Ukraine is a large country located in Eastern Europe. It has a population of over 45 million people and was formerly part of the Soviet Union. Ukraine has a long history and was once an important center of trade and culture. It has a predominantly Christian population and its official language is Ukrainian, though Russian is also widely spoken. The country has a democratic government and a developing market economy focused on agriculture.

1. UKRAINE Galina, Jessica and Julia

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Geographic Location
Regional Division
Landscape
Nature
Natural Resources
Historical Milestones
National Symbols
Population
Language & Education
Religion
Government
Monetary & Economic Status
Culture
Music
Dance
Cuisine

3. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
Centrally located in eastern
Europe
Borders with:
• Belarus
• Hungary
• Moldova
• Poland
• Romania
• Russia
• Slovakia
• The Black Sea
• Sea of Azov
The largest European country!
PICTURE

4. LOCATION OF UKRAINE IN
EUROPE
Area: 600,000 sq. km.(233,090 sq
miles)

5. REGIONAL DIVISION
27 REGIONAL DIVISIONS
24 область (“states”)
2 administrative cities of special status
 Kyiv
 Sevastopol
1 autonomous republic
 The Autonomous Republic of Crimea*
DIVISIONAL COMPARISON
Область – state
 24 total
Район - county
 490 total
Місто – city
 454 total
Село – village
 27,190 total

7. REGIONAL DIVISION
LARGEST METROPOLITAN
AREAS
Київ - Kyiv
Харків - Kharkiv
Донецк - Donetsk
Дніпропетровськ - Dnipropetrovsk
Одеса - Odessa
TIME ZONE
Eastern European Time Zone
“Daylight savings”:
 Eastern European Time (EET)
 Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
2015 time changes:
 March 29th – forward one hour (EEST)
 October 25th – back one hour (EET)

8. LANDSCAPE
Ukrainian territory consists of
mostly flat ground( 95%)
It contains fertile plains and
plateaus
Crossed by rivers such as
Dnieper, Seversky, Donets,
Dniester and the Southern Buh as
they flow down south into the
Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
There are also about 20,000
lakes
Only 43 have area over 10km2
Plains
Black Sea Dnieper

9. NATURE
Climate
Seas, Rivers, Lakes
Crimean Beaches
Carpathian Mountains

10. CLIMATE
In the summer…
 18-25°C (64.4-77°F)
 South can reach up to 35°C (95°F)
In the winter…
 -8-0°C (17.6-32°C)
 Moderately severe snow
Four distinct seasons
Best time to visit is summer, late
spring, or late fall

11. SEAS, RIVERS, LAKES
Black Sea
 2,000 meters deep
 168,500 square miles
Sea of Asov
 5-7 meters deep
 15,000 square miles
Rivers:
 Over 100 rivers that are more than 100
km long
 Used a lot for water supply and energy
source
 Dnieper, Dnister, Sounthern Buh,
Donets, Pruth, Danube are the largest
rivers
More than 3,000 lakes
Yalpuh (220 square kilometers)
and Svytiazke in Polissia (27
square kilometers) are largest
freshwater lakes

12. CARPATHIAN
MOUNTAINS
“Green Pearl of Ukraine”
Largest mountain range in
Ukraine
Second largest in Europe
1,500 km long
Mt. Hoveria is the highest peak
(2061 m)
Activities include cycling, riding,
rafting, mountain climbing,
hiking, camping, and more
CRIMEAN BEACHES
On a peninsula called Crimea, in
the Black Sea
Ukraine’s odd beach paradise
with many resorts and activities
Development as a tourist
attraction started around late
19th century
In 2013, one of top 20 travel
destinations

13. CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
CRIMEAN BEACHES

14. NATURAL RESOURCES
Ukraine has extremely rich and
complementary mineral
resources in high concentrations
and close proximity to each
other.
Contains 25% of the worlds black
topsoil
5% of world mineral resources
Largest in the world mineral wax
and brimstone
Greatest in Europe graphite
deposits

15. NATURAL RESOURCES-
MINERALS
Iron ore provides for Ukraine's
large iron and steel industry
Magnesium- bearing ores
Coal mines in Ukrainian are the
deepest in Europe
This makes them very dangerous
because the death means
increased levels of methane=
explosions

16. NATURAL RESOURCES
Rock salt
Natural gas and petroleum
Have 3 main regions with good
supply of natural gas and
petroleum
Ukriane has gas pipline that runs
from Siberan to the other
Europenan nations
Important in negotiations
between Russian and Ukraine
700 miles lond

17. HISTORICAL MILESTONES
UKRAINIAN ROOTS
839 A.D. – first mention of the
area
 Mentioned in Bertynsky chronicles
840 A.D. – Capital of Kyiv first
mentioned
 Attacked by Magyars and Khazars
988 A.D. – official
Christianization
1027 A.D. – construction of the
St. Sophia’s Cathedral
ST. SOPHIA’S CATHEDRAL

18. HISTORICAL MILESTONES
UKRAINIAN HISTORY CONT.
1187 – “Ukraine” first used to
describe the general area of the
country’s current location
1490 – first mention of Cossacks
 Meaning “free man”, these men prided
themselves on their skills in battle and
ability to survive in the wild, living off the
land
 The Ukrainian “Renaissance man”
1863 – “Ukraine” first used to
describe the general area of the
country’s current location
КОЗАКИ – (COSSACKS)

19. HISTORICAL MILESTONES
UKRAINE IN THE 19th CENTURY
1918 – Ukraine declares
independence
1921 – Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic
1929 -1937 – Stalin launches purge
against Ukrainian intellectuals
 Mass executions and deportations to
Siberia, where many were left out to
freeze to death
1932 – mass genocide “Holodomor”
1941 - 1944 – Nazis occupy Ukraine
 Over 5 million Ukrainians and 1.5 million
Ukrainian Jews killed
ГОЛОДОМОР – (HOLODOMOR)
Meaning “extermination by
hunger”, this man-made famine
took the lives of over 10 million
Ukrainians

20. HISTORICAL MILESTONES
19th CENTURY UKRAINE (cont.)
1986 – reactor at Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Plant explodes,
 Sends radioactive material across
Europe
 Over 10,000 deaths
1991 – Ukraine declares its
independence
1994 – Ukraine signs treaty with
NATO
1996 – democratic constitution
adopted, new currency
introduced
UKRAINE IN THE 2000’s
2000 – Chernobyl officially shut
down after killing thousands and
endangering the health of
millions throughout Europe
2004 -2005 – Orange Revolution
 Presidential election: Yushchenko vs.
Yanukovich
 Reports of widespread vote rigging in
favor of Yanukovich
 Election annulled, revote ordered by
Ukrainian Supreme Court
 Revote showed clear win for
Yushchenko, ending the revolution

21. NATIONAL SYMBOLS
Ukraine has a national flag, coat
of arms, and anthem.
The golden yellow symbolizes
fields of wheat and the blue
represents the sky, mountains,
and streams of Ukraine.

22. COAT OF ARMS
The coat of arms is a
Tryzub(trident)
Represents the princes and
princess
Volodymyr, Olga and Yaroslav
It also represents a synthesis of a
preheraldic device of the ruling
dynasty in the tenth century and
of the oldest Ukrainian national
tinctures from the 13th century.

23. ANTHEM
" Shche ne vmerla Ukraina "
Lyrics by Pavlo Chubynsky (1862)
Music by Mykhailo Verbytskyi
(1863)
“Ukraine has not yet perished”

24. UKRAINIAN ANTHEM
Ukrainian Version
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля,
Ще нам, браття молодії, усміхнеться доля.
Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на
сонці.
Запануєм і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці.
Приспів x2
Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу,
І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького
роду!
English Translation
Ukraine's glory has not yet died, nor her
freedom,
Upon us, compatriots, 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.
Refrain x2
Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for
our freedom,
And we will show that we, brothers, are

26. POPULATION
45.49 million people as of 2013
About 130 known nationalities
Fifth largest in Europe
21st largest in the world
High population density (80
people per sq. km.)
Most populated cities:
 Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk,
Kharkiv, Lviv, Odessa

27. EDUCATION
In 1576 the first university was
established in Eastern Europe
The Ostroh Academy
In 1834 Establishment of The
University of Kyiv
Creation of the Ukrainian Academy of
Sciences in 1918 was event of
historical significance.
Founded by Vernadsky
National Academy of Science
 Contains 170 research centers with
great research and productive
facilities
 Ranks with leading science centers
 World’s first laser data storage
 Have many international contacts
with academics with many countries

28. EDUCATION
Ukrainian constitution grants free
education to all citizens
489 Universities of 1-2
accreditation levels
334 Universities of 3-4 levels
The literacy rate is 99.7% in
Ukraine
Average student age is 19
The number of disabled students
moved up from 2,500 people to
6,000
2,300,000 million higher
education students in Ukraine
50.6% are female students
25,000 foreign students

29. EDUCATION

30. LANGUAGE
Common words and phrases in
Ukrainian
Welcome- Vitajemo
Hello-Allo
How are you?- Jak spravy?
My name is-Mene zvuť
Good morning-Dobroho ranku
Goodbye-Do pobačennja
Thank you- Diakuju
I love you-Ja tebe liubliu
Official Language-
Ukrainian(Eastern Slavik)
Recognized regional languages-
Russian
Crimean
Tatar

31. LANGUAGE
Most native speakers know
Russian
33% of Ukrainian population have
Russian as native language
Ukraine took second place on
melodic criteria after Italian.
Ranked 3rd most beautiful
language based on phonetics and
vocabulary after French and
Persian in linguistic content in
1934 in Paris.
Standard of knowledge of the
Russian language in current
Ukraine is higher (76%) than the
standard of knowledge of the
Ukrainian language (69%).
More respondents preferred to
speak Ukrainian (46%) than
Russian (38%)
From 1804 to the Russian
Revolution the Ukrainian
language was banned
Regulated by the National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

32. RELIGION
More than 97% of registered
religious organizations are
Christian
 Half are Orthodox
 Other half is split between Catholics
and Protestants
 Biggest church with the most
registered communities is the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Several denominations of
Judaism and Islam

33. HISTORY OF RELIGION
Originally pagan nation that
worshipped idols
988 AD Prince Vladimir the Great
of Kiev accepted Orthodox
Christianity
16th century Roman Catholic
church made its way to Ukraine
to try to diminish Orthodoxy
Along with Catholicism, Jesuits
from Poland and Protestants
started to influence Ukraine and
its citizens

34. GOVERNMENT
The worlds first constitution was created
by Ukrainian politician Pylyp Orlyk in
1710, with the U.S following in 1787,
and the French in 1791.
Adopted by Ukraine again in 1996
-The Verkhovna Rada adopted the
constitution on June 28, 1996.
-Citizens have equal Constitution rights
and freedoms are equal before the law.
-There are no privileges or restrictions
based upon:
-religion, face, gender, color of skin,
political and other beliefs, ethnic and
social origin, ownership, position, place
of residence or language.

35. GOVERNMENT
Ukraine is a Unitarian state
with single citizenship.
Ukraine is a Democratic
Republic
-its own constitution
-higher and local bodies of
state power.
-The President, the
Verkhovna Rada, local Radas,
regional administrations.
Three Branches of State Power:
Legislatives:
-Verkhovna Rada
Executive:
-The President
-Cabinet of Ministers
Judicial:
-Constitutional Court
-Superior Justice Council
-Courts of General Jurisdiction

36. GOVERNMENT
In 2004, Viktor Yushchenko was
one of the top candidates
running for president.
During his campaign election,
Yushchenko was poisoned by an
enemy to be distracted from the
election.
Fortunately he survived with
disfigurement, and continued his
presidential career until 2010.

37. CURRENT GOVERNMENT
November 2013 Yanukovych chose
to side with Russia and take money
from them to go into a treaty with
them rather than the European
Union.
Decision sparked protests on the
Maidan( Union Square in Kiev)
More than 100 people died
January 16th 2014 the Parliament
passed restrictive anti-protest laws
as the clashes turned deadly.
On February 20th Kiev sees its worst
day of violence for almost 70 years.
At least 88 people were killed in 48
hours.
After the 2014 Ukrainian
revolution, Viktor
Yanukovych abandoned his office
and fled the country
Led to an early election contested on
25 May 2014 where Petro
Poroshenko became the president of
Ukraine.
Today many Ukrainian troops are
out fighting defending Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine are trying to

39. MONETARY &
ECONOMIC STATUS
Ukrainian currency is called
“гривня”
 Since September 2, 1996
1 dollar = 7.72 hryvnia
Individuals on the hryvnia:
 Gregory Skovoroda, Lesia Ukrainka,
Taras Shevchenko, Yaroslav the Wise,
Vladymyr the Great

40. ECONOMY
Emerging free market
Severely fell in first 10 years of Soviet Union split, then grew extensively
for 8 years
In 2008, GDP ranking of Ukraine was 45th in the world
Successful production due to large amounts of raw material exported
Major contributor to economy is agriculture
 World’s largest producer of sunflower oil

41. CURRENT ECONOMY
Heavy debt
National GDP sank 5% within one
year
Currency lost about 1/5 of its
value
National exports declined 19%
and counting

42. CULTURE
TRADITIONAL DRESS
Вишиванка (vyshyvanka) -
embroidered shirt
Wreath (women)
 Symbol of purity and youth
Handmade jewelry (women)
 Glass beads (produced in Carpathian
Mountains, Lviv, Ternopil)
Woven belt
Шаровари (sharovaru) (men) – loose pants, free
at the hips and collect at the ankles
Red leather boots

43. CULTURE
HOLIDAYS
Вечірниці (Vechirnitsi)
 Traditional evening social gatherings
filled with music, singing and dancing
Колядування (Kolyaduvanya)
 Caroling, a door-to-door traditon
Щедрий Вечiр (Schedriy Vechir)
 New Year’s Eve
 “Generous Evening” – traditions of giving
Івана-Купала (Ivana Kupala)
 Celebration of the summer solstice, full
of pagan rituals and old traditions

44. CULTURE
МАТРЬОШКА - (MATROSHKA)
Ukrainian nesting dolls
ПИСАНКИ – (PYSANKY)
Traditional Easter eggs

45. CUISINE - SAVORY
STARTERS
Soups
 Борщ (Borshcht) – beet soup
 Капусняк (Kapusnyak) – pork, salo,
sauerkraut
 Росольник (Rosolnik) – pickeled
cucumber soup
Salads/Appetizers
 Олівіє (Olivier) – a type of potato salad
 Сало (Salo) – Ukrainian bacon
 Вінігрет (Vinigret) – beets, potatoes,
and sauerkraut salad
 Канапки(Kanapki) – mini sandwhiches,
usually on rye bread, with sliced meat or
salo, tomato, a soft cheese, and a bit of
parsley
MAIN COURSE
Heavier Dishes
 Голупці (Golubtsi) – stuffed cabbage
rolls
 Вареники (Vareniki) – pierogies with
various fillings (potato, meat, cabbage,
even fruit)
 Пиріжки (Pyrizhku) – baked buns filled
with meat, rice, sauerkraut, or jam
 Холодець (Holodets) – savory gelatinous
meat
 Котлети (Kotleti) – burgers/meatballs,
have minced meat or fish often rolled
in breadcrumbs

46. CUISINE - SWEET
DESSERT
 Кутя (Kutya) – traditional Christmas staple
containing poppy seeds, wheat, nuts, and
honey
 Пампушки (Pampushki) – Ukrainian
doughnuts, often tossed in sugar, filled with
rose jam (or fruit preserves)
 Сирник (Sirnik) – farmer’s cheese cake
 Вафля (Vaflya) – wafer filled with slightly
cooked dulce de leche (sweetened condensed
milk) and finely chopped/grated nuts
 Пряники (Pryaniki) – traditional holiday honey
spice cookies

47. MUSIC
STYLES
Traditional/Folk
Classical
 Baroque
Religious
Pop
CHARACTERISTICS
Identified by minor, melancholy
tones

48. MUSIC
TRADITIONAL/FOLK MUSIC
Rhythmically simple
Harmonically complex (3- or 4-
part harmonies)
Frequently in recitative style
Often based on medieval modes
 Dorian
 Mixolydian
TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS
Kobza
Bandura
Torban
Violin
Sopilka
Lira
Cymbals
Trembita
Floyara
Volynka
Cymbals

49. MUSIC
CLASSICAL/BAROQUE
A staple of higher education
Of great importance to nobility
 National University of Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy (Established in 1615)
First professional music academy
set up in Hlukhiv, Ukraine in
1738
RELIGIOUS
Often sung a cappella
Sung in unison
Based on simple one-line melodies
Patterned after Byzantine and
Bulgarian forms of music
Roots stem back to 11th century
Kyivan Cave Monastery
Reached its peak in 18th/early 19th
centuries
 Maksym Berezovsky
 Dmitro Bortnyansky
 Artem Vedel

50. MUSIC
Pop Music
Grew in importance within last
few decades
Estrada – form of popular music
(“stage entertainment)
Stage ensembles generally
maintained a Europop sound
 International dance-style form of
music
Modern Pop Artists
Verka Serduchka
Alloise
Natalia Dzenkiv
Sofia Rotaru
Max Barskih
Okean Elzy
Vera Brezhneva

51. VERKA SERDUCHKA VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpJ44NV6m-E

52. DANCE
Energetic, fast-paced,
entertaining
Highly recognized and
appreciated characteristic aspect
of Ukrainian culture
Pre-Christianity, dance was very
ritualistic and pagan
When Christianity emerged, the
missionaries added Christian
themes into the traditional
dances instead of trying to
eliminate them all together
Social dancing became popular during
the Cossack uprising
 Had musical accompaniment without song and
improvisations
 Some include Hopak, Kozachok, and Hutsulka
Before modern era, story dances
developed
 Pantomime- music comedy, for family
entertainment
 Artistic and sophisticated

53. DANCE
Vasyl Verkhovynets
 Actor, choir conductor, amateur
musicologist
 Paved the path to transforming
Ukrainian dance into folk-stage dance
 Began performing these dances on
stage (that’s a first)
 He would go to different villages in
Ukraine to learn and record their
village’s traditional dances
 Put all his research together in his
book “Theory of Ukrainian Folk Dance”
that is now used by countless aspiring
Ukrainian dancers

54. DANCE
“Regional Dances” of Ukrainian
dance:
 Central Ukrainian, or Cossack dance
 Hutsul Dance
 Transcarpathian Dance
 Bukovynian Dance
 Volyn’ Dance
 Polissian Dance
 Lemko Dance
 Podillian Dance
 Boiko Dance
 Gypsy Dance

55. GOPAK UKRAINIAN DANCE
https://youtu.be/UvJiWEyky5Y