Ukraine

Mount Hoverla, 2061 meteres high in the Carpathian Mountains

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Kiev (properly spelled Kyiv) is the largest city in Ukraine. Kyiv is also the capital of Ukraine.

Red Boots, Hutzul Slippers, Headdress and a Tunic.

Kiev is the capital and largest city of Ukraine.

Life in Ukraine not so bad, because Ukraine is European country. The reasons why life in Ukraine is not so good:

Horrible battles, wars, captivitis, genocides.

Occupation by USSR.

Mafia, which cares only about itself.

Inflation, corruption, instability of policy. If those things did not happen in Ukraine, the life there would be at least as in France or England. That's why a lot of Ukrainians are abroad of their country, in USA, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Italy.

From someone who lives in Ukraine:

Life here is very difficult. Take an average American and tell him to live in Ukraine on Ukraine's average salary, he will die after two weeks. There should not be doubt in this statement. The average monthly salary is around 1000 UAH (USD 120) and there are people who make less and work hard, full time jobs. Prices on the other side are as high is those in America. 1 liter of milk will cost you from 1 dollar. For those who don't know, in 1 galon there are 3.8 liters, or close to it. 1 liter of petrol costs 1 dollar. 1 pair of skeakers... let's say Adidas... something average and not too fancy: from $80. You go groceries shopping and you spend at least 120 UAH ($15) and this food will be enough for two persons to live for 3 days. An average Ukrainian spends 110% of his salary on food, yes, 110%. Small business are going bankrupt because Ukrainians don't have buying power. I am talking about businesses who sell food. Job market is down. In a city of Poltava, the one where I live there are basically no jobs. People are being explointed and taken adventage of. Outside is -20 degrees Celsius (use converter for F) and people work in small street stands. Business owner does not care to put a heater inside. Those poor people have to work 24 hour shifts in those cold places and business owner does not care to spend a few bucks to buy a damn heater. The reason why we live so bad here is not because of wars, battles and any other things that some people may claim. The reason why we live so bad is because of our damn bad government go is sucking all of the juices from its people and because we, the people, are so scared to do anything. We are like those donkeys who allow others to be riden on. Until the moment we drop those crooks off our backs we will keep on living beyond poverty. Speaking about wars... there are lots of people in Ukraine who wish Germany took over our country back in the second world war and some wish Karl 12th won Russia back then so that Ukraine was a part of Sweden. No wonder everybody is corrupted in our country. How can a person survive on that little money. A doctor earns 200 bucks per month and a teacher around 100 per month.

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The Ukraine flag is blue and yellow. Albania is the only country whose flag is only red and black.

Malta, Trinidad and Tobago, Yemen, Angola, Germany, Belgium, Uganda, Zambia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Malawi, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Somaliland, Ghana, São Tomé and Príncipe, Vanuatu, Guyana, Mozambique, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Zimbabwe, and Dominica all contain red and black as well as other colours.

"Ya tebya l'ubl'u" (я тебя люблю) is in Russian, "Ya tebe kohaju" (я тебе кохаю) is in ukrainian.

The flag of Ukrain features 2 colored bars on top of one another. The top bar is blue and the bottom bar is yellow. Blue represents the color of the sky and yellow the color of the wheat fields.

It is the "Премьер-Лига" (premier-liga).You can find other words about football on that page:http://www.myrussianlessons.com/cours/A1-A2/93/football-in-russian.php

Liberty, Justice, and Fraternity in that order.

Here is a website about flags that might help in the future.


Flags

Ukraine is not a parliamentary govenrment, so there's a president rather than a prime minister. The current president is Viktor Yuschenko.

There is disagreement about the meaning of the name "Ukraine." Some say it means "on the edge," as "kray" means edge, but that would actually be O-krayinah not U-krayinah. The word "krayinah" means country/nation, and the name could simply mean "the country."

Oleksandr Motsyk is the Ambassador to the US for Ukraine.

Well, you could get a map.....

On the North you have Belarus Republic of, on the north-east you have Russia, on the North-West you have Poland, West are The Czech Republic and Hungary, ON the South, South- East of their border, you have Moldova and Romania, and south is the black sea.

Many, like chemicals, aviation and machine building.

Crimea has a warmer climate compared to Kiev. Being a region located along the Black Sea, Crimea experiences milder winters and hotter summers, while Kiev has a continental climate with colder winters and milder summers.

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Yes, Ukraine is a member of the OSCE.

No. They are both cities that are near the now abandoned nuclear plant that had a disaster in 1986. Pripyat was built for workers to live in. It is nearer to the Chernobyl power plant than Chernobyl is.

With regard to Ukraine it's become very much a 'Russia versus the West' issue with Ukraine as the victim and underdog. As a result the Ukrainian Government is usually pictured as 'doing its best under difficult circumstances'.

In reality however, Ukrainian politics are very much the plaything of a number of billionaire oligarchs and almost all the major Ukrainian politicians and Government members are in some way their clients, looking out for the oligarchs' interests.

Were it not for the feud with the seperatists and their Russian sponsors, the Ukrainian government would probably be generally described as pretty incompetent and corrupt.

A regular letter to the Ukraine needs to be sent as First Class Mail - International and will require International Rate Stamps. You can not use regular US stamps, you must purchase and use International Rate Stamps.

The number of stamps will depend on the weight of the letter. A 1 ounce letter will cost $1.15 (as of April 2015). A 2 ounce letter will cost $2.14, 3 ounces costs $3.12, and 3.5 ounces costs $4.11.

It is absolutely safe to travel to Kiev Ukraine these days, as all the hotels are open.