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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Ten things you didn't know about Ukraine

  • Previously Ukrainian national anthem used to consisit of many lines in lyrics which were recently removed due to political reasons so now only six.
  • World's ancient map comes from Ukraine. A famous one carved on a bone and believed to be more than 15 centuries old, found suburb called Mezhirich.
  • Honey lovers should be thankful to Ukraine - A person named Petro Prokopovych from Ukraine was the first one to introduce bee farming on commercial basis in 1800’s by inventing a separating frame for honeycomb from it’s hive.
  • BalaKlava a famous city in Ukraine hold the record worldwide by means of biggest champagne glass, with a capacity of holding 56.25 liters wine, enough for filling 75 bottles.
  • Ukraine is not only famous for this record, it’s also known for it’s world record of designing biggest mosaic made with doughnuts by the citizens of Lviv.
  • If you like to go deep down then Ukraine is the place with subway station with depth of more than anywhere else in the world. It is about 105.5 meters down and known as Arsenlna station.
  • Next to Russia, the biggest country considered on European continent is Ukraine, which has covers more than 233,000 sq.miles.
  • In west Ukraine, a village name Dilove is considered as geographically “the center of Europe”. The actual center of Europe changes here according to the way you measure.
  • An artist from Ukraine names Nikolai Syadristy creates some really mini art work. It’s so small that you need a microscope to view the micro miniatures he has created, and he has a museum in Kiev for all these mini art works.
  • There are many celebrities that come from Ukraine i.e. two boxers named Vitaly and Vladimir Klichko, an actor named Jack Palance, an actress named Milla Jovovich, and famous polish writer Joseph Conrad.