Do you ever wonder if Jesus was cremated, how would the story change?...So in the spirit of Easter, I give you few photos of Kiev's crematorium. Located in the 'Park of Eternal Glory' it was constructed in 1978 and designed by A. Myletsky
Not a typical Iran you imagine...
Northern Iran around Caspian sea is very different than the rest of the country. You won't see dunes or deserts here, instead expect misty valleys , mountains , and tea plantations....
See Rasht, Castles around, and visit magical village of Masouleh
Village of Masouleh
Village of Masouleh
A cross between Ceausescu's palace and Michael Jackson's Neverland sprinkled with glitter and marble
I finally had a chance to see Mezhyhirya, former residence of ousted Ukraine's president victor yanukovych. My jaw dropped several times...my best description of the place is somewhere between Ceausescu's palace and Michael Jackson's Neverland, sprinkled with a "bad taste of oligarh" in the form of glitter, sparkle, shine, exotic woods and of course marble...one can never get enough of f#c%!^& marble! These are some of the photos of what I have seen.
The one thing to keep in mind is that most of the items have been removed, first 3 days of trucking when that dick fled, then by a day of looting, and finally over 500 items moved to a museum in the city of Kyiv (Kiev).
The estate is situated near the village of Novi Petrivci, on the banks of the Dniepr river and the whole territory is over 140 ha or 350 acres (in comparison principality of Monaco is ~195ha). From 1935 to 2007 Mezhyhirya was a state government residence until it was turned into a private property you can guess by who. Its hard to call this a "residence" though. The place is surrounded by 6m fence it contains a multiple palace like buildings, ultra-bling saunas, full size floating replica of Spanish galleon, vintage car garages, private zoo, tennis and gold courses, underground shooting range, 4 lane bowling alley, gym with about 20 exercise machines and boxing ring, hyper baric oxygen and salt chambers, hunting grounds, helipads etc. We will not likely know how much it all cost, but the estimates range from few hundred million to a billion dollars. According to customs declaration lists for the items imported for example, each of the Lebanese wood doors cost $64,000! You can see how many doors that place has.
The place is self contained and everything El presidente ate came from its own farm, and green houses. It also had labs to test the food for poison and massive ventilation rooms that cleaned the air coming into residence.
The scale of Mezhyhiriya is mind boggling, I am including an overview map and a virtual tour link where you can see the images from the drones and visit each of the houses. http://open-ua.com/en/kiev_region/mezhigorie/ There is a collection of antique cars at a car garage. You can see them via 3D tours here http://open-ua.com/en/kiev_region/mezhigorie/pano83/
And if it wasn't enough, at the time when dickhead fled there was Mezhyhirya 2.0 or a summer residence under construction in Crimea (where he took 800ha of endangered red pine forest). He also had a winter residence in Carpathian mountains. You can see photos and link for those at the bottom.
The second "main" entrance. The first one has 6 m fence and security
Most pictures here are from location #2
6 meter wall surrounding entire grounds
The main house has 5 floors at the back and 3 floors at the front
Two man made lakes side by side with fake waterfalls and pumps circulating water back up. The buildings in the background are saunas, glass one with traditional wood heated jacuzzi, finish dry sauna, and a Russian bania, dipping pools etc
The main house is built by a Honka, a Finish and world's largest log cabin builder. It was Honka's largest project
View from one of the balconies
Outdoors BBQ....the whole separate structure . There are toilets and big room for dining behind me
Main hall. notice marble floors ....
Massive chandelier
Main room with a fireplace and 17 variety wood floors. A Steinway & Sons limited edition 'Imagine' grand piano in a reception room. Retailing at £77,200 in 2011 and taking a year to make, the piano is modeled after the white Steinway that John Lennon presented to Yoko Ono on her birthday in 1971 and which featured in Lennon's iconic video for the peace song of the same name. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Spanish mozaics floor in the elevator. Sides of Karelian birch
Elevator glass doors with what I assume are swarowski crystals
Personal church on the same floor as master bedrooms. Yanukovych is religious and very superstitious. He had many many ancient icons and 1000 year old books. Most was moved during his escape. Some 65 icons were packed but left in the garage. These are now in a museum
A parrot in the hallway. The house is littered with bird cages. He was fond of birdies...but not of his people
Main room with carved wood and all the other glitter
Main room with carved wood and all the other glitter
One of the meeting rooms. This is a small one. I never checked but i wonder what is the knottage on that carpet, I bet at least 144 pqinch. Plus it got 3D relief...$$$$
I guess this leopard was too big and heavy to take
One of hte other meeting rooms
His office
Why!???
Kitchen, just for his use not staff cooking...Notice the elevator in the kitchen! one of two
Well it has been two years...
This is where the asshole slept
Mirror image bedroom on the other side for his mistress
I wonder the man hours of carving it took for this
Bathroom. Notice the intricate stone work on the floor
Second bathroom floor
ahhhh a gem... Pool room. This is a Russian billiards table, 12 x 6 ft, French carom size balls...Speaking of which I moved them around...does that mean I touched Yanukovych's balls?
Movie theater in a 1900's oil baron style...it was more ugly in person...i threw up in my mouth...twice
One of many
Yep..topaz encrusted side of the table...why not
"Summer passage" ... bastard probably shot the lion in Africa
One of three floors of "health center"
I get 2 but why 4 lanes ...must have had big parties with putin
Boxing ring along with some 20 exercise machines that mostly never been used. Roof in the form of a 360 dome with mirrored outside
Solarium and oxygen hyper baric chambers
Salt room. Walls built with salt blocks and internal air circulating...good for asthma. Aperantly not once used
Air filtration station. There are three
Panorama of main room
Full size floating replica of Spanish galleon. Photo by Routers
Helipad. Picture: KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/REUTERS
Ostrich in private zoo. Picture: KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/REUTERS
And here is the summer residence aka Mezhyhirya 2.0 Yanukovych was building for himself in Crimea
And here is the winter residence Yanukovych build for himself in Carpathian mountains.
You can see more in this Youtube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_AwSF5WJ64
