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 Cover from 'The Days of the
Turbins' by Bobek
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I have walked around this monument for a couple of times but never understood the meaning of it until I was explained that the figures here have nothing in common, are no family or decendants of "Olga" but are essential historical individuals with a particular meaning for either the city of Kiev or the Slavic people.
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 Kyiv, Chestnuts by Dialing
Ukraine is situated in Eastern Europe. In the south, Ukraine is washed by the Black and Azov Seas.
The territory: 603,7 th.sq.km.
The population: more than 51 mln.people
The length : from the West to the East is 1316 km, from the North to the South is 893 km , the borders are 6500 km.
Far points : in the North is v. Petrivka (Chernigiv oblast); in the South is the cape Saritch (Autonomous Republic of Crimea); in the West is Tchop (Transcarpathian oblast); in the East is v.Chervona Zirka (Luhansk oblast).
Neighboring countries : Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Russia, Belarus.
Climate : in East-European flatland (95% of the territory) and in the Ukrainian Carpathian and Crimean mountains (5 % of the territory) the climat is mostly continental, akin to subtropical in the south of Crimean coast.
Annual precipitation - flatland - 300-700 ËË, Crimean mountains - 1000-1200 ËË, Ukrainian Carpathian mountains - over 1500 mm.
Air temperature: Average annual air temperature, grad ÿ is: January - -5C, July - +25C.
Almost to the topic :)
The largest rivers:
Length on the territory of Ukraine (total length), km
Dnipro
981(2201)
The largest lakes and lagoons, sq.km
Sasik (Kunduk)
205
Dnister
360
The highest mountain peaks, m
The Ukrainian Carpathian mountains
The Crimean mountains
Hoverla
2061
Roman-Kosh
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 Ukraine-Europe - TAK!!! by Dialing
Neighboring Ukraine are the countries of Belarus, Russia, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. In the South Ukraine is washed by the Black and Azov Seas.
The climate is generally temperate or continental. Only on the South Coast of the Crimea, does a subtropical, Mediterranean climate exist. The average low temperature in January is -7C, the average high +19C, in July.
The area of Ukraine is 603,700 sq.km, the population is more than 51,728,400.
Ukraine is home to a variety of nationalities: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarussians, Jews, Moldovans, Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Tatars ans Greeks, are the groups that are predominantly represented.
The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv. Kyiv occupies more than 790 sq.km and sits on the both banks of the Dnipro river. Its population is 2,635,300 Leave a Comment
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On July 16, 1990, the Verhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Act on the National Sovereignty of Ukraine.
On August 24, 1991, the Verhovna Rada proclaimed the Act of Independence of Ukraine. An all-Ukrainian referendum, held on December 1, 1991, confirmed this Act of Independence of Ukraine.
On June 28, 1996, the Constitution , the main Law of Ukraine was passed, according to which Ukraine is a Presedential-Parliamentary Republic, including 24 administrative regions and the Autonomous Rebublic of Crimea.
The National Symbols of the State are the National Flag, the National Emblem and the National Anthem.
The National Flag of Ukraine is two equal horisontal blue and yellow strips.
The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv.
The President of Ukraine is the Chief Executive and acts on behalf of the state. He is elected by general equal and direct elections under secret voting for a five-year term and no more than for five years running.
The Verhovna Rada is the Ukrainian sole legislative authority.
Evecutive power is exercised by the Cabinet of Ministers.
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 Votes and protests in 2004
presidential election by Bobek
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It is very difficult for westerners to understand the general "survival" system of Ukrainians in terms of income and living. Even though I have tried very hard to understand how people make their living this still remains a mystery to me.
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Golden Gate was the main gate of old Kiev. it was built in XI century. In XVII century the gate was half destroyed that was discribed in travellers' notes. In XVIII the gate was filled up under ground. In 1832 Lokhvitsky archeologist began works of reconstruction. But it was 2 walls only. Then 140 hundreds years later , in 1970, gate was completely reconstructed and open for the tourists in 1982. The gate is situated on Vladimirskaya Street. In 1997 the monumet to Yaroslav Mudry was placed near of gate. Leave a Comment
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 Cutout of screenshot from Kiev
streetmap by Bobek
I was lucky to find a precise and readable interactive map (Latin or Cyrillic letters) that really goes down to naming of the streets and house numbers.
And here is the link: Kiev Online Map
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 Performance in the National
Taras Shevchenko Opera by Bobek
I also noticed that Ukrainians and Russians are very well read in serious literature and even take interest in original versions of foreign literature if they only slightly know the language.
With this tip I focus on theatrical and musical arts only. This is not a closed list but will be complemented whenever I find a new clue and can give a brief description.
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