Famous monuments of culture and sightseeings of Ukraine

Ukraine is an old country.It has on old and interesting history. The name of the state Ukraine appears for the first time in the 12- th century, and means the edge of the land. The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv. It is a great cultural center of our country. According to the ancient legend Kyiv was founded by three brothers: Kiy, Shchek and Khoriv and their sister Libid. They settled on the hights above the Dnieper and founded a city on one of the hills and called it Kyiv after the eldest brother. Now Kyiv is 1500. There are many historical places of interest. Among them are; Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, St. Sophia's Cathedral, the Golden Gate, the monuments to Bogdan Chmelnitsky, Prince Vladimir and others.There are many fine museums in Kyiv: The State historical museum, the museum of Ukrainian and Russian art, the Shevchenko State museum and so on.

There are many historical towns and places in Ukraine: Chernigiv, Nizhin, Zaporizhzhya, Lviv and others. We live in Cherkasy region. It is also rich in historical events:the peasant uprising known as Koliyvshchina, the Haidamaki movement took place here. In Chygyrin and in Smila are monuments to the statesman and military commander Bogdan Chmelnitsky.The pride of our people is "Zaporizhska Sich". It was down the Dnieper in the Ukranian stepps. The first fortress was built on the island of Khortitsa to defend our country from tatars. There were military man and peasants who ran away from their rich landlords. Zaporizhya became the uphold of "Kozachina".

A famous Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko was born in this region.You

can visit fine museums of Shevchenko in the villages of Kyrylivka and Morintsi.

You can see his old house under the straw roof and national kitchen with imbro-

ided towels, and all the household like in old times.

to appear - з’являтися

edge - край

rich landlords - поміщики

Questions:

1) What are the historical places of interest in Kyiv?

2) What are the monuments in Kyiv?

3) What museums can you visit in Kyiv?

4) What are the historical towns and places in Ukraine?

5) What is Cherkasy region famous for?

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