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/blueeyedblonde69 Latvia Apr 04 '17

The only country in former Eastern Block/Soviet Union that doesn't deny being Eastern European.

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u/Ted_Bellboy Ukraine Apr 04 '17

we do have geographical center of Europe although

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u/immery Poland Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

you too? I thought it's Poland/Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia/Slovakia/Belarus.

(I think it depends which islands are taken into account and how it is calculated)

  • Edit: forgot Belarus

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u/Ted_Bellboy Ukraine Apr 04 '17

aha. It's on the western Ukraine, village Dilove

http://images.photoukraine.com/photos/160097.jpg

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u/OlDer Apr 04 '17

It's everywhere!

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u/immery Poland Apr 04 '17

not everywhere, somewhere between Germany and Russia, Gulf of Finland, and Romania.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

So... Just where I sit at this moment? Maybe?

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u/immery Poland Apr 04 '17

yep, we are both somewhere near centre of Europe.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

We are THE center of the universe!

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u/immery Poland Apr 04 '17

That's somewhere in Rome. Or was it universe's belly button?

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

Depends on what's being considered as Europe, ie islands and whatnot

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u/immery Poland Apr 04 '17

also the Europe/Asia border, and if you count land under the sea.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

Isn't West Ukraine more European and East Ukraine is more Russian

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u/Ted_Bellboy Ukraine Apr 04 '17

No, we have north more Swedish and south more Moroccoish

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u/UnbiasedPashtun United States of America Apr 06 '17

A couple of Balkan countries like Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, and Romania don't either deny being Eastern European.