Ukraine

Ukraine

Fill in: inventions, population, developed, organizations, washed, minorities, independence, educational, representatives, considerably, borders, covered

Ukraine is a sovereign state; its ……… was proclaimed in 1991. Ukraine is situated in the east of Europe. The territory of Ukraine is 603 700 square kilometres. Ukraine ……. on Russia, Belarus, Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. It’s …….. by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and has very important ports. Ukraine is larger than France and Great Britain but smaller than Russia. 5% of Ukraine’s territory is mountainous; the rest part of the Ukrainian area is flat. Ukraine has the Carpathians and the Crimean Mountains. The Carpathians is the natural mountainous boundary of Ukraine. They are ….. with mixed forests of pine, fir, beech and oak trees. There are the thickest forests in Volyn, which are part of the famous Byelovezhskaya Puscha.

The Dnieper is the main river of the country; moreover, it’s the third longest river in Europe. Such rivers as the Dniester, the Danube, the Southern Bug and the Seversky Donets are also important.

The ……… of our country is about 42 million people. Besides Ukrainians the ……… of many other nationalities live there: Russians, Jews, Belarusians, Moldavians, Romanians, Greeks, Tatars, Poles, Armenians, Germans, Gypsies and other ethnic ……... They contributed to Ukraine’s culture and history.

The biggest cities of Ukraine are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Odessa, Mykolaiv and others.

Ukraine is …….. industrial and agricultural country. It’s rich in iron ore, coal, natural gas, oil, salt and other mineral resources. Ukraine has such branches of industry as metallurgy, machine-building, power industry, chemical industry and agriculture. Scientists of Ukraine make their contributions of important discoveries and ……… to the world science.

Ukraine has a rich historical and cultural heritage. There are many higher …… establishments, theatres, libraries, museums, art galleries in Ukraine. It’s also famous for many outstanding writers, poets and musicians.

Ukraine is a member of the United Nation Organization and takes part in the work of many international ……… .

Fill in the correct preposition: to be washed …, to be covered …, to be rich …., to be famous …., to contribute … smth, take part …, to be situated … the east ….Europe, to boarder …, the Sea … Azov, to be a member …. Smth.