Youth organization “Human World”

UKRAINEUKRAINE

Associations with Associations with UkraineUkraine

CarpathiaCarpathian n

MountainsMountains

DniproDnipro

Beautiful Beautiful womenwomen Painted Easter Painted Easter

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BorschtBorschtBlack SeaBlack Sea

FancyworkFancywork

Orange Orange RevolutioRevolutio

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Symbols of UkraineSymbols of UkraineRound Round

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WheaWheatt

StorkStork

ArrowwooArrowwoodd

Map of UkraineMap of Ukraine

History of UkraineHistory of Ukraine

19221922Ukrainian Ukrainian

Soviet Soviet Socialist Socialist RepublicRepublic

19911991IndependencIndependenc

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1917 – 1917 – 19211921

Several Several attempts at attempts at independencindependenc

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9th century9th centuryThe largest The largest and most and most powerful powerful nation in nation in EuropeEurope

12th 12th centurycentury

DisintegratioDisintegrationn

19th 19th centurycentury

Integration Integration into the into the Russian Russian

Empire and Empire and Austria-Austria-HungaryHungary

Administrative divisionsAdministrative divisions

Two cities Two cities with special with special status: Kiev status: Kiev

and and SevastopolSevastopol

24 oblasts 24 oblasts (provinces(provinces

))

AutonomoAutonomous republic us republic (Crimea)(Crimea)

603,628 km2603,628 km2

EconomyEconomy

Main industries:Main industries:coal, electric power, coal, electric power,

ferrous and ferrous and nonferrous metals, nonferrous metals,

machinery and machinery and transport equipment, transport equipment,

chemicals, chemicals, agriculture, food agriculture, food

productionproduction

1 hryvnia = 1UAH 1 hryvnia = 1UAH (Ukrainian (Ukrainian currency)currency)

= 0,13 USD= 0,13 USD= 0,09 EUR= 0,09 EUR= 0,4 PLN= 0,4 PLN

PopulationPopulation

17,3%

0,4% 0,3% 0,3% 0,2%0,2%

0,8%0,6%

0,5%

Ukrainians Russians Belarusians

Moldovans & Romanians Bulgarians Hungarians

Polish J ews Armenians

46 million people

Famous UkrainiansFamous Ukrainians

Yaroslav the WiseYaroslav the Wise

Grand Prince of Kievan RusGrand Prince of Kievan RusBohdan KhmelnytskyBohdan Khmelnytsky

Hetman of the Zaporozhian Hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Cossack Hetmanate of

UkraineUkraine

Taras ShevchenkoTaras Shevchenko

Ukrainian poet, artist and Ukrainian poet, artist and humanisthumanist

Nikolai Gogol Ukrainian novelist,

humorist, and dramatist

Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko

Ukrainian heavyweights

Andriy ShevchenkoUkrainian football striker

Famous places in Famous places in UkraineUkraineSwallow's Swallow's

NestNest

Chersonesos Chersonesos TauricaTaurica

Kiev Pechersk Kiev Pechersk LavraLavra

Dominican Dominican ChurchChurch

Old CastleOld Castle

Traditional Ukrainian Traditional Ukrainian clothesclothes

Traditional Ukrainian Traditional Ukrainian cuisinecuisine

Curd or fruit Curd or fruit dumplingsdumplings

BorschtBorscht

Potato Potato pancakespancakesPancakesPancakes

CompoteCompote

Ukrainian dances and Ukrainian dances and musicmusic

Kobza Kobza (Ukrainian (Ukrainian traditional traditional

musical musical instrument instrument

resembling the resembling the guitarguitar

Hopak Hopak (Ukrainian (Ukrainian folk dance)folk dance)

Trembita Trembita (Guzul pipe)(Guzul pipe)

Ukrainian holidaysUkrainian holidaysChristmas Christmas (7 January)(7 January)

Day of Women Day of Women and Spring (8 and Spring (8

March)March)

Day of Day of Victory (9 Victory (9

May)May)

EasterEaster

Day of Day of Independence (24 Independence (24

August)August)

Constitution Day Constitution Day (28 (28 JuneJune))

New Year New Year (1 (1 JanuaryJanuary))

Thank youThank youfor attention!for attention!