Presentation on Ukraine (November 2014)

UKRAINE

Europe

Ukraine on the map of Europe

FACTS

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2nd Largest country in Europe =)

1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster =(

Ukrainian Police solves 90% of all crimes XD*(Compared to 30-40% of solved cases in Europe)

GENERAL INFO

Independent from USSR since 1991

Ukrainian is the official language, yet Russian is also spoken

Political system - Republic

Population - 44,300,000 (July 2014 est.)

Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, and less than 1% (Belarusian, Moldovan, Crimean Tatar, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian and Polish)

KIEVAN RUS

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The largest and most powerful state in Europein the 10th and 11th centuries

It is a point of a debate whether Kievan Rusis a part of Ukrainian or Russian history

ZAPORIZKA SICH

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Military center for Ukrainian knights named “Cossacks” back in the 16th and 18th centuries

Cossacks were known as the most feared horsemen and swordsmen in Europe

TARAS SHEVCHENKO

I was thirteen. I herded lambsBeyond the village on the lea.The magic of the sun, perhaps,

Or what was it affected me?I felt with joy all overcome,

As though with God....The time for lunch had long

passed by,And still among the weeds I lay

And prayed to God.... I know not why

It was so pleasant then to prayFor me, an orphan peasant boy,Or why such bliss so filled me

there?The sky seemed bright, the

village fair,The very lambs seemed to

rejoice!The sun's rays warmed but did

not sear!But not for long the sun stayed

kind,Not long in bliss I prayed....It turned into a ball of fireAnd set the world ablaze.

I WAS THIRTEEN

As though just wakened up, I gaze:

The hamlet's drab and poor,And God's blue heavens -- even

theyAre glorious no more.

I look upon the lambs I tend --Those lambs are not my own!I eye the hut wherein I dwell --

I do not have a home!God gave me nothing, naught

at all....I bowed my head and wept

Such bitter tears.... And then a lass*

Who had been sorting hempNot far from there, down by the

path,Heard my lament and came

Across the field to comfort me;She spoke a soothing phraseAnd gently dried my weeping

eyesAnd kissed my tear-wet face....

I WAS THIRTEEN

It was as though the sun had smiled,

As though all things on earth were mine,

My own.... the orchards, fields and groves!...

And, laughing merrily the while,The master's lambs to drink we

drove.Oh, how disgusting!... Yet,

when IRecall those days, my heart is

soreThat there my brief life's span

the LordDid not grant me to live and

die.There, plowing, I'd have passed

away,With ignorance my life-long lot,

I'd not an outcast be today,I'd not be cursing Man and God!

...

I WAS THIRTEEN

20th – 21st Centuries

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WWI – fought on the side of Russia

“Holodomor” (1932-33) – 8 mil. Ukrainians died

WWII – fought on the side of USSR

1991 – Ukraine is Independent (USSR collapsed)

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Russian Civil War – fought on the side of Russia

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NOW

* Former President refused EU integration

Former President fled

Crimea was ceased by Russia

Eastern Ukraine fights for independence

Revolution

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Black Sea

Lviv

Vinnytsia

Ukrainian Cuisine

Traditional Dance

Water Fountain

Andryi Shevchenko

Klitschko Brothers