The name of the country

My country. Ukraine

Ukraine's name as the name for the territories of modern Ukraine that were part of the Russian Empire, until the beginning of the 20 century was competing with the name Malaya Rus in 18-19 centuries began to appear synonymous "Ukrainians", to avoid confusion with the Russians.

Situation

Ukraine is situated in the east of Europe. The territory of Ukraine is 603,7 thousands Square kilometres. Ukraine shares borders with Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Belarus.

Flag of Ukraine

"The State flag of Ukraine is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow." the yellow and blue colors symbolized Kiev State before the Christianization of the RUS '. After the adoption of Christianity, these colors were dedicated to the Holy Cross

The emblem of Ukraine

The great State emblem of Ukraine, in accordance with article 20 of the Constitution of Ukraine, is the small national coat of arms as its main element, First mentioned in the Chronicles of such signs is x century. In times of Kievan Rus Trident becomes Grand sign. Ambassadors of Kyiv Prince Igor in the Treaty with the Byzantines had their seals with tridents. Kyiv Prince Volodymyr.

Ukrainian language

The Ukrainian language is one of the East Slavic languages, the State language of Ukraine. Most of its speakers live in the territory of Ukraine. There are two points of view on the history of the Ukrainian language. Is that, historically, the Ukrainian language, as well as Russian and Belarusian, goes back to the old Russian language. But this view has significant opposition both in Ukraine and in Russia. Supporters of other positions, based on the historical and linguistic materials, show that the Division of the dialects of Eastern Slavs goes back to the X-XI centuries. Therefore, as the first and the second point of view cause much controversy.

The money of the country.

The currency of Ukraine is UAH-(980). Original short title-UAH. The hryvnia is classified as "soft currency". This is the currency of some developing countries, particularly the former Soviet Union. The importance of Ukraine's economy, its financial system within the post-Soviet space is not in last place, but for currency operations hryvna with SLE (free convertible currency) cannot even be compared with the Russian ruble (RUR).

Population and Nationality of Ukraine

The population of our country is about 46 million people. The majority of Ukrainians live in cities (68%) Currently the trend towards urbanization.

Besides Ukrainians the representatives of many other nationalities live there: Russians, Jews, Belarusians, Moldavians, Romanians, Greeks, Tatars, Poles, Armenians, Germans, Gypsies and other ethnic minorities. They contributed to Ukraine’s culture and history. The capital of Ukraine

Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine. It has a long history. And this makes Kyiv stand out among other cities. In 1982 its 1.500th anniversary was celebrated in the country. It was called “The Mother of All Russian Cities”. Kyiv bears the name of prince Kyiv.

Kyiv is the seat of the Supreme Court and Cabinet of Ministers. It’s population is about 3 million. Kyiv occupies an area of 790 square kilometres. The city lies on both banks of the Dnipro.

Kyiv is the largest centre of national culture. A lot of concert-halls, fifteen museums, palaces of culture, film stu­dios, the circus make Kyiv a large cultural centre in Ukraine. The Kyiv Shevchenko Opera and Ballet House.

Kyiv is famous for its beauty, for its wonderful broad avenues, lots of chestnut trees and flowers all over the city. Those who are fond of visiting historical and cultural places usually dwell their choice on ancient cities. The older the city is the more places of interest it has. That’s why Kyiv is quite an interesting place from this view point. Tourists are at­tracted by numerous places of interest in Kyiv. They are Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra, St. Sophia’s Cathedral, the Golden Gate, the monuments to T. G. Shevchenko, the great poet of Ukraine, to Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Prince Volodymyr.

Kyiv has a well-developed industry. Its factories and plants produce sea and river transport vessels, air liners, computers, motorcycles, consumer goods.

The biggest Sities

The biggest cities of Ukraine are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Odessa, Mykolaiv and others

President

At present a situation in the Ukrainian government the very difficult. The country passed heartrending experiences, and they yet didn't end. Ukraine endures a serious crisis. In the country civil war is waged. The previous president Victor Yanukovych was overthrown. Temporarily duties of the president were carried out by Oleksandr Turchynov then, on elections elected the president Petro Poroshenko. The most part of Ukrainians, including those who participated in revolution doesn't agree with its appointment. There is information that elections were forged.

The culture of Ukarine

The names of Taras Shevchenko, Lessya Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Marko Vovchok and Hrygoriy Skovoroda won universal recognition. There’s hardly a country in the world which doesn’t have Taras Shevchenko’s poems translated into its language. Gentle melodies and deep emotions of Lessya Ukrainka’s verses are dear to poetry-lovers throughout the world.

The Ukrainian national composer school is connected with the name of Mykola Lysenko. M. Lysenko’s operas “Taras Bulba”, “Natalka Poltavka”, “Eneida” are still staged at the world’s opera-houses.

The Ukrainian culture always developed human traditions of the mankind.

Religion of Ukraine

The most widespread religion in Ukraine - orthodox Christianity, nearly 76% of believers adhere to it. Besides, such faiths are widespread on the territory of the country, as Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, a Judaism, the Buddhism, an adventizm, Lutheranism.

Ukrainian Traditions

As each country in the world Ukraine is rich in its nation­al traditions. Some of them are common in the world and some of them are uncommon.

I’d like to tell you about some old traditions in my coun­try. They are Easter and Christmas. My people began to cele­brate these holidays since the baptizing of Kyivska Rus in 988 by Prince Volodymyr.

We celebrate Easter in spring, according to the Julian calendar that’s why it doesn’t coinside with the western world. This holiday is always in April or at the beginning of May. Easter symbolizes the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Every­body makes cakes so called pasha and dyed eggs.

Another holiday is Christmas. We mark it on the 7th of January. In Europe and in the USA it’s celebrated in December. On Christmas people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

There are some dates and events in the life of our country that are memorable to every Ukrainian citizen. The most me­morable date is the Victory Day which is kept on the 9th of May. On this day the anniversary of the victory over fascism in Second World War is celebrated.

These are national holidays, people don’t work on these days. As for me, I like to celebrate these days!

Cuisine of Ukraine

Ukrainian cuisine has a long history and is rather popular not only in Ukraine but also in other Slavic countries.

There are many tasty dishes in Ukrainian cuisine.

One of the most popular dishes is borshch..

Borshch is a vegetable soup made out of beets, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, dill.

There are about 30 varieties of Ukrainian borsch soup and the dish often includes meat.

Breads and wheat products are very important to Ukrainian cuisine.

Paska is a traditional rich Easter bread.

Uzvar is traditional compote made of dried fruit, mainly apples, pears.

Дата добавления: 2015-10-23