Die Ukraine auf dem Weg zur Unabhängigkeit seit Jahrhunderten: Fakten für alle, die den unerschütterlichen Staat besuchen möchten

Die Ukraine und die Ukrainer sind jetzt auf der ganzen Welt bekannt. Die Kultur des Landes ist reich und seine Geschichte ist legendär. Erfahren Sie unglaubliche Fakten über die Ukraine - etwas, das jeder wissen sollte, bevor er durch das unbezwingbare Land reist.

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Legendary Ukrainians: what you should know

1. Ukrainians are the inventors of the airplane, which for 30 years was the largest and most powerful in the world. The legendary Mriya, created in 1988 by the Kyiv Antonov Design Bureau, is now located in Gostomel, where anyone can see the plane.

2. Ukrainians are a heroic people who always stand together. Two years have passed since the horrific footage in Bucha. NGOs and charities, local residents and IDPs, Ukrainians from different regions - all these people came to the de-occupied territory to restore order and peace. Nowadays, there is almost nothing on Yabluneva Street that reminds us of the horror that took place not so long ago.

3. Ukrainians are a people with a rich mythology and culture. In Chernihiv, they tell the legend of the golden treasure of Ivan Mazepa, one of the most famous hetmans in Ukrainian history. It is said that the treasure is hidden in the building of the regimental office on the Val, and the ghost of Motria, who loved Mazepa during his lifetime, often walks around the building.

The legendary capital of Ukraine is open to everyone

1. Kyiv has long been the center and capital of Ukraine, no matter what its name. Kyiv was the center of the settlement of the Poles, later the capital of Kievan Rus, in the 17th century - of the Hetmanate, and finally - of Independent Ukraine

2. The first built Kyiv existed for 7 centuries. According to the Tale of Bygone Years, it was founded in the 5th century and destroyed in 1240 during the Mongol-Tatar invasion.

3. It was in Kyiv that the Third Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada was proclaimed, which in 1917 for the first time! proclaimed the independence of the Ukrainian state.

Gostomel, Irpin, Bucha - legends of the Russian-Ukrainian war who survived the struggle for independence

Romanivka is a village in the Kyiv region, where the front line passed in March 2022. The crossing was blown up here, which will forever remain in historical photos, and residents were forced to evacuate the occupied territory on foot.

Irpin is a military facility where defense positions are still located. Here you can also see the cemetery of equipment that was destroyed during the hostilities.

Ukraine in World War II - the struggle for independence

The Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Kyiv is impressive. It takes visitors half a century into the past and shows the struggle of Ukrainians for their freedom from the Nazi invaders.

What do we know about it?

1. The war for Ukraine began in 1938, when Hungarian troops seized Carpathian Ukraine as a result of the Munich Agreement.

2. During the war, rivers of blood were shed-the Soviet Union conscripted young men who had just turned 16 or 17 years old. The chances of survival for yesterday's schoolchildren were minimal...

3. The total demographic loss of Ukraine is at least 14 million citizens.

4. Ukraine also lost industrial enterprises - they were evacuated to the East, and then there was no way to return to their hometowns.

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