Презентація на тему «My Ukraine»

 My      Ukraine
     Ukraine is a country of Central-Eastern Europe with territory of 603, 7 thousand sq kilometers. It stretches for 893 km from North to the South and for 1316 km from West to East. Ukraine is located in moderate latitudes and has outlets to Black and Azov Seas. The capital city is Kyiv.Ukraine has land borders with the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Poland, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania and the Republic of Moldova. 
Ukrainian Culture & Traditions 
The Ukrainian people also enjoy their culture in the form of traditional dances and dance games. Many of these originated in rural Cossack villages and some of the oldest dances can be traced back to ancient cults. Traditionally many of these dances were performed only by males or females but today both sexes sometimes mix and enjoy the dance together.
   Kiev - The Capital of Ukraine
 
Kiev is a sight seeing with a population of nearly 3 million inhabitants situated on the Dnipro River, is the bustling capital of Ukraine. Ancient Kievan Rus, which reached its greatest period of ascendancy during the 11th and 12th centuries. It was a center of trade routes between the Baltic and the Mediterranean.
The city of Kiev and the power of Kievan Rus were destroyed in 1240 by Mongol invaders and the lands of Kievan Rus were divided into principalities located to the West and North: Galicia, Volhynia, Moscowia and later, Poland, Lithuania, and Russia. 
Lion's town 
Odessa - The pearl at the sea 
On the Black Sea shore the nature created an amazing spot. In ancient days, its territory was a home for  Scythians, Greeks and Slavs. During the Kievan Rus period, it was a part of the Slavic State. 
Odessa was founded in 1794 by Catherine the Great. The name of the city came about because of anerror. It was meant to be named after the ancient Greek city of Odessos or Ordissos, which was believed to have been founded in the vicinity. 
Crimea is at the cross-roads of various civilizations, the complex mixture of Oriental and Western cultures, which history absorbed the legends and customs of numerous nations who once upon a time had inhabited its territory: Tauris, Huns, Cimmerians, Greeks, Scythians, Sarmatians, Italians, Tatars, Karaimes and Slaves. 
Perfectly located geographically, the Crimea region boasts for its unique subtropical climate. 
In the second half of the 18th century the property on Cape Ai-Todor changed its owners very often. Then it was bought by one of the oil industrialist's baron Steingel. He had a dream to build a romantic castle and he gave the design to engineer A. Sherwood.  
Sevastopol - in the transfer from the Greek indicates "majestic city", "the city, worth worshipping ". Founders gave this proud name to the city, as if she could predict her future. On the territory of this city more than 1800 historical monuments were found.
Legendary  Sevastopol
After being in Sevastopol - city of heroes, city of museums - full with special solemnity, you will feel the breath of heroic years, you will be introduced to the names of heroes, who protected her, you will visit many memorable places in history. Sevastopol and its environment  are rich inmonuments, which imprinted the events of different eras from remote antiquity to  present days.
Sevastopol today is a city of special administrative status, a large sea port and naval base of the Ukrainian and Russian Fleets, industrial,scientific and cultural centre of the South of Ukraine.
National preserve  "Chersonesus Tavricheskiy" is created for the purpose of retention and effective  use of a unique historical cultural complex of the monuments of the ancient city. Burnt and destroyed by nomads at the end XIV C., Chersonesus several centuries lay in the ruins. 
National preserve "Chersonesus tavricheskiy"
Ancient Chersonesus was the last Greek colony emerged on the north coast of the Black Sea: it was founded in 422 BC.Chersonesus existed for 2000 years. Agriculture, construction, pottery-making, bone-carving, and some other crafts flourished there.The town was surrounded by powerful fortification walls, contracted according to design, widespread in the Greek and Roman worlds. 
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Bazyleva Nicole