Presentation on Ukraine (November 2014)
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UKRAINE
Europe
Ukraine on the map of Europe
FACTS
#1#2#3
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
#1#2
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
#1#2
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
#1#3#4
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)
#2
Russian Civil War – fought on the side of Russia
#5
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