UKRAINE TODAYSvitlana Volkova

Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv State University, Ukraine

Fulbright Graduate Student 2008-2010

Kansas State University, USA

svitlana.volkova@gmail.com

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!

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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

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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

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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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