Hello Chile!!! I have discovered a lot about you’re beautiful nation on Skyscrapercity and that’s why I opened this thread so you can discover something about my nation. I will give you some background on Ukraine, but most of the this thread will consist of photos. So please sit back and enjoy. I will love to hear all the comments, and questions that you have about Ukraine. I don’t speak much Spanish so I am going to write in English, but don’t be shy and write in Spanish you’re feedback will be appreciated.
Human settlement in Ukraine has been documented into distant prehistory. The late Neolithic Trypillian Culture flourished from about 4500 BC to 3000 BC. The Copper Age people of the Trypillian Culture resided in the western part, and the Sredny Stog Culture further east, succeeded by the early Bronze Age.
During the Iron Age, these were followed by the Dacians, Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians, among other nomadic peoples. The Scythian Kingdom existed here from 750 BC to 250 BC. Along with ancient Greek colonies founded in the 6th century BC on the north-eastern shore of the Black Sea, the colonies of Tyras, Olbia, Hermonassa, continued as Roman and Byzantine cities until the 6th century AD.
In the 3rd century AD, the Goths arrived in the lands of Ukraine around 250 AD to 375 AD, which they called Oium. The Ostrogoths stayed in the area but came under the sway of the Huns from the 370s. North of the Ostrogothic kingdom was the Kyiv Culture, flourishing from the 2nd to 5th centuries.
With the power vacuum created at the end of Hunnic and Gothic rule, Slavic tribes, possibly emerging from the remnants of the Kiev culture, began to expand over much of what is now Ukraine during the 5th century, and beyond to the Balkans from the 6th century. In the 7th century, the territory of modern Ukraine was the core of the state of the Bulgars. At the end of the 7th century, most Bulgar tribes migrated in several directions across Central-Eastern Europe and to Caucasus.
Although Christianity had made inroads into territory of Ukraine before the first ecumenical council, the Council of Nicea (325) and, in Western Ukraine during the time of empire of Great Morovia, the formal governmental acceptance of Christianity in Rus' occurred at in 988. The major cause of the Christianization of Kyivan-Rus’ was the Grand-Duke, Volodymyr (Vladimir) the Great and his grandmother Olha.
Conflict among the various principalities of Rus', in spite of the efforts of Grand Prince Volodymyr Monomah, led to decline, beginning in the12th century. In Rus' propria, the Kiev region, the nascent Rus' principalities of Halych and Volynia extended their rule. In the north, the name of Moscow appeared in the historical record in the principality of Suzdal, which gave rise to the nation of Russia. In the north-west, the principality of Polotsk increasingly asserted the autonomy of Belarus’. Kiev was sacked by Vladimir principality (1169) in the power struggle between princes and later by Cumans and Mongol raiders in the 12th and 13th centuries. Until the Galicia-Volhynia kingdom in the western part of Ukraine that got rid of the Mongol rule in Europe.
13th -14th century: Founding of the Galician-Volynian principality, which controlled a significant part of the territory of the former Kievan Rus'-Ukraine state.
1492: First documented reference to the Ukrainian Kozaks (Cossacks).
Early 16th century: Founding of the Zaporozhyan Sich, the military-administrative and political organization of the Ukrainian Kozaks.
1648-1654: Ukrainian liberation war against Poland.
1654: Treaty of Pereyaslav, a military and political alliance signed between Ukraine and Russia.
1764-1775: The Zaporozhyan Sich is suppressed by the Russian Tsarist government.
1792: Ukrainian settlement of the Kuban region begins.
1905-1906: First revolution in Russia; a Ukrainian movement is galvanized, Ukrainians are permitted to form organizations, the ban on the Ukrainian language is abolished.
1917, March: The fall of the Russian monarchy and the creation of the Central Rada in Ukraine.
1918, January 22: Declaration of independence of the Ukrainian National Republic.
1918, November 1: Founding of the Western Ukrainian National Republic (lasted until 1919); war between Western Ukraine and Poland.
1919, January 22: The union of the Western Ukrainian National Republic with the Ukrainian National Republic.
1920: S. Petlyura signs the Warsaw Treaty concerning the joint Ukrainian-Polish armed struggle against the Bolsheviks.
1921, November: The Bolsheviks begin consolidating Soviet rule in Ukraine.
1922, December: The formation of the USSR, including the Ukrainian SSR.
1929: The Soviet authorities launch a campaign of repression directed against the Ukrainian intelligentsia (intellectuals).
1932-1933: A genocide, organized by Moscow, results in the deaths of 20 million Ukrainians.
1936-1937: Mass arrests in Ukraine; hundreds of Ukrainian intellectuals are liquidated.
1938: Carpatho-Ukraine is made an autonomous land with its own government within the federated republic of Czechoslovakia; the creation of the military organization "Carpathian Sich".
1939: Western Ukrainian lands are annexed to the Ukrainian SSR.
1941-1944: Great Patriotic War: Germany occupies Ukraine.
1942: The creation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
1945: Together with 50 other nations, Ukraine becomes a founding member of the United Nations.
1972: Arrests of members of the Ukrainian dissident movement.
1989: The creation of the popular movement in Ukraine for restructuring (RUKH).
1990, July 16: Declaration of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine proclaims the state sovereignty of Ukraine.
1991, August 24: The Supreme Rada adopts the Act proclaiming the state independence of Ukraine.
Founded: 882 AD.
Area: 603,628 km2 The biggest country to be entierly in the European continent.
Capital City: Kyiv
Population: 46,011,300
Religion: Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholicism, Roman Catholicism.
Language(s): Ukrainian(official) Russian.
Ethnic Groups: 80% Ukrainian 16% Russian 4% Other.
Army: 150,000 personal, 8307 tanks, 8775 armed Combat Vehicles/Artilery Systems, 195 Hilicopters, Air Force 817 Fighters/Destroyers/Cargo, Navy currently 12 battle ships. Second Biggest army in Europe after Russia.
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The beginning of Ukraine
Human settlement in Ukraine has been documented into distant prehistory. The late Neolithic Trypillian Culture flourished from about 4500 BC to 3000 BC. The Copper Age people of the Trypillian Culture resided in the western part, and the Sredny Stog Culture further east, succeeded by the early Bronze Age.
During the Iron Age, these were followed by the Dacians, Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians, among other nomadic peoples. The Scythian Kingdom existed here from 750 BC to 250 BC. Along with ancient Greek colonies founded in the 6th century BC on the north-eastern shore of the Black Sea, the colonies of Tyras, Olbia, Hermonassa, continued as Roman and Byzantine cities until the 6th century AD.
In the 3rd century AD, the Goths arrived in the lands of Ukraine around 250 AD to 375 AD, which they called Oium. The Ostrogoths stayed in the area but came under the sway of the Huns from the 370s. North of the Ostrogothic kingdom was the Kyiv Culture, flourishing from the 2nd to 5th centuries.
With the power vacuum created at the end of Hunnic and Gothic rule, Slavic tribes, possibly emerging from the remnants of the Kiev culture, began to expand over much of what is now Ukraine during the 5th century, and beyond to the Balkans from the 6th century. In the 7th century, the territory of modern Ukraine was the core of the state of the Bulgars. At the end of the 7th century, most Bulgar tribes migrated in several directions across Central-Eastern Europe and to Caucasus.
Golden Age of Kyiv
Kyivan-Rus
In the 11th century, Kyivan-Rus’ was, geographically, the largest state in Europe, becoming known in the rest of Europe as Ruthenia especially for western principalities. The name "Ukraine", meaning "in-land" or "native-land”, first appears in historical documents of 12th century and then on history maps of the 16th century period. The meaning of this term seems to have been synonymous with the land of Rus' propria-the principalities of Kyiv, Chernihic, and Pereyaslav. The term, "Greater Rus'" was used to apply to all the lands ruled by Kiev, including those that were not just Slavic, but also Finno-Ugric in the north-east portions of the state. Local regional subdivisions of Rus' appeared in the Slavic heartland, including, "Belarus'" (White Ruthenia), "Chorna Rus'" (Black Ruthenia) and "Cherven' Rus'" (Red Ruthenia) in north-western and western Ukraine.Although Christianity had made inroads into territory of Ukraine before the first ecumenical council, the Council of Nicea (325) and, in Western Ukraine during the time of empire of Great Morovia, the formal governmental acceptance of Christianity in Rus' occurred at in 988. The major cause of the Christianization of Kyivan-Rus’ was the Grand-Duke, Volodymyr (Vladimir) the Great and his grandmother Olha.
Conflict among the various principalities of Rus', in spite of the efforts of Grand Prince Volodymyr Monomah, led to decline, beginning in the12th century. In Rus' propria, the Kiev region, the nascent Rus' principalities of Halych and Volynia extended their rule. In the north, the name of Moscow appeared in the historical record in the principality of Suzdal, which gave rise to the nation of Russia. In the north-west, the principality of Polotsk increasingly asserted the autonomy of Belarus’. Kiev was sacked by Vladimir principality (1169) in the power struggle between princes and later by Cumans and Mongol raiders in the 12th and 13th centuries. Until the Galicia-Volhynia kingdom in the western part of Ukraine that got rid of the Mongol rule in Europe.
Timeline of Ukraine
13th -14th century: Founding of the Galician-Volynian principality, which controlled a significant part of the territory of the former Kievan Rus'-Ukraine state.
1492: First documented reference to the Ukrainian Kozaks (Cossacks).
Early 16th century: Founding of the Zaporozhyan Sich, the military-administrative and political organization of the Ukrainian Kozaks.
1648-1654: Ukrainian liberation war against Poland.
1654: Treaty of Pereyaslav, a military and political alliance signed between Ukraine and Russia.
1764-1775: The Zaporozhyan Sich is suppressed by the Russian Tsarist government.
1792: Ukrainian settlement of the Kuban region begins.
1905-1906: First revolution in Russia; a Ukrainian movement is galvanized, Ukrainians are permitted to form organizations, the ban on the Ukrainian language is abolished.
1917, March: The fall of the Russian monarchy and the creation of the Central Rada in Ukraine.
1918, January 22: Declaration of independence of the Ukrainian National Republic.
1918, November 1: Founding of the Western Ukrainian National Republic (lasted until 1919); war between Western Ukraine and Poland.
1919, January 22: The union of the Western Ukrainian National Republic with the Ukrainian National Republic.
1920: S. Petlyura signs the Warsaw Treaty concerning the joint Ukrainian-Polish armed struggle against the Bolsheviks.
1921, November: The Bolsheviks begin consolidating Soviet rule in Ukraine.
1922, December: The formation of the USSR, including the Ukrainian SSR.
1929: The Soviet authorities launch a campaign of repression directed against the Ukrainian intelligentsia (intellectuals).
1932-1933: A genocide, organized by Moscow, results in the deaths of 20 million Ukrainians.
1936-1937: Mass arrests in Ukraine; hundreds of Ukrainian intellectuals are liquidated.
1938: Carpatho-Ukraine is made an autonomous land with its own government within the federated republic of Czechoslovakia; the creation of the military organization "Carpathian Sich".
1939: Western Ukrainian lands are annexed to the Ukrainian SSR.
1941-1944: Great Patriotic War: Germany occupies Ukraine.
1942: The creation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
1945: Together with 50 other nations, Ukraine becomes a founding member of the United Nations.
1972: Arrests of members of the Ukrainian dissident movement.
1989: The creation of the popular movement in Ukraine for restructuring (RUKH).
1990, July 16: Declaration of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine proclaims the state sovereignty of Ukraine.
1991, August 24: The Supreme Rada adopts the Act proclaiming the state independence of Ukraine.
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Founded: 882 AD.
Area: 603,628 km2 The biggest country to be entierly in the European continent.
Capital City: Kyiv
Population: 46,011,300
Religion: Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholicism, Roman Catholicism.
Language(s): Ukrainian(official) Russian.
Ethnic Groups: 80% Ukrainian 16% Russian 4% Other.
Army: 150,000 personal, 8307 tanks, 8775 armed Combat Vehicles/Artilery Systems, 195 Hilicopters, Air Force 817 Fighters/Destroyers/Cargo, Navy currently 12 battle ships. Second Biggest army in Europe after Russia.
Ukraine on the map of Europe
Ukraine and its Neighbors
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