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 edited Apr 04 '17

They did produce the second and first largest heavier than air aircraft in the world (the Antonov 124 and 225), the 225 operates out of Kiev on charters that need such a huge plane (I guess they have a niche since anything close to that size is only operated by the military)

Edit - Added heavier than air since someone has inboxed me pointing out that blimp in England that sort of crashed last year