Ukraine occupies 0,41% of world land area, which is home to 0.85% of the world’s population, bringing 0.20% of world gross national product
Ostroh Academy – the oldest Ukrainian scientific and educational institution. In 1576, Prince Ostrozky Kostyantyn-Vasyl founded a Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy in Ostroh
«Constitution of the rights and freedoms of the Zaporozhian army» was proclaimed on April 5th 1710 after election of Ukrainian political and public figure Pylyp Orlyk as Hetman of the Zaporizhia Army
Ukrainian Antonov’s design bureau has developed the An-225 “Dream” aircraft with the world’s largest payload capacity of 253.8 tons.
Largest tin monasteries are called Lavra. Only six monasteries in the world have the status of a Lavra. Three of them are in Ukraine
1384 monuments to the genius of the Ukrainian people, thinker, poet and kobzar Taras Shevchenko have been erected in Ukraine and 35 other countries. None of the famous cultural figures has so many monuments
It runs underground at a depth of 105 m. The station near the parliament building was built in 1960, and it was one of the first ones
The map, as well as the oldest settlement Homo Sapiens is located in the village Mezhyrich of Kaniv district of Cherkasy region, in the interfluve of the river Ros and its tributaries Rosava. They are about 14.5-15 thousand years old. The map is embossed on the mammoth bone
With their help, commercial cargo is sent into space within the framework of the international project “Sea Launch”
It is located surrounded by the picturesque Carpathians near the town of Rakhiv
Chernozem soils with the right cultivation give the highest yield. During World War II, German soldiers even took chernozem by train
Trembita (trembita) is the longest wind musical instrument in the world. Length from 2.5 to 8 meters, diameter about 30 mm, increases in the bell. Distributed in the eastern part of the Ukrainian Carpathians
This folk song was recorded by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych. The world knows her as Carol of the Bells or Ring Christmas Bells
These are Oleshkiv sands or “Ukrainian Sahara”. Its area is over 160 thousand hectares. It is so big that it can be seen even from space!
Its length is 750 meters and width – 125 meters
Ukraine is a founding member of the United Nations, as well as a member of more than forty international organizations, including the OSCE (1992), the IMF (1992), the IBRD (1992), the WTO (2008), the Council of Europe (1995), and UNESCO (since May 12, 1954).