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UKRAINE TODAYSvitlana Volkova
Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv State University, Ukraine
Fulbright Graduate Student 2008-2010
Kansas State University, USA
Area: 233,000 sq. ml. (603,700km2 )
Ukraine is the largest country wholly in
Europe!
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Borders with:
Russia
Belarus
Moldova
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Slovakia
Sea frontiers:
Turkey
Georgia
Bulgaria
Washed by:
The Azove
Sea
The Black
Sea
Ukraine is the geographical center of
Europe!
UK
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Vinnytsya
Volynska
Dnipropetrovsk
Donetsk
Zhytomyr
Zakarpattya
Zaporizhzhya
Ivano-Frankivsk
Kyiv
Kyrovohrad
Luhansk
Lviv
Mykolayiv
Odesa
Poltava
Rivne
Sumy
Ternopil
Kharkiv
Kherson
Khmelnytsky
Cherkassy
Chernivtsi
Chernihiv
Crimea (autonomy)
Nationality:
Noun--Ukrainian(s); adjective--Ukrainian.
Religions:
Ukrainian Orthodoxy, Ukrainian Greek
Catholicism, Judaism, Roman Catholicism,
Islam, others.
Languages:
Ukrainian (official), Russian, others.
HISTORY
Kyiv was founded in the V century
Kyiv Rus was founded in the IX century
Christianity was introduced in 988 year
Zaporizhian Sich (XVI-XVII) - military-
political organization of the free warriors –
Cossacks that introduced and enforced
Democracy, Republican rule, Unitary
system
A brief period of independence (1918 –
1919) Ukrainian Central Rada
Great Famine of 1932-33 by forcibly
collecting grain and deliberately starving to
death nearly ten million people.
Hetman Bohdan
Khmelnytsky (1595-1657)
INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE
01.12.1991 90% of Ukrainians voted for Independence.
Ukraine willingly got rid of its 3rd in the world nuclear potential.
Constitution adopted in 1996.
Elections-2004 were:
peaceful and democratic, though
hard-line and uncompromising
First President
Leonid Kravchuk
Second President
Leonid Kuchma
Prime Minister - Yulia Timoshenko, President – Viktor Ushenko
The territory of Ukraine is mainly flat (95%). The chief physical-
geographical zones are mixed deciduous leaf and conifer forests,
forest-steppes and steppe.
The Carpathian Mountains (highest point: Mt. Hoverla, 2,061m) extend
to the westernmost part of the country.
The Crimean Mountains (highest point: Mt. Roman-Kosh, 1,545 m) rise
in the southernmost end.
UKRAINE'S CLIMATE IS TEMPERATE AND SUBTROPICAL IN THE
EXTREME SOUTH.
NATURE HAS SHOWERED UKRAINE WITH UNIQUE
PLACES FOR REST AND RECREATION.
WINTER/SUMMER TEMPERATURES & RAINFALLS
Summer temperatures
18°-25° C (64,4° F to 77° F)
In the South:
up to +35° C (+95° F)
Winter temperatures
-8°-12° C (17.6° F to 3° F)
In the South: ~0° C (32° F)
THE UKRAINIAN CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
There are many rivers, thick forests, beautiful meadows and mountain lakes.
The largest resorts are located in Tysovets, Slavsko, Bukovel and Dragobrat.
RESORTS: CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
Dragobrat skiing resort
Snow from November till May
1300 meters above sea level
Other resorts
Rakhiv
Mukachevo
Svalyava
Yaremcha
For rafting, follow the rivers of
Prut
Bilyi Cheremosh
Chornyi Cheremosh
RESORTS: CRIMEAN BEACHES
Famous
resorts
Yalta
Alushta
Gurzuf
Foros
Yevpatoria
Two seas
Black Sea
The Sea of
Azov
WILDLIFE
19 million hectares of natural vegetation
30 000 plant species
45 000 animal species
11 national nature parks
4 biosphere preservation areas
16 nature reserves
DENDROLOGICAL PARKS:
Askania-Nova
Oleksandria
Sofiyivka
BLACK SEA → DEPTH – 1300-2211 M; SQUARE - 423,000 SQ. KM
ASOV SEA → DEPTH – 7-15 M; SQUARE - 39,000 SQ. KM
PORTS → ODESSA, ILLICHEVSK, YALTA, SEVASTOPOL,
MYKOLAYIV, KERCH, FEODOSIA
RIVERS AND LAKES
Ukraine has a wealth of rivers. More than a hundred of them are
longer than 100 km.
The largest rivers: Dnieper (the third large river in the Europe),
Dnister, Southern Buh, Donets, Pruth, Danube.
Rivers play an important role in water supply, and are used as
sources of energy.
Navigable rivers are important for transport.
There are over 3,000 lakes.
The largest freshwater lakes: Yalpuh (220 sq. km) and Svytiazke in
Polissia (27 sq. km).
POPULATION OF UKRAINE
IS 46. 3 MILLION PEOPLE.
Ukrainians -
72, 72%
Russians -
22, 22%
1.3, 1%
0.8, 1% 0.6,
1%
0.5, 1% 0.4, 0% 1.9, 2%
Ukrainians - 72%
Russians - 22%
Jews - 1.3%
Belarussians - 0.8%
Moldovians - 0.6%
Poles - 0.5%
Bulgarians - 0.5%
Tatarians - 0.4%
Others - 1.9%
Regarding the quantity of population Ukraine takes the 5-th place in
Europe (after Germany, Italy, Great Britain and France) and 21 place in the
world.
It possesses 7.3% of population of Europe and 1% of population of the Earth.
Diaspora - strongest in the USA and Canada.
10 ml. ethnic Ukrainians live on the territories of the former Soviet Union.
5 ml. ethnic Ukrainians live in other foreign countries.
Serhiy Bubka
Triple World Sportsman of the
Year, 6-time world champion,
European Champion, Olympic
Champion, the “Vaulting Czar”
Volodymyr Klitschko
Professional boxer
WBC & WBA Intercontinental
Champion, European &WBO
World Champion
Ruslana Lezhechko
The winner on the International
Contest “Eurovision 2004”
Yana Klochkova
Title-winner of the two
recent Olympic Games
VitaliyKlitschko
Professional boxer,
current IBF, WBO& IBO
heavyweight Champion
Volodymur Hryshko
Ukrainian singer, a tenor of world fame,
the soloist of Metropolitan-Opera, NY
Andriy Shevchenko
The best soccer player in
Europe of 2004
Vasyl Virastyuk
World’s Strongest Man 2004,
World’s Strongest Man 2007,
reiterated champion in the world
strongman competitions
UKRAINIANS – Hospitable, Optimistic, Joyous, Purposeful, Hard-workinghtt
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THE CAPITAL OF UKRAINE – KYIV(POPULATION 2.8 MILLION)
UKRAINE’S URBAN AND COUNTRYSIDE
PANORAMAS
CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF OVER
1 MILLION
Dnipropetrovsk Donetsk
CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF OVER
1 MILLION
Odesa Kharkiv
Poltava – Monument to Galushka
Lviv is truly Europe's hidden pearl.
Uman City Sophia's Park
The Pochaiv Monastery
Svyatogorsk,
Donetsk Region
Ternopil Region
Chernigiv
Sumy
Zaporizhzhya
City Hall
Mukachevo City
Hall,
Zakarpatya
Khmelnytsky Region
Kamjanets-Podilsky Ancient Castles
The state symbols of Ukraine are National flag, National anthem and
National emblem.
•The National Flag is a rectangular cloth with two equal horizontal
stripes, the upper colored blue and the lower golden yellow.
NATIONAL SYMBOLS
Ukraine is a unitarian state with
single citizenship.
Ukraine is the republic and has:
• its own constitution
• higher and local bodies of state
power:
• the President
• the Verkhovna Rada
• local Radas
• regional administrations
The National
emblem of Ukraine
is a golden Tryzub
on a blue shield.
UKRAINIAN ANTHEM
Shche ne vmerla Ukrayiny ni slava, ni volya,
Shche nam, brattia ukrajintsi, usmikhnet'sia dolia.
Z-hynut' nashi vorizhen'ky, yak rosa na sontsi,
Zapanuyem i my, brattia, u svoyiy storontsi.
Dushu y tilo my polozhym za nashu svobodu
I pokazhem, shcho my, brattia, kozats'koho rodu.
Stanem brattia, v biy kryvavy, vid Sianu do Dony
V ridnim kraiu panuvaty ne damo ni komy.
Chorne more shche vsmikhnetsia, did Dnipro zradiie,
Shche na nashiy Ukrayini dolen'ka naspiie.
Dushu y tilo my polozhym za nashu svobodu
I pokazhem, shcho my, brattia, kozats'koho rodu.
A zavziatta pratsia shchyra svoho shche dokazhe,
Shche sia voli v Ukrayini pisn' huchna rozliazhe.
Za Karpaty vidibiet'tsia z-homonyt' stepamy,
Ukrayiny slava stane pomizh narodamy.
Ukraine has not perished, neither her glory, nor freedom,
Upon us, fellow--Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish, like dew in the morning sun,
And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own.
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation.
We'll stand together for freedom, from the Sian to the Don,
We will not allow others to rule in our motherland.
The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnipro will rejoice,
For in our own Ukraine fortune shall flourish again.
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation.
Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded,
And freedom's song will resound throughout all of Ukraine.
Echoing off the Carpathians, and rumbling across the steppes,
Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations.
ENGLISH TRANSLITERATION OF THE
UKRAINE'S ANTHEM:
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE
UKRAINE'S ANTHEM:
CONSTITUTION - 1996
The rights for life, work, rest, education
Social security, housing,
Personal and dwelling inviolability
Non-interference in private, family life
Free choice of residence
Health protection, medical care/insurance
Legal assistance
The safe and healthy environment
There are no privileges or
restrictions based upon:
The Ukrainian Constitution
guarantees:
religion
face
gender
color of skin
political and other beliefs
ethnic and social origin
ownership
position
place of residence
language
The Verkhovna Rada adopted the Constitution on June 28, 1996.
The Constitution establishes the country's political system, assuresrights, freedoms and duties of citizens and is the basis for its laws.
Citizens have equal Constitutional rights and freedoms and areequal before the law.
THREE BRANCHES OF STATE POWER
Cabinet of Ministers
Verkhovna Rada The President
JudicialExecutiveLegislative
Constitutional Court
Courts of General
Jurisdiction
Superior Justice Council
LEGISLATIVE POWER - VERKHOVNA RADA
Speaker
2 Vice-Speakers
Secretariat
Committees
Mixed majority-proportional elections
Total of 450 deputies
225 from majority-based districts
225 based on political parties lists
4% barrier for political parties
226 votes to pass the law
300 votes to change the Constitution
300 votes to force the vetoed law
Elections 2006
Proportional system only
3% barrier for political parties
EXECUTIVE POWER
President
Prime-minister
Ministers and Ministries
State Committees
Verkhovna Rada consents with 226 votes
Prime Minister proposes Ministers
President approves Ministers
Prime Minister reports to the parliament
Cabinet of Ministers:
Issues decrees and regulations
Proposes and executes state budget
JUDICIAL POWER
Constitutional Court
Superior Justice Council
Courts of General
Jurisdiction
Interprets the Constitution of Ukraine
Validates the laws against the Constitution
the Supreme Court of Ukraine
highest specialized courts
the Cassation Court of Ukraine
the Appellate Court of Ukraine
local courts
Proposes judges for appointment/dismissal
Controls the formation of corps of judges
Examines cases involving unjust judging
TRANSPORTATION FOR BUSINESS
4 of 10 European transport
corridors run through
Ukraine
Dense network of:
273 700 km of highways
22 510 km of railways
4 500 km of water ways
42 900 km of pipelines
250 000 km of air routes
NATURAL RESOURCES 25% of the world black topsoil
5% of the world mineral resources
largest in the world mineral wax & brimstone
greatest in Europe graphite deposits
ECONOMICS STRUCTURE
31%
13%
3%
53%
% of GDP
Industry Agriculture Construction ServicesThe monetary unit
of the present-day
Ukraine is
HRYIVNYA
ECONOMICS AND PRODUCTION
Ukraine used to be
the first in Europe in iron ore extraction,
the second - in coal mining and
the third - in producing electric energy.
The country has great capacities to
produce its own rockets, planes and sea
vessels (ships)
AGRICULTURE
The Ukrainian chernozems are
famous for their productivity and they
are the biggest treasure of the
Ukrainian land.
25% of the world’s black rich soils are in Ukraine.
Ukraine has about 30 thousand hectars of land after cultivation.
Grain production used to be almost 1 ton per person.
Ukraine used to produce 100 kg of sugar per person
(France - 65, Germany - 60, USA - 25).
Annual meat production used to amount to 70 kg per person
(USA - 120, Hungary - 160, Germany - 95, Poland - 75).
MULTI-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Doctor of Science
Candidate of Science (Ph.D.)
Master of Science
Specialist
Bachelor
Junior Specialist
Secondary School
(Elementary, Middle, High)
Scientific levels
Basic Higher
Education
First Higher
Education Level
Obligatory Education
Level
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
National University of “Kyiv Mohyla Academy”
Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv State University
in consortium with “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Associated with the Academy are the names of many outstanding
scientists, among them:
physicist and mathematician M.Boholiubov,
biologist M.Kashchenko,
archaeologist and ethnographer M.Biliashivsky.
World-reputed schools appeared headed by:
D.Hrave (algebra),
M.Krylov (mathematical physics),
Y.Paton (electric welding and bridge construction),
L.Pysarzhevsky (chemistry),
O.Dynnyk (mechanics) and many others.
PROMINENT UKRAINIAN SCIENTISTS
Hlushkov
(1923 – 1982)
Vernadsky
(1863 - 1945)
Amosov
(1913 - 2002)
Yuriy Kondratyuk
Inventor, space-scientist
G. Charpak, Physicist
Nobel Prize Laureate
Mykhailo Ostrogradsky
Mathematician
Igor Sikorsky, Aircraft Designer
Helicopter’s Inventor
KYIV, THE CAPITAL
Also known as
Center of Slavic culture
Mother of all Rus cities
Majestic
City of Gardens
Founded over 1.5 ml. years ago
Looks both ancient & young
Come to see
UNESCO World Heritage sites
Millennia-old monasteries
Medieval fortifications
LEGEND ABOUT KYIV
There is an old legend which tells
of three brothers who found Kyiv
(also known as Kiev) at the end of
the fifth century.
The brothers Kiy, Khoriv, and
Shchek, along with their sister,
Lybid, decided to name this
newly founded land "Kyiv," after
their elder brother.
SIGHTS OF KYIV
There are a lot of historical and cultural places, public libraries and state
museums:
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
St. Sophia’s Cathedral
The Golden Gate
The monuments to T. Shevchenko, the great poet of Ukraine, to
Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Prince Volodymyr
Ukrainian books are exported to 100 countries.
HRESCHATIK - KYIV MAIN STREET
ST. SOPHIA’S CATHEDRAL
MICHAILOVSKIY
GOLD-DOMED
MONASTERY
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The Kyiv
Philharmonic
concert hall, a
19th century
church with a
fine organ,
and the opera
have a
scheduled
program of
concerts,
including
concerts by
the Odessa
Philharmonic
Orchestra.
THE PRINCESS (KNJAGYNJA) OLGA MONUMENT
THE RAILWAY STATION AND THE INDEPENDENCE SQUARE IN KYIV
CONCERT
HALL
UKRAINE
THE BANKOVA STREET
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL
HOLIDAYS
January 1 New Year
January 7 Orthodox Christmas
March 8 Women's Day
April – May Easter Sunday
May 1-2 A day off for the workers
May 9 Victory Day
May – June Trinity
June 28 Constitution Day
August 24 Independence Day
PISANKA –
ATTRIBUTE
OF THE
EASTER
UKRAINIAN
COSTUMES
AND
EMBROIDERED
RUSHNYK
THE MONUMENT
TO PISANKA
KOLOMYJA
UKRAINIAN
TRADITIONS
MAGNIFICENT
UKRAINIAN
CUSTOMS
Ask Marriage Tradition
if yes embroidered rushnyk
If no pumpkin
Andrij’s Holiday - Cossacks Amusements
Ivana Kupala - fortune(-)telling, jumping
through the fire
Seeking the fern’s flower – for fortune!!!
UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS
Kolyadki – Traditional Songs
Vertep – Dress-up People
12 traditional dishes on the table
SOME OF THE MOST COMMON WORDS AND
PHRASES IN UKRAINIAN
Hello - (Вітаю) - (vi-TA-yu)
Goodbye - До побачення - (do po-BA-chennia)
Please - Будь ласкa - (bud' LAS-ka)
You're -welcome -Прошу (PRO-shu)
Thank you - Дякую - (DIA-kuyu)
Excuse me - Вибачте - (VY-bachte)
Yes - TaK - (tak)
No - Hi - (ni)
Enjoy your meal - Смачного - (Smach-NO-ho)
Cheers! - Будьмо - (BUD'-mo)
One beer, please! - Одне пиво, будь ласка -
(od-NE PY-vo bud' LAS-ka)
Days of the week
Monday - Понеділок - (pone-DI-lok)
Tuesday - Вівторок - (viv-TO-rok)
Wednesday - Cepeдa - (sere-DA)
Thursday - Четвер - (chet-VER)
Friday - П'ятниця -(PYAT-nytsia)
Saturday – Cyбoтa - (su-BO-ta)
Sunday -Неділя -(ne-DI-lia)
Numbers
1- один (o-DYN)
2- двa (dva)
3- три (try)
4- чотири (cho-TY-ry)
5- п'ять (pyat')
6- шість (shist')
7- cім (sim)
8- вісім (VI-sim)
9- дев'ять (DE-vyat)
10- десять (DE-syat)
100- CTO (Sto)
1000- тисяча (TY-sya-cha)Famous Ukrainian meal - Borsch
MYKOLAYIV
The Museum of Regional Studies
The Art Museum,
The Museum of Shipbuilding,
The Theatre of Russian Drama,
The Ukrainian Music Theatre,
The Puppet Theatre
and many historical monuments.
THE MAIN PROSPECT IN
MYKOLAYIV
THE BRIDGE THROUGH
PIVDENNYI BUG RIVER
THE RIVER PIVDENNYI
BUG LANDSCAPES
THE ONE OF THE CHURCH IN
MYKOLAYIV
MYKOLAYIV LANDSCAPES
UKRAINE
AWAITS
FOR YOU!
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