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Book UKRAINE / УКРАЇНА by A.S. Ivchenko Album Edition in English/ Ukrainian 2014 Second Edition Язык/Language: Украинский / English Страниц/Pages: 224 Размеры/Size: 205x269 мм "Україна / Ukraine" – альбомне видання і чудовий подарунок тим, хто хоче якнайбільше довідатися про велике минуле України та її яскраве сьогодення, про багату колекцію культурних пам'ятників і мальовничих пам'яток природи. У книзі представлено близько 400 об'єктів, що мають історичну й культурну цінність. Унікальні авторські фотографії, підготовлений висококласними фахівцями текст українською та англійською мовою роблять видання цікавим як для жителів країни, так і для іноземних громадян, що бажають познайомитися з Україною. This book - album edition and a wonderful gift for those who want to learn as much about the great past of Ukraine and its bright day , a rich collection of cultural monuments and picturesque sights of nature . The book features nearly 400 objects of historical and cultural value. Unique copyright photos prepared by highly qualified experts into Ukrainian and English editions make interesting for residents and foreign nationals who wish to meet with Ukraine. Preface Ukraine, as an independent sovereign state, was proclaimed on August 24th, 1991, within the boundaries of the former Ukrainian SSR, which ceased to exist with the break-up of the Soviet Union. Ukraine has common borders with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Belarus and the Russian Federation. Most of Ukraine's territory lies on the Eastern-European Plain in a lace-work of river valleys. In the west and south the plains are gracefully outlined by the Ukrainian Carpathians, which make up to 5 percent of the country's territory. Among European countries Ukraine is singled out by as many as 400 rivers, most of which flow into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The main and the largest waterway of the country is the Dnipro River, which divides the country into the Right-bank and the Left-bank Ukraine. A lucky combination of soils, including chernozem, damp forest, turf-podzolic and meadow-marsh accounts for the fertility of Ukraine's arable lands as well as the diversity of natural vegetation. The earliest settlements in Ukraine's territory date back to the Upper Paleolithic Era (ca 500 000 - 300 000 years ago), to which there is ample archeological evidense in Zakarpattia and Naddnistrianschyna. The remains of the Lower Paleolithic settlements (35 000 - 10 000 years ago) can be found throughout the country. The Neolithic Age saw the arrival the Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture, which thrived in the Pre-Dnipro area in 5 000 - 3 000 BC...