Ukrainian Studies Course for Beginners Presentation by Oleksandra Sytnyk April 2005

Ukrainian Studies Course for Beginners

Presentation by Oleksandra SytnykApril 2005


Course Exemption

Please note, that students can be exempt from the course on the basis of the preliminary testing.

Preliminary testingYou have 30 seconds to answer the following question:

What on earth is Ukraine?

Options: •exotic fruit•sort of ore•venereal desease

And the right answer is …none of the above. Ukraine is a country!

Course Structure


The aim of the present course is to familiarize the students with the very basics of Ukrainian Studies. The Ukrainian Studies Beginners Course consists of the following parts:

•Introduction•State structure•State symbols•Territory•Territory (continued)•Capital •Population

Introduction


Let me guess what you know about Ukraine so far:

•ORANGE REVOLUTION you probably know about it if you watch news

•KLICHKO BROTHERS and ANDREY SHEVCHENKO you probably know about them if you are either box or soccer lover

•CHERNOBYL CATASTROPHE

you probably know about it if you are from our Solar System

Well, if you know these three points, that’s not bed for the beginning. But let me familiarize you with a few more facts about Ukraine.

Government


Ukraine is a sovereign and independent, democratic social state. The President who is directly elected is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. The unicameral legislature is elected directly.

•CONSTITUTION: Yes. Adopted 1996

•TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: semi-presidential republic

•SEPARATION OF POWERS: Yes. Legislative, Executive and Judiciary

•SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES: Yes

•SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: Yes

State Symbols


STATE EMBLEM:

FLAG:

Territory


Ukraine is located in southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea. Ukraine is situated between 44"20' and 52"20' north latitude, and 22"5' and 41"15' east longitude. Ukraine is is bound by Belarus to the north, Russia to the north and east, the Black Sea to the south, Moldova and Romania to the southwest as well as Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to the west.

Territory(continued)


But the most important thing about Ukrainian territory is that…

...IT LOOKS NICE.

Capital


Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine. Kyiv was founded some 1600 years ago on the hills overlooking Dnipro river. Today, Kyiv is a modern city with a well-developed infrastructure. Population of Kyiv is 250,0000 persons.

Population


Ethnicity %Ukrainian 77,8Russian 17,3Belarussian 0,6Moldovan 0,5Crimean Tatar 0,5Bulgarian 0,4Hungarian 0,3Romanian 0,3Polish 0,3Jewish 0,2Other 0,1

Ethnical groups

Language %Ukrainian 67Russian 24Other 9

Languages

Group Yearstotal 38,22male 34,91female 41,21

Median Age

Population (2005 est.): 47,425,336

(growth rate: –0.6%); birth rate: 10.5/1000;

infant mortality rate: 20.3/1000; life

expectancy: 66.8; density per sq mi: 203


Hurray, the course is over!!!

Everybody receives 100,000 credits!

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Ukrainian Studies Course for Beginners Presentation by Oleksandra Sytnyk April 2005