5. History of Ukraine
9th century
The largest
1991 and most
Independence powerful
nation in
Europe
1922
Ukrainian
12th century
Soviet
Disintegration
Socialist
Republic
19th century
Integration
1917 – 1921
into the
Several
Russian
attempts at
Empire and
independence
Austria-
Hungary
6. Administrative divisions
24 oblasts
(provinces)
603,628 km2
Two cities
Autonomou
with special
s republic
status: Kiev
(Crimea)
and
Sevastopol
7. Economy
Main industries:
coal, electric power,
ferrous and nonferrous
metals, machinery and
transport equipment,
chemicals, agriculture,
food production
1 hryvnia = 1UAH
(Ukrainian currency)
= 0,13 USD
= 0,09 EUR
= 0,4 PLN
8. Population
0,4% 0,3% 0,3% 0,2%
0,2%
0,5%
0,6%
0,8%
46 million people
17,3%
Ukrainians Russians Belarusians
Moldovans & Romanians Bulgarians Hungarians
Polish Jews Armenians
9. Famous Ukrainians
Yaroslav the Wise Bohdan Khmelnytsky Taras Shevchenko
Grand Prince of Kievan Rus Hetman of the Zaporozhian Ukrainian poet, artist and
Cossack Hetmanate of Ukraine humanist
Nikolai Gogol Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko Andriy Shevchenko
Ukrainian novelist, humorist, Ukrainian heavyweights Ukrainian football striker
and dramatist
10. Famous places in Ukraine
Swallow's
Nest
Kiev Pechersk
Lavra
Chersonesos
Taurica
Old Castle
Dominican
Church
13. Ukrainian dances and music
Trembita Kobza (Ukrainian
(Guzul pipe) traditional musical
instrument
resembling the
guitar
Hopak
(Ukrainian folk
dance)
14. Day of
Christmas
(7 January)
Ukrainian holidays Victory (9
May)
Day of Women and
Spring (8 March) Easter
Day of Independence Constitution Day New Year
(24 August) (28 June) (1 January)
