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October 3, 2001 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC Passport Destination: Ukraine Packing Round 1. KIEV is the capitol of Ukraine. 2. This staple soup made with beets and other mixed vegetables is easily found in Ukraine. BORSCHT 3. On April 26, 1986 one of modern history's great disasters took place here. CHERNOBYL 4. Ukraine shares borders with all of these countries except GERMANY. 5. In 1990 this became the official language of Ukraine. UKRAINIAN 6. Novelist JOSEPH CONRAD was born in Ukraine's northwest. Picture of statue in a park Departure Round 1. Salo is a traditional food that Ukrainians enjoy on bread or as part of a meal. It is LARD. 2. In August 2001 Ukraine celebrated the 10th anniversary of its INDEPENDENCE. 3. The bandura is a STRING instrument synonymous with Ukrainian folk music. 4. Southern Ukraine juts into the Sea of Azov and the BLACK Sea. 5. Ukrainian athlete Sergei Bubka is one of the world's greatest at this sport. POLE VAULT Picture of castle On Tour Round 1. The great composer SERGEI PROKOFIEV left his home in Sontsivka village in 1904 to study in Russia. 2. The TRIDENT is the national symbol of Ukraine and is stamped on everything from buildings to money. 3. The CARPATHIAN Mountains run across the far west of Ukraine. 4. Leonid Krabchuk became the first PRESIDENT of Ukraine in 1991. 5. Ukraine translated into English means BORDERLAND. 6. Visitors to Ukraine often go home with pysanky as souvenirs. They are painted EGGS. 7. Ukraine is divided into 24 states and the autonomous Republic of CRIMEA Picture of palace 8. A house-museum in Yalta commemorates ANTON CHEKHOV who spent his last five years there. 9. The COSSACKS lived on the Ukrainian Steppe and served as cavalry for the tsars. 10. Europe's last virgin BEECH forest lies within the Carpathian biosphere reserve. 11. In 1996 Ukraine finally got its own CURRENCY. 12. SOCCER fans flock together to watch Dynamo Kiev in action. Bonus question 1 Kiev's oldest standing cathedral is ST. SOPHIA. Bonus question 2 Look at the following map, pick the region where Kiev is located. Area 2 Picture of church Slide Show 1. Shevchenko Park in Kiev was named for celebrated POET Trarshev Chenko. 2. The SWALLOW'S nest is a Crimean castle perched on a cliff above the Black Sea. 3. Empress Elizabeth has this Ukrainian landmark commissioned in 1744. MARIYINSKY PALACE 4. Architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli designed this church in 1748. ST ANDREW |