interesting facts about Ukraine? (S.S. Project)?

Question

do you know any interesting facts about the Ukraine? 5 points! I need this!

Answer 1

1. Ukraine is home of the only existing Antonov An-225 aircraft, the worlds largest cargo plane: http://members.lycos.co.uk/aerospace21/antonov/an-225.html



2. Kyiv Ukraine was the foundation of the entire Russian empire, being where the Kyivan-Rus empire was founded. Settlers from Kyivan-Rus went on to settle the area that is now known as Russia: http://www.ukraine-today.com/reference/facts/3.shtml



3. Ukraine is slightly larger than Texas in size: http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Ukraine-LOCATION-SIZE-AND-EXTENT.html



4. Ukraine is considered the "geographical center of Europe" by many (as well as many other claimants): http://euro-center.net/



5. Crimea (in Ukraine) was the site of some of the bloodiest battles of WW2, and eventually the Germans occupied the entire region EXCEPT for Simferopol (the current Russian military base). Simferopol is known as the "Hero City": http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0857627.html

Answer 2

Ukraine has the largest mountain lake in Europe - Sinevir.

Ukraine is the size - as a 3 France.

Ukrainian currency - the hryvnia to the 2014 fallen against the dollar by 3 times! so now for foreign tourists with dollars in Ukraine is very cheap!

And Ukraine - is the center of Europe!

Answer 3

Wikipedia should have some



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine