Ukraine

Anastasia Abel, 4 th Period

 Table of Contents

• General Information – Page 3 • Customs and Traditions – Page 20

• Map of Ukraine – Page 4 - 14 • Scientific Contributions – Page 21
• Geography and Climate – Page 15 • Energy Resources – Page 22
• Government and Economics – Page 16 • Interesting Facts – Page 23
• Food and Drink – Page 17 • Native Animals – Page 24
• Values and Beliefs – Page 18 • Travel Video – Page 25
• Family and Education – Page 19 • References – Page 26
 General Information on Ukraine
• My country is Ukraine, and I chose it because my mom’s side of my family
has mostly Ukrainian heritage.
• Ukraine is located in the eastern region of Europe, although can be mistaken
for being part of Asia.
• In the Ukraine, the official language is Ukrainian, and they use the Cyrillic
alphabet.
• The current population of Ukraine (as of 2018) is 42.8 million people.

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Map of Ukraine

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 Geography and Climate
• Some of Ukraine’s physical features include the Crimean
Mountains, plateaus, steppes, and hilly areas with grasslands and
shrublands.
• The climate of Ukraine is usually cold in winter and warm in
summer, although some summers get uncomfortably hot.
• The only thing I could find was the most populated place, which is
Ukraine’s capital, Kiev.

Crimean Mountains Ukrainian steppes

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 Government and Economics
Petro Poreshenko

• The CabMin (Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) is

referred to as Ukraine’s government.
• The current leader of Ukraine (as of 2018) is Petro
Poreshenko.
• Ukraine’s economic freedom score is (as of 2018) is
51.9, making it the 150th economically free country in
the 2018 economic index.
• The major exports of Ukraine are coal, fuel and
petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, and
transporting equipment.
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 Food and Drink
• Some examples of Ukrainian foods are Potato Varenyky, Cabbage Borshch,
Holubtsi, Kartoplia Solimkoi, Nachynka, and Kotlety Po-Kyivskomy.
• Some examples of Ukrainian drinks are Kyvass, Syrivets, Uzvar, and
Ryazhanka (Baked Milk). Potato Varenyky

Ryazhanka (Baked Milk)

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 Slavic Mythology

Values and Beliefs

• Ukrainians usually practice the Eastern Orthodox.
• Ukrainians believe in Slavic mythology.

Eastern Orthodox

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 Family and Education
• Ukrainians usually had a pretty large household of several generations. This
type of family usually lasted a long time.
• In 1965, there were typically ten grades in a Ukrainian school.
Ukrainian School

Ukrainian Family

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 Customs and Traditions
• 40% of Ukrainians claim to be atheists. However, the number of Jews in
Ukraine is increasing steadily.
• Some holidays that Ukrainians celebrate are Orthodox Christmas, Women’s
Holiday, Public Holiday, and Orthodox Easter.
Orthodox Christmas

Public Holiday

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 Scientific Contributions
• Ukraine contributed to some work on the X-Ray and made the Kerosene
Lamp.
• Some Ukrainian scientists are Borys Paton, Yuri Kontradyuk, and Nikolai
Amosov.
Borys Paton

Yuri Kontradyuk

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 Energy Resources
• Some energy resources that Ukraine uses and produces are iron ore, coal,
manganese, natural gas, oil, and salt.

Manganese

Iron Ore

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 Interesting Facts
• Some pretty interesting facts about Ukraine are that McDonald’s is one of
their favorite places, they have a Café capital, and they were once a so-called
“Breadbasket.”
McDonald’s,
Ukraine’s favorite
fast food place

Ukraine’s Café
Capital

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 Native Animals

• The only animal I Fauna

could find that is native
Bald Eagle
to Ukraine was the
Fauna, a species of
bird.
• At the zoo, we saw a
Bald Eagle, who are
found around the
world.

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Video visit to Ukraine

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 References
• en.wikipedia.org
• proudofukraine.com
• telegraph.co.uk
• foodbycountry.com

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