Interesting facts

... the first people on our planet were Ukrainians

Tracks of the most ancient civilization in the world were found near the Trypillia village that is situated in Ukraine, 40 km from Kyiv. Trypillians lived on the Earth in the period 5,400 - 2,700 BC. The two most prominent features of the Trypillian civilization are the colorful ornamental pottery and the big proto-cities. Trypillians are known as civilization of farmers: they raised livestock (mostly cattle, but also pigs and sheep) and cultivated the land.

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... Ukrainian constitution is the oldest in the world

The Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk or Pacts and Constitutions of Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporizhian Host, was a 1710 constitutional document written by Hetman Pylyp Orlyk. The Constitution also limited the executive authority of the hetman, and established a democratically elected Cossack parliament called the General Council. Pylyp Orlyk's Constitution was unique for its historic period, and was one of the first state constitutions in Europe.

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... the first university in Europe was founded in Ukraine

The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is one of the oldest and the most distinguished academic and theological schools in Eastern Europe. It was established in 1632 by Petro Mohyla, a Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia. It played an important role in transmitting Renaissance ideals from Western Europe through Poland to Ukraine and Russia.

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... Ukraine owns a 1/4 part of black earth soil of the world

Ukraine has extremely fertile black soils in the central and southern portions, totaling more than a half of the territory. According to the estimates, arable land is 56%, permanent crops: 2%, meadows and pastures: 12%, forest and woodland: 10%, other: 20%. The word Chornozem, meaning "black soil" has become internationally recognised and refers to Ukrainian soil, assumed as the most fertile.

... Ukraine is one of the countries which have founded UNO more than half of the century ago

Ukraine, with just 17 years of independent history to its name, actually participated in the foundation of the United Nations over half century ago. Ukrainian representatives participated in the drafting of the UN Statute adopted in 1945 thus qualifying as one of 51 countries to sign up as founders of the UN.

... Ukraine is one of the 5 countries - leaders in space research industry

Young independent Ukraine confidently became one of the world space states due to its space research and production potential. The enterprises of space industry gain great experience in development and production of modern launch vehicles, spacecraft, engines, control and telemeter system. New materials and technologies are being phased in, and some of them have no counterparts. Space goods and services export increases from year to year.

... Geographical center of Europe is in Germany!.. :) joking, of course in Ukraine

The village of Dilove located on the Tisza river, close to the Romanian border, in the district of Rakhiv in the Transcarpathian region contains a historical marker and a large stone believed to mark the geographic centre of Europe as measured in 1887 by geographers from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The township today is a part of Ukraine. The interpretation of the worn Latin inscription on the monument is debated, with some claiming that the marker is merely one of a number of fixed triangulation points for surveying purposes established around the territory of the former Empire. The external borders of Europe taken into account during the calculations are not known. According to the description, the methodology used for the calculation is that of the geometrical middle point of the extreme latitudes and longitudes of Europe, so the stone was located at 48В°30'N 23В°23'E.

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... in 1986-1990 Ukraine was the most dangerous country in the world

The Chernobyl disaster was a major accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 at 01:23 a.m., consisting of an explosion at the plant and subsequent radioactive contamination of the surrounding geographic area. The nuclear meltdown provoked a radioactive cloud which flew over Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, but also Germany, Norway, Sweden, Romania, Austria, Italy, France and the United Kingdom (UK). 203 people were hospitalized immediately, of whom 31 died (28 of them died from acute radiation exposure). Most of these were fire and rescue workers trying to bring the disaster under control, who were not fully aware of how dangerous the radiation exposure (from the smoke) was (for a discussion of the more important isotopes in fallout see fission products). 135,000 people were evacuated from the area, including 50,000 from the nearby town of Pripyat, Ukraine.

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... the biggest and the most powerful planes in the world are produced in Ukraine

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is the largest aircraft ever mass produced, and was, until the advent of the An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in production. An-124s have been used to carry locomotives, yachts, aircraft fuselages, and a variety of other oversized cargoes. Up to 150 tonnes of cargo can be carried in a military An-124: it can also carry 88 passengers in an upper deck behind the cockpit.

The An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift transport aircraft which was built by Antonov, and is currently the world's largest airplane. The design, built to transport the "Buran" shuttle, was an enlargement of the successful An-124 Ruslan. With a maximum gross weight of 640 tonnes (1,411,000 lb), the An-225 is the world's heaviest aircraft.

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... the most beautiful girls live in Ukraine

Of course you might think we overestimate Ukrainian girls but they are really beautiful. Come and see!