February – March 2014
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Intro
Samer: “Wow, with everything going on in Russia before the Olympics, it’s a good thing I’m gonna be in Ukraine most of the trip!”
Right… well, this was definitely an unexpectedly exciting trip. I knew there was some civil unrest in Ukraine but it had been relatively uneventful since it began in November, so I was not prepared for what was about to happen! Turns out Sochi was great. Everything was so well done; it
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Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (Feb. 2014) - I braved the ridiculous #ukrainian winter cold for over an hour to produce this #sketch of what is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful works of #architecture in the world -- the exquisite neo-#baroque-style #odessa #opera and #ballet #theatre, built in 1810
Krasnodar, Russia (Feb. 2014) - my #sketch of the pretty onion-domed alexander nevsky #cathedral in #krasnodar, capital of #russia`s krasnodar krai in the #kuban region. interestingly, it was originally built in 1853, destroyed by communists 79 years later in 1932, and then rebuilt to its former glory 74 years after that in 2006!
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