Ukraine and Great Britain are compared in the document. Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe and has a varied landscape including flatlands and mountains. Its economy relies on industries like mining and agriculture. Great Britain consists of four parts and is located northwest of Europe. While it has a mild climate and few mountains, it has historically been an important sea power due to its ports. Both countries have developed education systems, with children generally beginning school around ages 5-7 and continuing on to higher education.

1. Comparison of Ukraine and
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3. Ukraine is one of the largest countries of Eastern
Europe. Ukraine occupies an area of 603 700 km2.
Its territory stretches for 893 kilometers from north to
south and for 1316 kilometers from east to west.

4. It has state borders with Russia, Belarus and
Moldova.
It also borders on Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
and Romania.
In the south it is washed by the Black and the
Azov Seas.
The major part of Ukraine is flat and only 5% of
it is mountainous.
The two mountainous areas in Ukraine are the
Carpathians and the Crimean Mountains.
The geographical position of Ukraine is very
favorable because the country lies on the
crossroads of the ways from Asia to Europe.

6. Ukraine has deposits of iron, manganese,
coal, natural gas, oil and other mineral
resources.
The main branches of industry are: coal and
ore mining, iron and steel engineering,
machine and ship building.
Besides, Ukraine has always been an
agrarian country.

8. Traditionally crop- growing and cattle-
breeding are being developed.

9. Ukraine is a sovereign state.
It has its own territory,
government, national emblem,
state flag and anthem.
• Azure-yellow state
flag symbolizes the
unity of blue sky and
yellow wheat field.
• The little state
emblem — trident —
appeared first on the
seals in times of
Volodymyr the Great.

10. The Constitution of Ukraine
was adopted on the 28th of
June, 1996.
It confirmed the main
principles of our state, the rights,
freedoms and duties of every
citizen.
It determines the order of the
President elections, elections
into the Verkhovna Rada, state
symbols, independence and
sovereignty of Ukraine.
The Constitution proclaims
the freedom of speech, outlook
and religion.

11. • Ukraine is one of the
members of the
United Nations
Organization (UNO)
and participates in the
work of many
international
organizations.
• Scientists of Ukraine
have made a great
contribution to the
world science.

12. Education in Ukraine

13. The system of secondary education in Ukraine
includes primary forms and junior and senior secondary
forms.
Children usually go to school at the age of 6 or 7.
There are some preschool institutions, like nursery
schools or kindergartens, but they are not obligatory.

14. Primary forms comprise 1 to 4 forms.
Junior secondary forms comprise 5 to 9 forms.
After the 9th form children can enter technical schools
of different types.
Those who want to enter higher educational institutions
should complete 10—11 forms.

15. Students can also enter higher educational
institutions after graduating from specialized
colleges or lyceums.
They prepare students in different fields,
whether the humanities or the sciences.
Some of them are organized under the
authorities of higher educational establishments.
The system of higher education is presented
by universities, polytechnic institutes or
specialized institutes.

16. Universities offer a five-year course of study
and usually have from six to twelve departments.
Institutes train specialists for industry,
agriculture and economy.

17. Great Britain

20. The United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern
Ireland is situated on the
British Isles.
They lie to the north-west
of Europe.
The British Isles are
separated from the
continent by the narrow
strait of water which is
called the English Channel.
The United Kingdom
consists of four parts:
England, Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland.
England, the central part,
occupies the most of the
island of Great Britain.

21. To the north lies Scotland and to the
west the third part of the country, Wales, is
situated.
The fourth part is called Northern Ireland
and is located on the second island.
Each part has its capital.
The capital of England is London, Wales
has Cardiff, Scotland has Edinburgh and
the main city of Northern Ireland is Belfast.

22. Great Britain is a
country of forests and
plains.
There are no high
mountains in this
country.
Scotland is the most
mountainous region
with the highest peak,
Ben Nevis.

23. The rivers of Great Britain are not long.
The longest rivers are the Thames and the
Severn.
The capital of the United Kingdom, London,
stands on the bank of the Thames.

24. As the country is surrounded by many seas there are
some great ports at the seaside: London, Glasgow,
Plymouth and others.
Wales is a country of lakes.
It has the most famous lake in the world —Loch-Ness.

25. Seas and oceans influence the British climate
which is not too cold in winter but never hot in
summer.
Great Britain is a beautiful country with old
traditions and good people.

26. The legislative body,
Parliament, consists of two
chambers: the House of
Lords and the House of
Commons.
The judiciary body is
independent of both the
legislative and the
executive ones.
The executive body
consists of the central
Government — that is the
Prime Minister and the
Cabinet of Ministers, who
are responsible for
initiating and directing the
national policy.

27. In Great Britain there
is no written
constitution, only
customs and traditions.

28. Education in Great Britain

29. In Great Britain children begin to go to
school at the age of five.
First they study at infant schools.
In these schools they learn to draw
with coloured pencils and paints.
They also make figures out of
plasticine and work with paper
and glue.
They play much because
they are very young.
Later they begin to learn
letters and read, write and
count.

30. At the age of seven English schoolchildren go
to junior schools.
They do many subjects: English and Maths,
History and Music, Natural History and Drawing,
Handicrafts, French and Latin.
They do not go to school as
early as we do, but they stay
there longer.

31. The first lesson usually starts at 9 o’clock.
There are 3 lessons with short breaks of 10 minutes
between them and then an hour break for lunch.
After lunch they have two more lessons which are
over by half past three.
If you have a look at an English pupil’s school
record, you will see that the marks in it differ from the
marks we have.
Our schoolchildren get
marks from 1 to 12.
At English school there
are marks from 1 up to 10
and at some schools from 1
up to 100.

32. Junior school ends at the age of 11 when
pupils take the Eleven Plus examination and
then secondary school begins.
At the age of 16 schoolchildren take their
exams.
Only 45 per cent continue with full-time
education after 16.
The rest go to work or join employment training
schemes.

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