UKRAINE FACTS
"The land for the Prince"
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Ukraine has a population of around 47 million people
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The land mass is slightly smaller than the State of Texas
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It is a Republic with its government being in its Capitol City of Kiev
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It is divided into 24 Oblasts (provinces)
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The people of Ukraine are extremely intelligent with a literacy rate of 99% (meaning that by the time you are 15 you can read and write)
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The life expectancy is age 70
"HISTORY"
History has shown that there has been human settlement in the area of Ukraine from 4500 to 3000 BC by the late neolithic Trypillian culture. From 700 to 200 BC Iranian nomads called Scythians occupied the land. During the 3rd Century, the Goths arrived and sometime during their reign they defeated the Roman Empire. At the beginning of the 7th Century, the Bulgars took over this country, but by the end of the century due to their migration across this vast land they were over taken by a nomadic Jewish Turk people called "The Khazars." During the 10th and 11th centuries Ukraine was the largest and most powerful state in Europe and had became the first Slavic State laying the foundation for the nationality of Ukraine and Eastern Europe throughout subsequent centuries. The Mongol's invaded Ukraine which weakened this very powerful state in the 12th century. During the 1300-1600's this land and people were over taken and ruled by the Poles and Lithuanians. In the late 1600's they fled from the Poles and were invaded by the Cossack's and by the late 1800's they were absorbed into Imperial Russia. During the brutal Soviet rule in the early 1900's over 8 million Ukrainians lost their lives due to a famine. During WWI Ukrainians that were Russian sympathizers were thrown in concentration camps by the Austro-Hungarian authorities. This resulted in approximately 20 thousands deaths. Then during WWII, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths of Ukrainians. Then with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Ukraine final achieved independence, however democracy has remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption has stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and other civil liberties.
"A RICH COUNTRY"
Ukraine is a land of fertile black soil. They produce:
grain
sugar beets
sunflower seeds
beef
milk
variety of fruits and vegetables
It is a land that is rich in natural resources:
Iron ore
titanium
magnesium
salt
coal
manganese
natural gas
oil
sulfur
graphite
nickel
mercury
timber
marble
"RELIGION"
lUKRAINE IS HOME TO THE
4TH LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION IN THE WORLD
3 types of Orthodox
Ukrainian Moscow
Kyivan Patrarch
Autocephalous Orthodox
3 types of Catholic
Ukrainian Greek
Roman
Armenian
Armenian Apostolic Church
Several Protestants
Lutherans
Pentecostals
Seventh-day Adventists
Calvanist
Mormans
Several Active Cults
Baptist
American
Southern
Independant
Union
There is a Muslim community in the Crimea area of Ukraine
"LANGUAGES SPOKEN"
lUkrainian (Official)
Russian
Surzhyk (a mix of Ukrainian and Russian used in rural villages)
Romanian
Polish
Hungarian
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"WEATHER IN UKRAINE"
Average Temperatures during January in Ukraine
-15°C or 5°F
With 100 days of snow on the ground
Average Temperatures during July in Ukraine
25°C or 77°F
"PROBLEMS WITHIN UKRAINE"
Alcoholism
Drugs
Sex Trafficking of Ukrainian Women
Inadequate supplies of potable water
Air and water pollution
Desorestation
Migration of Ukrainians to other other countries
Radiation Contamination from the 1986 accident at Chernoblyl' Nuclear Power Plant
Salaries not comparable to economy
ZHYTOMYR, UKRAINE FACTS
Was founded in 884
Population of 1.3 million
Has 23 regions withe 4 Districts
Capitol City is Zhytomyr
Approximately 1700 villages
The economy most deals with mining of granite and stone. They mill timber and farm a variety of fruits and vegetables
Home to the scientist who invented the space rocket "Sputnik" which began the Russian Space Program
About 2 hours away from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant where 20 years ago the world's worst nuclear disaster took place
