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/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

Andriy Shevchenko

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u/Ted_Bellboy Ukraine Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

Taras Shevchenko beats him

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u/MrBIMC Ukrajina Apr 04 '17

I doubt Taras was as good in football, duh.

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u/Ted_Bellboy Ukraine Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

But i would like to see them compete in poetry.

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u/Elaxor Ukraine Apr 04 '17

Andriy can only manage hokku at best...

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u/walt_ua Ukraine Apr 04 '17

and art