r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Apr 03 '17

What do you know about... Ukraine?

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?

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u/Moutch France Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

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

Also their president makes chocolate called Mont Blanc.

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u/Ted_Bellboy Ukraine Apr 04 '17

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

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u/onceuponacrime1 Turkey Apr 04 '17

Plov, sounds like pilav means rice in Turkish

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u/UnbiasedPashtun United States of America Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

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

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u/Superrman1 Norway/Ukraine Apr 04 '17

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