Ukraine (articles) Нерсисян М. А., Піроженко А. О. «Англійська мова 11 кл

1) _____ name Ukraine is believed to originally mean “borderland” or “region”. Ukrainian civilizations date back to____4800B.C. when ____Trypillians and Scythians settled in ____ region and thrived.

2) ____ country shares ties with_____Western Europe, when Anna, ___ daughter of Grand Prince Yaroslav helped pave the way for strengthening of relationships when she became ____ Queen Consort of France in 1051.

3) Ukrainian currency is called ___ Hryvnia. As of 2011, Ukraine was the world’s 3rd largest grain exporter. Bread plays a large part in ____Ukrainian history. The country was once known as the breadbasket of Europe, owing to its large agricultural industry.

4) Food in Ukraine is___ typical Eastern European, such as cottage cheese, home-made sausages, varenyky with different fillings, holubtsi and borsch, which is ___ national soup of Ukraine.

5) In 1710, Ukrainian Hetman Pylyp Orlyk introduced “Pacts and Constitutions of Rights and Freedoms of ___ Zaporizhian Host”, which researchers believe is the world’s first constitution.

6) ____Arsenalna Metro Station in Kiev is the deepest in the world (105 meters). The station was built in 1960, very close to the House of Parliament. According to some reports, ____tunnels near Arsenalna house secret shelters built specially for the political elite.

7) The third most visited McDonald’s in the world is in Kiev, near ___ train station. This restaurant has always been in _____ top five most crowded in the world.

8) _____Khreshchatyk Street in Kiev is the shortest yet widest main city street in the world. At only 1.2 km long but remarkably broad, the street, which was destroyed in _____ Second World War, is a focal point of the capital.

9) ____ National University of Ostroh Academy is the successor of Ostroh Slavic, Greek and Latin Academy, the first higher educational establishment of ____ Eastern Slavs. It was founded in 1576 by____Prince Vasyl-Kostiantyn of Ostroh.

10) The world’s heaviest aircraft An-225 Mriya is created by ____ Kyiv-based Antonov design bureau. It was designed to airlift space shuttles and rocket boosters, but is now carrying oversized payloads.

11) Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met at ___Yalta Conference in 1945, which was hosted by Ukraine. The venue,____Livadia Palace is now a museum.

12) Kyiv boasts ___ Hero City status, which was conferred by ___ Soviet Union in____honor of its fierce resistance to ___ Nazis in 1941. The Germans surrounded the city in what became known as ____ Battle of Kyiv.