Get a Peek At a Palace In Ukraine
Imagine, if you can, that you were once so poor you had to steal to survive. And then imagine that, after making the right connections, you had access to almost unlimited funds. How would you live? What kind of house would you build yourself?
If turns out that such dreams aren’t mere fantasy. There was such a man. He grew up in extreme poverty, and ended up living in a spectacular palace that included a bowling alley, an indoor tennis court, and the world’s most advanced food laboratory.
Who was this man?
The recent president of Ukraine, Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych.
We visited his palace on a recent visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, and here are a few peeks inside. Inside a complex hidden behind two barricading, elaborate fences one finds a zoo complete with a flock of ostriches, a car museum, a lovely guest house that provided lodging for friends like Russian President Putin, and this house.
Inside this house Yankovich lived with his girlfriend (he kept his wife elsewhere) and child. The girlfriend had this bedroom, conveniently down the hall from Mr. Yankovich.
The house includes a blue marble staircase that winds down the center of the house. The blue marble is significant, because it’s the most expensive marble in the world. The president had an affinity for expensive items.
His dining table was purchased for thousands of dollars above market price - it seems that if he paid more, it would seem more beautiful to him.
In addition to this dining room, there was also this galleon-dining-hall moored at the edge of the palace grounds. It was a gift from a friend who subsequently won a top government post.
On our visit, my wife played her favorite recital piece on the piano in his living room - a limited edition John Lennon signature Steinway. A more expensive piano is hard to find.
The house included its own private chapel, and the president had hired his own cleric to lead services.
It was, down to the last detail, an awesome house. But we left asking ourselves,
“Is this beautiful?”
The president had won his office by buying votes - he gave potatoes to voters in exchange for the promise of votes. He built the palace with funds that impoverished his country.
And so I ask you: What makes something beautiful? What do you have that is most beautiful? What makes you think it is beautiful?
What is beauty?
Start creating something beautiful on your own! Get free art lessons for kids.
Imagine, if you can, that you were once so poor you had to steal to survive. And then imagine that, after making the right connections, you had access to almost unlimited funds. How would you live? What kind of house would you build yourself?
If turns out that such dreams aren’t mere fantasy. There was such a man. He grew up in extreme poverty, and ended up living in a spectacular palace that included a bowling alley, an indoor tennis court, and the world’s most advanced food laboratory.
Who was this man?
The recent president of Ukraine, Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych.
We visited his palace on a recent visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, and here are a few peeks inside. Inside a complex hidden behind two barricading, elaborate fences one finds a zoo complete with a flock of ostriches, a car museum, a lovely guest house that provided lodging for friends like Russian President Putin, and this house.
Inside this house Yankovich lived with his girlfriend (he kept his wife elsewhere) and child. The girlfriend had this bedroom, conveniently down the hall from Mr. Yankovich.
The house includes a blue marble staircase that winds down the center of the house. The blue marble is significant, because it’s the most expensive marble in the world. The president had an affinity for expensive items.
His dining table was purchased for thousands of dollars above market price - it seems that if he paid more, it would seem more beautiful to him.
In addition to this dining room, there was also this galleon-dining-hall moored at the edge of the palace grounds. It was a gift from a friend who subsequently won a top government post.
On our visit, my wife played her favorite recital piece on the piano in his living room - a limited edition John Lennon signature Steinway. A more expensive piano is hard to find.
The house included its own private chapel, and the president had hired his own cleric to lead services.
It was, down to the last detail, an awesome house. But we left asking ourselves,
“Is this beautiful?”
The president had won his office by buying votes - he gave potatoes to voters in exchange for the promise of votes. He built the palace with funds that impoverished his country.
And so I ask you: What makes something beautiful? What do you have that is most beautiful? What makes you think it is beautiful?
What is beauty?
Start creating something beautiful on your own! Get free art lessons for kids.
Imagine, if you can, that you were once so poor you had to steal to survive. And then imagine that, after making the right connections, you had access to almost unlimited funds. How would you live? What kind of house would you build yourself?
If turns out that such dreams aren’t mere fantasy. There was such a man. He grew up in extreme poverty, and ended up living in a spectacular palace that included a bowling alley, an indoor tennis court, and the world’s most advanced food laboratory.
Who was this man?
The recent president of Ukraine, Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych.
We visited his palace on a recent visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, and here are a few peeks inside. Inside a complex hidden behind two barricading, elaborate fences one finds a zoo complete with a flock of ostriches, a car museum, a lovely guest house that provided lodging for friends like Russian President Putin, and this house.
Inside this house Yankovich lived with his girlfriend (he kept his wife elsewhere) and child. The girlfriend had this bedroom, conveniently down the hall from Mr. Yankovich.
The house includes a blue marble staircase that winds down the center of the house. The blue marble is significant, because it’s the most expensive marble in the world. The president had an affinity for expensive items.
His dining table was purchased for thousands of dollars above market price - it seems that if he paid more, it would seem more beautiful to him.
In addition to this dining room, there was also this galleon-dining-hall moored at the edge of the palace grounds. It was a gift from a friend who subsequently won a top government post.
On our visit, my wife played her favorite recital piece on the piano in his living room - a limited edition John Lennon signature Steinway. A more expensive piano is hard to find.
The house included its own private chapel, and the president had hired his own cleric to lead services.
It was, down to the last detail, an awesome house. But we left asking ourselves,
“Is this beautiful?”
The president had won his office by buying votes - he gave potatoes to voters in exchange for the promise of votes. He built the palace with funds that impoverished his country.
And so I ask you: What makes something beautiful? What do you have that is most beautiful? What makes you think it is beautiful?
What is beauty?
Start creating something beautiful on your own! Get free art lessons for kids.
