UKRAINE

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UKRAINE
Land of natural beauty and
hospitable people
Igor Shevchenko, Yale World Fellow 2006
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• Contents
• Geographical Location ? Religion
• Administrative Division ? Constitution
• Landscape ? President of Ukraine
• Climate ? State Power in Ukraine
• Plant and Wildlife ? Economics Structure
• Natural Resources ? Economic Factsheet
• Historical Milestones ? Traditional Dress
• Orange Revolution ? Decorative Arts Crafts
• ? State Symbols ? Ukrainian Cookery
• ? Money ? Kyiv
• ? Population ? Famous Ukrainians
• ? Ukrainian Language ? Reasons to Visit Ukraine

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• Geographical Location
• Located in Central Eastern Europe
• Determined as a geographic center of Europe
• Links East West
• Borders with
• Moldova
• Romania
• Hungary
• Slovakia
• Poland
• Belarus
• Russia
• Largest European country
• (total area is 603 700 sq. km)
• Has wide outlet to
• the Black Sea
• the Sea of Azov

? Ukraine
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• Administrative Division
• Ukraine consists of
• Autonomous Republic of Crimea
• 24 administrative regions
• 2 cities with a special status
• (Kyiv and Sevastopol).
• The largest cities of Ukraine
• Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa,
  Zaporizhia, and Lviv.
• According to the administratively
• territorial division Ukraine accounts for
• 608 districts, including city/town districts
• 1344 urban settlements, including 454 cities
  and towns
• 28621 villages.

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• Landscape
• 95 of the country is flat
• Mountains
• Carpathian in the West
• (the Hoverla Mountain 2 061 m)
• Crimean in the South
• (The Crimean Peninsula)
• (the Roman-Kosh Mountain 1 545 m)
• Seas
• the Black Sea (422 000 sq.km)
• the Sea of Azov (39 000 sq.km)
• Rivers
• more than 73 thousand rivers
• the biggest rivers
• the Dnipro, the Danube, the Dniester,
• and the Southern Buh

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• Climate
• Summer temperatures
• Average 18-25 C (64,4 F to 77 F)
• In the South up to 35 C (95 F),
• with sea breezes softening the heat
• Winter temperatures
• Average -8-12 C (17.6 F to 3 F)
• In the South 0 C (32 F)
• The best time to visit Ukraine is
• in summer, late spring or late fall.

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• Plant and Wildlife
• 19 million hectares of natural vegetation
• 30 000 plant species
• 45 000 animal species
• 11 national nature parks
• 4 biosphere preservation areas
• 16 nature reserves
• Dendrological parks
• Askania-Nova (Kherson region)
• Oleksandria (Kyiv region)
• Sofiyivka (Cherkasy region)
• Shatsky (Volyn region)
• Trostyanetsky (Chernigiv region)

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• Natural Resources
• 25 of the world black topsoil
• 5 of the world mineral resources
• coal
• iron and manganese ores
• nickel, chromites, titanium, mercury
• complex ores
• Non-mineral resources
• largest in the world mineral wax brimstone
• greatest in Europe graphite deposits
• Perspectives for
• oil at the Black Sea shelf
• gold, copper and lead
• semi-precious minerals

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• Historic Milestones
• 7th-10th centuries Medieval Kyivan Rus' state
  christianity adopted by Prince Volodymyr.
• 12th century First documented references to
  the term "Ukraine" appear.
• 16th century Founding of the Zaporozhyan Sich,
  the military-administrative and political
  organization of the Ukrainian Kozaks.
• 1710 First Ukrainian Constitution by hetman
  Pylyp Orlyk the first document in the world to
  establish a democratic standard for the
  separation of powers in government between the
  legislative, executive, and judiciary branches.
• 1918 Declaration of independence of the
  Ukrainian National Republic Mykhaylo Hrushevsky
  elected first-ever President of Ukraine.
• 1922 The formation of the USSR, including the
  Ukrainian SSR.
• 1941-1944 Great Patriotic War Germany
  occupies Ukraine.
• 1991 The state independence of Ukraine is
  proclaimed.
• 2004-2005 Orange Revolution nationwide
  nonviolent protests that marked the presidential
  elections in Ukraine.

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• Orange Revolution
• Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" of 2004-2005 was
  a series of protests and political events that
  took place throughout the country in response to
  allegations of massive corruption, voter
  intimidation and direct electoral fraud during
  the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.

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• State Symbols
• The State Flag of Ukraine is a banner made of
  two equally dividing horizontal bars of blue and
  yellow. (Traditionally, blue is considered the
  color of clear skies, and yellow the color of
  a wheat field).
• The State Emblem of Ukraine is the trident, the
  Symbol of Princely State of Volodymyr the
  Great.(From the antiquity revered as a magic
  sign and a kind of charm, the trident symbolized
  the division of the Universe into the heavenly,
  earthy, and one beyond the combination of the
  divine, motherly and fatherly, the sacred origin
  and three natural elements the air, water and
  earth).

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• Money
• The monetary unit is hryvnia (UAH).
• The National Bank of Ukraine is granted
  prerogative rights to put into circulation
  banknotes and coins. The NBU designs the bills
  and defines their face-value, assigns protective
  system and payment marks.
• 1 USD 5.05 UAH
• 1 EUR 6.44 UAH

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• Population
• 48.457 million people
• 5th largest in Europe
• 21st in the world
• over 130 nationalities
• highly educated people
• Density of population 80 persons per sq.km.
• Urban population 32 mln.
• Gender composition Age composition
• female 53.7 middle age people 58
• male 46.3 people of pension age 23.9
• children 18.1

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• Ukrainian Language
• It is the only official state language of
  Ukraine. (native for 67 of the countrys
  population)
• According to some survey, Ukrainian is placed
  as the second most beautiful language in the
  world, after Italian, while the third is French.
  
• Language of the East Slavonic subgroup of the
  Slavic languages.
• Uses a Cyrillic alphabet and shares some
  vocabulary with the languages of the neighboring
  Slavic nations (Belarusian, Polish, Russian, and
  Slovak).
• Traces its origins to the Old East Slavic
  language of the ancient state of Kievan Rus.
• Has persisted despite the two bans by Imperial
  Russia and political persecution during the late
  nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
• Has survived mainly due to its broad base
  among the people of Ukraine, its folklore songs,
  kobzars, prominent poets like Taras Shevchenko
  and Lesya Ukrainka.

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• Religion
• The dominant religion in Ukraine is Eastern
  Orthodox Christianity, which is currently split
  between three Church bodies.
• The distant second is the Eastern Rite
  Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which
  practices the same liturgical and spiritual
  tradition as Eastern Orthodoxy, but is in
  comminion with the See of Peter and recognizes
  the primacy of the Pope of Rome.
• There are also smaller Roman Catholic,
  Protestant, Jewish and Muslim communities.

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• Constitution
• On behalf of the Ukrainian people the Verkhovna
  Rada (Ukrainian parliament) adopted the
  Constitution of Ukraine as the countys
  Fundamental Law, in force July 28, 1996
• General principles
• The rights, freedoms, and duties of individuals
  and citizens
• Elections, referendum
• The Supreme Rada of Ukraine
• The President of Ukraine
• The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, other
  organs of executive authority
• The procuracy
• The justice system
• Territorial structure of Ukraine
• The Autonomous Republic of Crimea
• Local self-government
• The Constitutional Court of Ukraine
• Amending the Constitution of Ukraine
• Final provisions
• Transnational provisions

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• President of Ukraine
• Viktor Yuschenko was elected President of
  Ukraine in January 2005 to embody hope of
  millions of Ukrainians culminated in a
  democratic struggle, later to be known as the
  Orange Revolution.
• the Guarantor of state sovereignty and
  territorial integrity of Ukraine
• the Guarantor of citizens rights and
  freedoms
• the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of
  Ukraine

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• State Power in Ukraine

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• Economics Structure

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• Economic FactsheetAnnual data
  2005-actual Historical averages ()
  2001-05GDP (USD bn 82.9 Real
  GDP growth 8.4 market
  exchange rate)GDP (USD bn
  317.3 Real domestic
  9.4 purchasing power parity)
  demand growth GDP
  per head (USD 1,773
  Inflation
  10.7market exchange rate)GDP per head (USD
  6,787 Current-account
  balance 6.5purchasing power parity)
  ( of GDP) Exchange
  rate (av) USD 5.12      FDI
  inflows ( of GDP) 2.2
• From the Economist Intelligence Unit July 31,
  2006

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• Traditional Dress
• Ukrainian traditional clothing is characterized
  by wide regional and ethnic diversity.
• The conception of traditional dress is related
  to the region of Central Ukraine although even
  adjacent villages display dissimilarity.
• Embroidery is the major adornment that encloses
  certain information about the owner (home
  location, gender, approximate age of an owner,
  function of garment).
• Traditional male dress Shirt with
  embroidered front and open sleeves, pants of blue
  woolen fabric, wide red sash outerwear of brown
  woolen cloth gray Persian lamb hat dark red
  fine leather boots.
• Traditional female dress Embroidered shirt
  woven skirt and apron vest trimmed in black
  velvet wreath with ribbons coral necklace red
  fine leather boots.

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• Decorative Arts Crafts
• Ukraine has rich art heritage, unique potential
  of applied art products, which in main cases are
  entirely handmade. Their beauty, purity and
  naivety attract sophisticated collectors.
• The oldest types of folk applied arts and crafts
• woodcarving
• carpet making
• embroidery
• pottery and ceramics
• decorative painting
• Painting of pysanka (decorated Easter eggs) is
  a unique phenomenon in the decorative art of
  Ukraine.

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• Ukrainian Cookery
• Ukrainian dishes show a sophisticated
  simplicity based on pleasing combinations of
  fresh, pickled, and smoked ingredients.
• Food is neither highly spiced nor bland, but
  skillfully seasoned to perfection.
• Bread, is of course the mainstay of the
  Ukrainian diet. The countrys reputation as the
  breadbasket of Europeis well deserved (77 ways
  of preparing bread).
• The most popular Ukrainian meals
• Borshch Ukrainian beet soup.
• Varenyky dough pockets filled with
  potato,or sauerkraut, or cottage cheese, or
  blueberries, or cherries.
• Holubtsi Ukrainian cabbage rolls.
• Nalysnyky super thin pancakes stuffed with
  cottage cheese, or poppy, or apples, or honey
  and walnut.

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• Kyiv
• Founded over 1.5 millennia ago.
• Looks both ancient young.
• 2.6 million inhabitants.Also known as
• Center of Slavic culture
• the Mother of all Rus cities
• the Majestic
• the City of Gardens
• Come to see
• UNESCO World Heritage sites
• Millennia-old monasteries
• Medieval fortifications

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• World Famous Ukrainians

Igor SikorskyA pioneer of aviation, first
successful helicopter designer
Golda MeirThe 4th Prime Minister of Israel
Joseph ConradA novelist, forerunner of modernism
Jack PalanceAn Oscar-winning American actor
Andy WarholA legendary artist, avant-garde
filmmaker and writer
Dustin HoffmanA two-time Oscar-winning American
film actor
Milla JovovichAn American supermodel, actress
and singer
Sergiy BubkaA multiple world record-breaker in
pole vaulting
Vitaliy KlitchkoA professional boxer, WBC
Intercontinental Champion
Andriy ShevchenkoOne of Europes prominent
soccer strikers
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• Reasons to Visit Ukraine
• natural beauty
• cultural heritage
• hospitable people
• delicious cuisine
• business opportunities
• no visa required for US and EU citizens
  staying for less than 90 days in Ukraine

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• WELCOME
• TO
• UKRAINE!