MERHABA Ukraine Area 600 000 km Dt 357

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Ukraine Area: 600. 000 km² (Dt: 357. 000 km²) Population: 48 mln. (Dt: 83 mln) Currency: Grivna, 1€=6, 4 UAH GDP (2003): 49, 5 b. In. US$, (Dt: 2100 bln. Euro) GDP per capita: 1031 US$ (Dt: 24000 Euro)

Ukraine is the second largest European country after Russia, and one of the most populous in Europe. The geographical position of Ukraine is very favourable: outlets to Black and Azov Seas, Crimean and Carpathian Mountains, many rivers and lakes, plains rich on productive black earth, forests and rich in minerals regions. Due to the mild climate and geographical position Ukraine is agricultural country. Official language: Ukrainian Capital: Kyiv Independence: August, 24, 1991 Location: Central-Eastern Europe, part of the East-European plain, between 44''20' and 52''20' N and 22''5' and 41''15'E. Area: 603 700 km 2 Climate: moderately continental, except for Southern Crimea, where the climate is subtropical, of the Mediterranean type. The Carpathian climate is also mild, with warm winter and rainy summer. Average winter temperature is from -8° to -12° C (from +17. 6° F to +3° F). In the Southern regions average winter temperature is 0° C (+32° F). Average summer temperature is from +18° to +25° C (from +64. 4° F to +77° F), although maximum temperature can be more than +35° C (+95° F). Best time to visit Ukraine: summer, late spring and early autumn. Population 47 732 079 (25 th in the world, population density – 80 p/km 2) Currency: hryvnia (letter code UAH, digital code 980) Time zone: GMT+2 (UTC+2) Internet top-level domain: ua International phone code: 380

Ukrainian crops that mimic the appearance of the flag of Ukraine.

Vyshyvanka is the Ukrainian national costume decorated with ornamental hand woven embroidery featuring floral detail. Both women and men wear the costume on various occasions.

Ukraine Is Home To Many Ghost Towns. The deadliest nuclear disaster of all time, the Chernobyl Disaster.

The world’s longest musical instrument also originates from Ukraine. The pipe piece is aptly named Trembita.

Europe’s Oldest Coffee Houses Were Located In Ukraine and Austria both claim credit for inventing the European coffee shop. It is also believed that Yuri Kulczycki, a Ukrainian war hero, brewed the first cup of coffee in Vienna, Austria in the 1680 s. Today, the intense coffee culture of Ukraine is clearly visible in Lviv, a Medieval city in the country that is home to hundreds of coffee shops.

Ukraine Is World’s Largest Sunflower Seed Producer It is estimated that the total size of Ukraine’s sunflower farmlands could cover the entire territory of Slovenia.

The Heaviest Aircraft Ever The Antonov An-225 Mriya was built in Kiev, Ukraine while it was still a part of the Soviet Union. It has an empty weight of 285, 000 kg and a wingspan of 88. 4 meters.

General Information The country extends 1, 316 km (818 mi) East to West and 893 km (555 mi) North to South. Much of the country is a rolling upland plain, with the highest elevations in the western half of the country and the southeastern Donets'k region. A lowland region of wooded bogs and swamps, called the Poles'ye, is located in northern Ukraine, although much of this region has been drained and cleared for agriculture. Low-lying plains are found in southern Ukraine in the lower Dnieper (Dnipro) River Basin and the Black Sea coastal region. Ukraine's coastline, including Crimea, extends 2, 780 km (1, 730 mi). The Carpathian Mountains in the extreme west and the Crimean Mountains in the southern end of Crimea take up about 5 percent of Ukraine's territory. Mount Hoverla in the Carpathians is the country's highest peak at 2, 061 m (6, 762 ft).

Kyiv (Kiev) - the capital of Ukraine

Agricultural potential • 33, 3 mln. ha arable area • 7, 5 mln. ha pasture • 40% black soil in the world • favourable geographical position • One quarter of working population employed in agriculture

Agriculture principal crops: wheat, barley, maize, rye, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beet, sunflower seeds, fruits livestock products: cattle, pigs, poultry, milk, meet, eggs, wool

Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian: Бiла Церква, Russian: Белая Церковь, Belaya Tserkov’) is a city located on the Ros' River in the Kiev Oblast (province) in central Ukraine, approximately 80 km south of the national capital, Kiev. Population 203, 300.

Bila Tserkva History The town was founded in 1032 as Yuriev by Yaroslav the Wise, whose Christian name was Yuri. The present name of the city, literally translated, is "White Church" and may refer to the (not longer extant) white-painted cathedral of medieval Yuriev.

Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University

Kozelets Bila Tserkva Zolotonosha Olexandriya Kompaniyivka

BTSAU Faculties: Agronomy Biotechnology Economics, Veterinary Medicine Linguistics. Law Gardening and parks management Extramural education Total number of students – 7800, with colleges - 10000 Direct study – 4521, Extramural study – 3500

Faculty of Bio-technology • 1000 students • Specializations: technology of animal husbandry and processing of animal products • Research institute of poultry breeding • Research laboratory for immunology • Interfaculty laboratory for histology and biochemistry

Faculty of Ecology • 350 students • Specializations: ecology and protection of environment, water bio-resources • Research institute of ecology and biotechnology • Laboratory for biotechnology and ecotrophology • Resource centre

Faculty of veterinary medicine • 1000 students • Specializations: veterinary medicine • 2 research institutes • 4 problem laboratories • Institute of training and re-training of veterinary specialists

Agronomy Faculty • 350 students • Specializations: agronomist, agronomist-researcher, agronomist-manager • Resource centre • 3 Laboratories

Faculty of Economics • 2800 students • Specializations: economics, finance, management, accounting, audit • Resource centre

Faculty of law and linguistics • 100 students • Specializations: philology, linguistics, translation • Phonological laboratory

Our Faculty and our staff, we teach 4 languages (English, French, German, Chinese) train future philologists, translators organize linguistic extracurricular activities Practice interpreting and translation

International relations

Tempus-Tacis-Project of the European Union Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Bila Tserkva State Agrarian University École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon

Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Bila Tserkva State Agrarian University Justus-Liebig-University Giessen University of Essex Opening of the First Training Course Bila Tserkva, 22. August 2005 Project Consortium: Ukraine, Germany, United Kingdom

International cooperation Debrecen University (Hungary) Erasmus KA 1 FEFU /FLE (France) Pomeranian Academy in Slupsk (Poland) Erasmus KA 1 DAAD, Goethe Institut (Germany) SHU-TE University (Taiwan, China) + Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi (Turkey) Erasmus KA 1

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