Ukrainian borders, with a total area of 603,628 km2 and capital Kiev. The official language is Ukrainian, with recognized regional languages including Russian and Crimean Tatar. The government is a unitary semi-presidential republic with a legislature called the Verkhovna Rada. The population is over 46 million, mostly Ukrainians but also Russians, Belarusians, Moldovans and others. Popular sports include football, boxing, ice hockey and basketball. Traditional foods incorporate beetroot, pork, cabbage and fish into soups and dumplings. Vodka, wine and beer are common alcoholic beverages.

2. Ukrainian borders

3. Capital-Kiev
Total area-603,628 km2
Official language: Ukrainian
Recognized regional languages: Russian, Crimean Tatar
Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic
Legislature: Verkhovna Rada
Currency: Hryvnia (UAH)
Population: 46.481.000

4. Demographics of Ukraine
Ukrainians
Russians
Belarusians
Moldovans
Crimean
Tatars
Bulgarians
77.8% Hungarians
Others

5. Religion
Ukrainian Orthodox Church- Kiev Patriarchate 39.8%
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Patriarch of Moscow 29.4%
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 14.1%
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 2.8%
Protestantism 2.4%
Roman Catholicism 1.7%
Islam 0.6%
Others 2.2%

6. 1.Football 2.Boxing 3.Ice Hockey
SPORT
4.Basketball 5.Gymnasitcs 6.Rhytmnic
gymnastics

7. Borscht – beet soup often made with meat
Kapusnyak: soup made with pork, salo (pork fat),sauerkraut and served with sour cream
Rosolnyk: soup with pickles.
Yushka: fish soup, made of fresh-water fish, usually carp. Similar to the Russian cuisine, Ukha,
which is also a fish-soup.
Zelenyi Borstch("Kvaskova Zupa" or "Shchaveleva Zupa"): water or broth based soup with sorrel
and various vegetables, served with chopped hard boiled egg and sour cream.

8.  Varenyky (Perogy): Dumplings stuffed with fillings such as potato and cheese, often served
boiled
 Salo: salted (or occasionally raw) unrendered pork fat lard

9. Syrniki, fried quark cheese pancakes, garnished with sour cream, jam, honey, or apple sauce.
Kutia: traditional Christmas dish, made of poppy seeds, wheat, nuts, honey, and delicacies.
Torte: many varieties of cakes, from moist to puffy, most typical ones being Kyjivskyj, Prazhskyj,
and Trufelnyj. They are frequently made without flour, instead using ground walnuts or almonds.

10. Alcoholic
 Горілка  Mead (мед, med, or медовуха, medovukha)
 Водка
 Wine (вино, vyno)
 Beer (пиво, pyvo)

11. Non-alcoholic
 Kompot (компот): a sweet beverage made of dried or fresh fruits and/or berries boiled in
water.
 Uzvar (узвар): a traditional compote made of dried fruit, mainly apples, pears and prunes.
 Kvas (квас): a sweet-and-sour sparkling beverage brewed from yeast, sugar and dried rye
bread.
 Ryazhanka (ряжанка): another kind of natural yogurt made of baked milk.

14. Olesko Castle
Castles Pidhirtsi Castle
Zolochiv Castle

15. Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle Livadia Palace in Yalta
Buki Old Town (Lviv)