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/Frankly_Scarlet Apr 04 '17

I spent a week in Kiev once for work. It was a lovely city. It had a more Western feel, friendlier people, and more English speakers than in St. Pete's, where I was based at the time (I love Spb tho, don't get me wrong). I stayed at the Hotel Ukraine which would become the hospital/morgue during Maidan.

In Russia I worked together with a mix of Russians and Ukrainians and we got along so well, it's tragic to know how badly relations have deteriorated.

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u/Huabale Apr 04 '17

I also had a night in this hotel. This hotel was also the place where snipers fired at the crowd.

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u/BonyaVS Apr 04 '17

Russia is very big and we believe that it is mostly islamic country. St.P. and some other cities is an exception.

Moskow.

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u/Huabale Apr 05 '17

Haha the Ukrainian people really think that ?

There are over 1 million Muslims in Moscow I heard. Many Workers from former Soviet areas like the -stans.