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Pirogovo Folk Architecture and Life Museum. Pirogovo is a national museum that preserves the culture of the Ukrainian people. All historical and ethnographic regions of Ukraine are represented over an area of more than 150 hectares. It is the biggest open air museum in the Eastern Europe! It is the biggest open air museum in the Eastern Europe! Three hundred ancient rural huts, collected from all over Ukraine can be seen in Pirogovo. The majority of them were moved to the museum and then reconstructed. Huts, wooden churches, water and wind mills, also clothes and kitchen utensils dating back to the early 17th century and up through the 20th century give every visitor a realistic impression of traveling in time.
The main value of the museum perhaps lies in its naturalness – walking around its large territory you will not just see the museum exhibits but enjoy real Ukrainian nature, listen to folk music, get to know folklore and culture of the country of different centuries.
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