What do you know about... Ukraine?

[u/MarktpLatz]

This is the eleventh part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Ukraine

Ukraine is the largest country that is completely on the european continent. The Ungarian people's republic was founded in 1917, the ukrainian state in 1918. It later became part of the soviet union and finally got independent in 1991. Currently, Ukraine is facing military combat with russia-backed rebels and the crimean peninsula was completely annexed by Russia. Ukraine will host the next eurovision song contest.

So, what do you know about Ukraine?

[u/Moutch]

I know Borsch, Pelmeni, Vareniki, Piroshki and lamb plov.

Also their president makes chocolate called Mont Blanc.

[u/Ted_Bellboy → u/Moutch]

actually the lamb plov is more eastern dish (Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan), but we do like it here.

[u/onceuponacrime1 → u/Ted_Bellboy]

Plov, sounds like pilav means rice in Turkish

[u/UnbiasedPashtun → u/onceuponacrime1]

It also sounds like palāw, the Pashto word for a lamb rice dish.

[u/Superrman1 → u/UnbiasedPashtun]

That's the same dish. My grandparents lived in Afghanistan during the USSR occupation and learned to make the dish there. Delicious stuff.

[u/Slusny_Cizinec → u/onceuponacrime1]

You'll find more familiar ukrainian words, like tütün and kılım.

[u/orthoxerox → u/Ted_Bellboy]

At least the USSR was good for something, eh?

[u/Ted_Bellboy → u/orthoxerox]

not worth the price

[u/toreon → u/orthoxerox]

Did you know that they don't have pelmeni in Finland? I feel so sorry for them.

[u/orthoxerox → u/toreon]

They should've joined the glorious union in 1940.

[u/toreon → u/orthoxerox]

I think just importing the stuff would be a bit more reasonable solution.