Ukraine Information
Kiev is a city of 3 million
inhabitants located to borders of the Dnipro river, and it is
the boisterous capital of the Ukraine. Old Russ de Kiev, who
reached their greater period of ascent during centuries 11 and
12, was the hub of commercial roads between the Baltic Sea and
the Mediterranean Sea.

Kiev and the power of the Russ were destroyed in the year
1240 by the Mongols and the territories of the Russ of Kiev were
divided into principalities: Galicia, Creoles, Volynia, Russia,
Poland and Lithuania.
The modern history of the Ukraine
was defined by the foreign occupation. The people of Kiev
suffered seriously during World War II, and many irreplaceable
treasures of architecture and the art were destroyed.
At
the beginning of the decade of 1930 the Soviet authorities
destroyed several churches systematically.
The city arrived
at the holders in April of 1986, when the nuclear reactor of
Chernobyl exploded in the environs, but the scientists agree in
which the city is now safe from the effects of radiation. In
spite of the repression, the suffering, political instability
and the ecological disasters, the spirit of the Ukraine and the
national identity never died. In August 24 of 1991, after the
coup d'etat bankrupt in Moscow, the Ukraine proclaimed its
independence. Since 1994, Ukraine has diplomatic relations
with more than 135 countries and near 60 established diplomatic
missions in Kiev. News companies, representatives of important
companies, and students reside in Kiev, and the flow of foreign
tourists and official delegations throughout the heavy year. The
resident American community is made up of personnel of the
Embassy (including the relatives to position), the
correspondents, the enterprise, religious representatives,
professors and students.
The art and the architecture of
Kiev are the treasures of the world. The Santa Sofia Cathedral,
where the princes of Kiev were crowned, is outstanding mosaic
and fresh who date from 11 century. With a view to the old part
of Kiev, Podol, is the Ukrainian church of San Andres, and is
very important for the Ukrainians. Lavra Percherska, the Caves
Monastery, a stroll in street car near downtown, has two
cathedrals of century 11 in its land, besides its famous
catacombs world, the bell tower, and the collections of the
museum. Near downtown is the Gold Door, a structure that dates
from 1037.
Recently renewed Opera house of Kiev it
presents/displays the opera, which has an ample repertoire of
ballets. The Young Theater of Kiev is very important and popular
and carries out innovating stages in Ukraine and Russia. The
Theater Ivan Franko is the heart of the drama in Ukraine, for
comedy and musical comedies.
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