Interesting Facts About Ukraine

Ukraine ? is a country, that lives under the blue-and-yellow banner and a trident, with a heroic history, established traditions, with boundless fields, with melodious language, with very beautiful women and with amazingly delicious food.

1. Ukraine is the largest country which entirely located in Europe.

2. In Ukraine there is the largest stock of manganese ore in the world, 2.3 billion tons, or about 11% of all deposits of the Earth.

3. The geographical center of Europe is in Ukraine. In the west of the country, between Uzhhorod and Rakhiv the sign ?Geographical center of Europe?.

4. The shortest main street of the capital in Europe is ? Khreshchatyk in Kiev. Its length is 1225 meters.

5. Ukraine owns a quarter of fertile black soil of the world. Black soil ? the most fertile soil of our planet. During the Second World War, the Germans took out Ukrainian soil in Germany by trains.

6. Ukraine ? a major producer of grain (among the three largest producers of barley). Along with France, Germany and the United States ? one of the largest producers of sugar beets, ahead of neighbors like Poland and Turkey. Ukraine is in the world?s seven largest producers of sugar, vegetable oil, pork and potatoes. Among the top five global producers of honey.

7. Borsch ? is not a Russian dish, it is Ukrainian dish.

8. Food in Ukraine is very tasty. Dumplings with meat, dumplings with cherries, pancakes and pancakes with cottage cheese, soups, meat, salads, fish, jelly, pickles, sauerkraut, variously cooked potatoes, sour cream, ?kefir? and ?ryazhenka?, a variety of cereals. Quite a lot of vegetables and fruits. Also try ?compote?. Compote ? it is boiled fruits with sugar. It is very tasty.

9. Ukrainians like lard very much ? it?s true. They call it ?Salo?. Lard in Ukraine is prepared in various ways ? worth to try with a traditional Ukrainian black bread,

11. Many Ukrainians are still wearing national costumes on holidays. Even if not all costumes entirely, then at least they wear a white shirt embroidered with bright threads. This shirt embroidered with threads into intricate patterns ? mainly floral and animal motifs. They call this shirt ?vyshyvanka?. Ukrainians believe that this shirt adds strength and protects them.

15. Ukraine ranked the 4th place in the world in the number of citizens with higher education at a fraction of the population. Not graduated from the University is condemned by society.

16. Very beautiful women lives in Ukraine. On the street and even in public transport you can meet beautiful women, like from the cover of a glossy magazine. Many Ukrainians are working as models abroad (as Snezhana Onopko) and starring in the films, even in Hollywood. Natalie Wood, Olga Kurelenko, Milla Jovovich, Mila Kunis ? were born in Ukraine. Ukrainian women are wonderful wives. They are caring, for the most part, educated and almost all are able to cook well.

19. Ukraine has a very rich history. Its capital ? Kiev was the center of the ancient state ? Kievan Rus. Tsar Yaroslav, called the Wise, was ruled in the 11th century in Kiev. Three daughters of Yaroslav the Wise were married to European kings. Younger ? Anne, became the wife of King Henry the first and became the queen of France and mother of Philip the first.

21. Five Ukrainian objects are protected by UNESCO, they are included in the World Heritage Site as a cultural and natural values and heritage of all mankind.

• Kiev ? Saint-Sophia Cathedral;
• Kiev ? Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra;
• L?viv ? the Ensemble of the Historic Centre;
• Struve Geodetic Arc;
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians.

30. Ukraine has the longest musical instrument in the World ? ?Trembita?. ?Trembita? ? is a wind instrument. The length of it about 4 meters and a diameter is about 3 cm.

33. The Ukrainians invented many useful things: Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev and migrated to the United States, invented the helicopter. Sergei Korolev invented a rocket engine. Korolyov and his team in 1961 launched the first spacecraft, which was with a man on a board ? Yuri Gagarin. In Lviv in 1853 and Lukasiewicz Seeg invented kerosene lamp and a special way of getting kerosene ? petroleum cracking.

Date: 2016-06-12; view: 84