Ukraine by aleona goncharova sm

UKRAINE
by Olena (Aleona) Goncharova

Location on the world map
Ukraine is situated in the south-eastern part of Central Europe.
It has an area of 603,628 km² ((233,100 sq mi) and with a coastline of 2,782
kilometres (1,729 mi))

Location on the map of Europe
Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and
northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary
to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, the Black Sea
and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.
byOlena(Aleona)Goncharova

Flag, coat of arms & anthem
Ukraine has its own flag, coat of arms and anthem.
About colors on the flag: According to
a popular modern
interpretation, yellow symbolizes the
wheat fields and blue - the clear sky
above them.
The state coat of arms of Ukraine is
Tryzub (trident). There are many
interpretations of the symbol. One of
them: to mean Volodymyr, Olga, and
Yaroslav. Who were all either princes
or princesses.
"Shche ne vmerla Ukraina“/ "Ukraine has not yet perished") is the national anthem of
Ukraine again since 1992. The lyrics (1862) by Pavlo Chubynsky, music (1863) by
Mykhailo Verbytsky.

Geography of Ukraine
The Ukrainian landscape
consists mostly of fertile plains (or
steppes) and plateaus, crossed by
rivers such as the Dnieper
(Dnipro), Seversky
Donets, Dniester and the
Southern Buh as they flow south
into the Black Sea and the smaller
Sea of Azov. There are about 20
thousand Lakes in the country, of
which only 43 have an area of 10
km ² and more, such as
Svityaz, Synevyr, Yalpug, Kugurl
uy, Kurukove etc
The Dnipro RiverThe steppe
The Black Sea The Synevyr Lake

There are two mountainous areas in Ukraine are: the Carpathians and the
Crimean Mountains.
The Crimean MountainsThe Carpathian Mountains
The Wuchang-
Su waterfall
(Crimea)
The
Dzhurinsky
waterfall
(Ternopil)
The snow melt from the mountains feeds the rivers, and natural changes
in altitude form a sudden drop in elevation and create many
opportunities to form waterfalls.

The flora and fauna is diverse in Ukraine.
Pelicans on the Dnieper Lynx in the Carpathians Wolf in the wilderness
Bear in a mountain
forest
Wild boar in the
forest
Red deer in a forest
clearing

In general the climate of Ukraine is moderately continental, being subtropical
only on the southern coast of the Crimea.
Winter in Kyiv
Summer in Yalta (Crimea) Winter in Yalta (Crimea)
Summer in Kyiv

History of Ukraine
I. Early history
History of Ukraine can be divided into several stages:
The Cucuteni-
Trypillian
Culture (c.
4800 to 3000
B.C.)
The tribes of
Cimmerians, Sc
ythians, and
Sarmatians
(1200 BC – 200
AD)
The colonies of
Ancient Greece,
Ancient Rome,
and the Byzantine
Empire, such as
Tyras, Olbia, and
Hermonassa (600
BC -600 AD )
The Goths (370
AD-700 AD)

History of Ukraine
II. Kievan Rus‘
/Golden Age of Kyiv
(Kiev)
(882–1283 AD)
III. Foreign
domination
Mongol invasion,
Lithuania, Polish–
Lithuanian
Commonwealth, Russia
(14th century-16th century)
IV. Cossack era
(1492 - 1775)

History of Ukraine
VII. Soviet era
V. Imperial era
Austria-Hungary
and Russia
(1775- 1917)
VI. New era VIII. Independence
The Ukrainian People's
Republic,
the Hetmanate, the
Directorate, the West
Ukrainian People's
Republic, the Hutsul
Republic, an anarchist
movement Black Army
(1917-1922)
The Ukrainian
Soviet Socialist
Republic
(1922 - 1991)
Independent
Ukraine in 1991

Politics of Ukraine
Ukraine is a
republic under a semi-
presidential system with
separate
legislative, executive, a
nd judicial branches.
The highest state
authority is the
Parliament of Ukraine
(Verkhovna Rada), as
head of state - the
President of Ukraine.
Viktor Yanukovych,
the President of
Ukraine since 2010
Mykola Azarov,
the Prime Minister of
Ukraine since 2010
The session chamber of the Verkhovna
Rada, the Parliament of Ukraine

Politics of Ukraine
Ukraine - a unitary state. It is composed of 24 oblasts (provinces), one
autonomous republic of Crimea, and two cities with special status: Kyiv (Kiev)
is the capital and largest city, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black
Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement.

Language of Ukraine
Ukraine is home to 46 million people. According to the constitution, the
state language of Ukraine is Ukrainian. Most native Ukrainian speakers know
Russian as a second language.
The languages of Ukraine are as follows:
•Ukrainian: 31,100,000
•Russian: 11,300,000
•Polish: 1,140,000
•Eastern Yiddish: 634,000
•Romanian / Moldovan:
630,000
•Rusyn: 560,000
•Belarusan: 440,000
•Crimean Tatar: 260,000
•Bulgarian: 234,000
•Hungarian: 176,000
•Armenian: 99,900
•Urum: 95,000
•Tatar: 90,500
•North Azerbaijani: 45,200
•German: 38,000
•Jakati: 29,300
•Georgian: 24,000
•Czech: 21,000
•Erzya: 19,000
•Northern Uzbek: 10,600
•Kazakh: 7,560
•Greek: 7,210
•Serbian: 5,000
•Tosk Albanian: 5,000
•Osetin: 4,550
•Bashkort: 3,670
•Latvian: 2,600
•Tajiki: 2,220
•Lezgi: 1,710
•Karaim: 1,010
•Abkhaz: 950
•Dargwa: 630
•Lak: 570

Religion in Ukraine
Ukraine - a secular state in which the church is separated from the state
and school. The Constitution of Ukraine guarantees freedom of conscience
and freedom of religion.
More than 90 percent of religiously active citizens were Christians.
Saint Andrew's Church of Kyiv
(Ukrainian Autocephalous
Orthodox Church)
Cathedral of the
Resurrection, Kyiv
(Greek Catholic
Church)
St. Nicholas
Roman Catholic
Cathedral, Kyiv

Religion in Ukraine
Evangelical
Christian Baptist
Church in Vinnitsa
Kyiv Ukraine Temple - The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(Mormon)
Kharkiv Choral Synagogue
Sultan Suleiman
Mosque in
Mariupol
Buddhist Temple of the martial
arts «Bilyi Lotos» (White Lotus) in
Cherkasy
Kingdom Hall of
Jehovah's Witnesses in
Kyiv
Seventh-day Adventist
Church in Kyiv

Education in Ukraine
According to the Ukrainian constitution, access to free education is
granted to all citizens. In Ukraine there are 489 universities I-II accreditation
levels and 334 - III-IV levels.
The literacy rate in Ukraine is, an estimated, 99.4%.

Education in Ukraine
National University
"Ostroh Academy“
est. 1576.
National University of
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
est. 1632
Ivan Franko National
University of Lviv
est. 1661
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv
National University
est. 1804
Taras Shevchenko
National University
of Kyiv est. 1834
I. I. Mechnikov Odesa
National University
est. 1865
Yuriy Fedkovych
Chernivtsi National
University est. 1875
Mykola Gogol
Nizhyn State
University est. 1805
Kharkiv State
Zooveterinary
Academy est. 1873
National Technical University
"Kharkiv Polytechnic
Institute“ est. 1885
National Technical University
of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic
Institute est. 1898
National Mining
University of
Dnipropetrovs’k est. 1899

Ukrainian Culture
Ukraine has a rich historical and cultural heritage. There are many higher
educational establishments, theatres, libraries, museums, art galleries in
Ukraine. It’s also famous for many outstanding writers, poets and musicians.
A performance
of a traditional
Ukrainian dance
by Virsky dance
ensemble.

Ukrainian Culture
The prominent Ukrainian cultural figures in Ukraine and abroad
Ivan Kotlyarevsky
(1769-1838) writer
and poet
Taras Shevchenko
(1814–1861), poet
and painter
Ivan Franko
(1856–
1916), writer
and poet
Mykhailo
Kotsiubynsky
(1864–1913)
writer
Lesya Ukrainka
(1871–1913),
writer and poet
Mykola Lysenko
(1842-1912),
composer, pianist,
conductor and
ethnomusicologist
Sergei Prokofiev
(1891-
1953), composer
, pianist and
conductor
Solomiya
Krushelnytska
(1872-
1952), soprano
opera star
Kvitka (or "Kasey")
Cisyk (1953-
1998), singer of
popular
songs, classical
Ruslana,
modern
singer

Ukrainian Culture
weaving and embroidery
Artisan textile arts play an important role in Ukrainian
culture, especially in Ukrainian wedding traditions. Ukrainian
embroidery, weaving and lace-making are used in traditional
folk dress and in traditional celebrations.
Rushnyk, Ukraine embroidered
decorative towels.
National dress is woven and highly decorated.
Original folk-
costumes from
Central Ukraine
Original folk-
costumes of
Carpatho-Rusyn
Ukrainians.

Ukrainian Culture
sport
The most popular sport in Ukraine is football (soccer). There are two
most famous and successful: FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar
Donetsk. Andriy Shevchenko is a famous Ukrainian footballe. Ukraine
was the host to the UEFA European Football (soccer) Championship in
2012,together with Poland.
Besides football, a major sport in Ukraine is basketball. There are
two famous Ukrainian club teams: BC Kyiv and BC Azovmash. Ukraine
also will host at Eurobasket 2015.
Ukraine is a regular participant in both Summer Olympics and Winter
Olympics, and is successful on the international arena.

Ukrainian Culture
sport
Andriy
Shevchenko
(football/ soccer)
Yana
Klochkova
(swimming)
Volodymyr &
Vitaliy Klitschko
(boxing)
Lilia
Podkopayeva
(artistic
gymnastics)
Sergey Bubka
(pole vaulting)
Anna Bessonova
(rhythmic
gymnastics)
Vita & Valya
Semerenko
(biathlon)
Oleksandr
Vorobiov
(artistic
gymnastics)

Ukrainian Culture
cuisine
Popular traditional dishes include varenyky/perogy (boiled dumplings with
mushrooms, potatoes, sauerkraut, cottage cheese or cherries); borscht (is a
vegetable soup made out of
meat, beets, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, garlic, dil
l); holubtsy (stuffed cabbage rolls filled with rice, carrots and meat); kholodets
(jellied meat); salo (cured fatback). Ukrainian specialties also include Chicken
Kyiv and Kyiv Cake.
varenyky/perogy borscht holubtsy kholodets
salo chicken Kyiv Kyiv cake

Tourism in Ukraine
Ukraine occupies 8th place in Europe by the number of tourists
visiting, according to the World Tourism Organization rankings.
Ukraine is a destination on the crossroads between central and eastern
Europe, between north and south. It has mountain ranges – the Carpathian
Mountains suitable for skiing, hiking, fishing and hunting. The coastline on
the Black Sea is a popular summer destination for vacationers. Ukraine has
vineyards where they produce native wines, ruins of ancient
castles, historical parks, Orthodox and Catholic churches as well as a few
mosques and synagogues. Kyiv, the country’s capital city has many unique
structures such as Saint Sophia Cathedral and broad boulevards. There are
other cities well-known to tourists such as the harbour town Odessa and the
old city of Lviv in the west. The Crimea, a little “continent” of its own, is a
popular vacation destination for tourists for swimming or sun tanning on the
Black Sea with its warm climate, rugged mountains, plateaus and ancient
ruins. Visitors can also take cruise tours by ship on Dnieper River from Kiev
to the Black Sea coastline.

Tourism in Ukraine
The Seven Wonders of Ukraine are the seven historical and cultural
monuments of Ukraine; the places were chosen by the general public
through an internet-based vote.
Sofievka Park in Uman
(Cherkasy oblast)
Kiev Pechersk Lavra / Kyiv Monastery of
the Caves, in Kyiv

Tourism in Ukraine
The Seven Wonders of Ukraine.
The Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle in
Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi
Oblast
The island
Khortytsia, Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Oblast

Tourism in Ukraine
Chersonesos Taurica / Khersones
Tavriysky, Sevastopol, Crimea
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv

Tourism in Ukraine
Stronghold in Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast

Tourism in Ukraine
A special nomination -
the Livadia Palace (near Yalta, Crimea), a monument of modern
history, Monument of Architecture;
Facade of the Livadia Palace An Italian
courtyard of the
Livadia Palace
The Grand Livadia Palace, east
facade with a Florentine tower

Tourism in Ukraine
There are many interesting places in Ukraine such as:
The Swallow's Nest
(Crimea), est. 1911-1912
The cave monastery
complex, Rozhirche
(Lviv Oblast), est. 1460
The Granite
Canyon, Buki
(Cherkasy Oblast)
Old Town, Lviv Coast of Yalta (Crimea)

Welcome to
Ukraine!
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