doll
It’s official, Ukraine is the land of real-life Barbie dolls. After the now-famous Valeria Lukyanova and Anastasiya Shpagina, it’s now time for another Ukrainian real-life doll to take center stage – meet 20-year-old Alina Kovaleskaya. Hailing from Odessa, the same city as the above mentioned internet stars, Alina Kovaleskaya has managed to attract a decent […]
No Bottles or Plates Allowed at Ukraine’s Unique Jar Bar
The Jar Bar, in Kiev, Ukraine, is the only place in the world where every item on the menu is served in glass pickle jars. To make sure patrons understand the concept, there’s even a sign on the door that shows bottles, glasses, bowls, cups and any other kind of dishes are strictly forbidden. Although there […]
Ukrainian Battlestar Galactica Fan Builds Life-Size Wooden Cylon
39-year-old Dmitry Balandin, a robot enthusiast from Zaporozhye, Ukraine, spent six months building a 1.95 -meter-tall Cylon out of 500 plywood parts. Dmitry Balandin works as a crane operator, but ever since he saw the 1980 Russian movie “Electronik”, about a professor who builds a robot that looks and acts like a human, he has always been fascinated […]
Self-Taught Artist Turns Dead Trees into Urban Artworks
During the last six years the Ukrainian city of Simferopol has been transformed into an urban art gallery by a mysterious artist who carves wooden statues out of dead tree trunks. There are now dozens of these incredible works of art spread throughout the Crimean city. Not many took notice when the first wooden masterpieces […]
Ukrainian Spider-Man Performing Vertigo-Inducing Stunts Claims Fear Does Not Exist
26-year-old Mustang Wanted (not his real name, obviously) got the nickname “real-life Spider-Man” after he spent the last decade climbing atop some of the highest structures in the former USSR, and taking unbelievable photos of himself dangling on one hand or tiptoeing on metal rails. Ever since he was just a child, Mustang Wanted had a taste […]
Private Zoo Owner Plans to Spend a Year Living with Lions
Alexander Pylyshenko, the owner of a private zoo in the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine, has announced he plans to spend a year caged with two full-grown lions, in order to raise funds for a proper care center for big cats. If this story sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because this wouldn’t be Alexander Pylyshenko first such […]
Dangerous Hands – Ukrainian Hairdresser Cuts Hair Blindfolded
Oleg Maksakov, a hairdresser from Sevastopol, Ukraine, has a very unique way of cutting his clients’ hair – wearing a blindfold and masterfully wielding two pairs of scissors at the same time. Most clients visiting a hairdresser are worried they might get a bad haircut, but Oleg Maksakov’s customers are more worried about getting one […]
Self-Taught Amateur Artist Paints with Ground Coffee and a Pinch of Sand
Alexander Wald works as a plumber in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, but in his spare time he likes to exercise his artistic talents by painting with unusual mediums like ground coffee and sand. Painting with coffee is not exactly unheard of. Artists like Karen Eland and Steven Mikel have been doing it for years, […]
Ukrainian Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Artworks from Sand and Seashells
Svetlana Ivanchenko is a talented Ukrainian artist who uses overlooked natural materials like sand, seashells, quartz, tree roots and tree bark to create wonderful mosaics that look almost painted by hand. Born and raised in Yalta, on the shores of the Black Sea, Ivanchenko was always fascinated by the abundance of natural materials that surrounded […]
Coffin Therapy Helps Ukrainians Get Used to the Afterlife
Enterprising coffin maker Stepan Piryanyk, from the Ukraine, is offering living people the chance to lay down in one of his comfortable coffins in order to get used to the afterlife. After all, death is always so sudden, so why not take some time to get used to it… Lying down in a coffin as therapy is not unheard […]