Interesting facts: Ukraine

Interesting facts about Ukraine among the states located entirely in Europe, is the largest in Ukraine. There are also countries that occupy a large area, but most of Russia and Turkey are in Asia, and Danish Greenland - North America





In 1934 in Paris held a beauty contest languages. The top three on the vocabulary, phonetics, sentence structure and phraseology part of the French, Persian and Ukrainian languages. A melody of the Ukrainian language only outscored Italian



The Ukrainian language is the most consumed by the letter "O", and the least - "D" and "F". "P" is the first letter in most words.



Ukrainian National Choir performance inspired her lullaby "Oh go sleep in the windows" of George Gershwin to write the future of the world hit Summertime



It is believed that the McDonald's at the railway station in Kiev is ranked third in the world in attendance. In 2011 it was made at least 2 000 000 orders.



In 1960, not far from the Ukrainian parliament was opened metro station "Arsenal". And today it is the deepest in the world - 150 m depth. And somewhere in the tunnels and subways are a refuge for parliamentarians.



The text of the anthem of Ukraine became just 6 lines of the poet Paul Chubinskogo music Mikhail Verbitsky. The remaining lines were deemed politically incorrect, such as a claim on someone else's territory - ("Stanemo brother in bіy krivavy od hsiang to Don»



Statistics solving crimes in Ukraine hits - 90%. With an average of detection in Europe - 30-40%. This anomaly is due, according to human rights activists, to extract confessions and hiding statistics hopeless cases



Stocks manganese ore in Ukraine is 11% of the world (2, 3 bln. Tons), making it the largest in the world. Also, the country belongs to 7% of world reserves of iron ore.



Most lifting aircraft in the world was developed in the design office Antonova (Ukraine). At the beginning of the AN-255 "Mriya" used to take a spaceship, and now transports commercial goods.



One of the first constitution in the world was developed by Hetman Pylyp Orlyk. In his "Pact and Constitution of the rights and liberties Zaporizhia Army" in 1710 provided for the separation of the three branches of government, a clear definition of the rights and duties of citizens and the authorities.



Another mega song - Carol of the Bells or Ring Christmas Bells. Without it does not do any Christmas. Original it is a Ukrainian folk "Shchedryk" in handling Nikolai Leontovich.



Ukraine is a non-nuclear state. At the time of independence in its possession were more than 1,000 nuclear warheads. All of them went to Russia, and silos and simply destroyed. As compensation, Ukraine gave security guarantees from states - owners of nuclear weapons.



More than 1,200 monuments to Taras Shevchenko in Ukraine, with most of them located in the western regions of the country.



In Kiev Museum of Miniatures, you can see the shoe a flea, a rose in a case of hollowed hair made from flakes of paint and many other works of the master Nicholas Siadristy



Ukrainian fat has long been talk of the town, although a year per inhabitant of the country accounts for 18 kg of pork, and the Germans, for example, - 54 of the Civil Code. Also for 10 years of independence, the number of pigs in Ukraine was reduced from 19, 4 to 8, 3 million. Heads.



The Guinness Book of Records for more than two dozen Ukrainian powerlifters belongs to Dmitry Khalaj. One of them is the "Devil's forge." In this case, Khalaj conveniently arranged on a board with nails on top of it covered 700 killogramovymi plates, which then smashed with sledgehammers.



The most eco-friendly in the world to produce the boosters' Pivdenmash "(Dnepropetrovsk). They entrusted the participation in the international project "Sea Launch".



Card on the bones of a mammoth dated 14, 5-15 thous. BC, found in the village of Mesopotamia



Pablo Picasso was first introduced to the works of Catherine Bilokur at the specialized exhibition. He compared the work of Catherine and famous artist Luis Serafin, and the works themselves Bilokur called genius.



The main street of the country - Khreshchatyk in Kiev - is the shortest (1225 m) in the world, with Khreshchatyk, and is one of the most extensive and picturesque streets.



The geographical center of Europe is in the town of Rakhiv, Ukraine.



In 1899-1902 he was raging in South Africa Boer War. One of the troops commanded by the Boers Ukrainian Yuri Budyak. He saved the British journalist from execution. In gratitude, the journalist helped Budyakov go to Oxford. Further, Yuri worked in the government of Ukrainian People's Republic in 1917, and 19743 - died in a Soviet concentration camp. A journalist at the time was the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called.



Peter Doroshenko, Ukrainian hetman spent in honorable exile in Russia. The then King identified the hetman in the town Yaropolche estate, the peasants in 1000 households and 1000 rubles pension. Doroshenko died 09.11.1698 year, leaving two daughters and three sons from his three marriages. From Doroshenko and Agafi Eropkin going Natalia Goncharova, Pushkin's wife, granddaughter of Doroshenko.



The creator of the first Constitution of Philip Orlik Hetman held the post 30 years, but most of them went beyond the borders of Ukraine. Therefore, his son Gregory, became a famous military and political leader of France and General confidant of Louis XV, Earl. After his marriage to Helen-Louise de Brun de Dentelvil Gregory became a major landowner, including land and castle near Paris. But in the twentieth century in these lands built the international airport, which is called Orly ".



The longest trolleybus route - a 86 km connecting Yalta and Simferopol. Incidentally, Yalta is not inferior to Mediterranean resorts on the number of sunny days.



Source: ribalych.ru