Sophias+European+Country

__**Ukraine**__
Ukraine has a similar climate to ours. Ukraines climate has cold winters and warm summers. January is the coldest month in the Ukraine. In the winter, temperatures are around 0 degrees C. In summer, the temperature is about 30 degrees C or higher. Usually, the weather is best around May-September. The temperatures in eastern Ukraine are about 19 degrees F in January, and 69 degrees F in July. There are about 30 inches in precipitation a year in Northern Ukraine. The climate in Ukraine has quite a bit of rain.





A traditional Ukraine diet would include chicken, fish, ham, and sausage. Ukrainians also eat a lot of potatoes. Some of Ukraines popular drinks are tea, coffee, cocoa, a special soured milk, honey liqueur, and Vodka with pepper. Some traditional Ukrainian dishes are varenyky, borsch, and holubtsi. Varenyky consists of boiled dumplings filled with potatoes, sauerkraut, cheese, plums, or blueberries. Borsch is a type of soup made with beets, cabbage, and meats. Lastly, Holubtsi's are stuffed cabbage rolls filled with rice, buckwheat, and meat. The Ukraine has a different kind of diet than we do.

Some of the landforms in the Ukraine are plains, rivers, lakes, mountains, and plateau's. The Central Plateau, the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, The Crimean Mountains, The Costal Plain, and the Dnieper River. The Dnieper river is Ukraine's longest river. It is 1,420 miles long, and ranks as Europe's third longest waterway. Their landforms are sort of different from ours. The economy in the Ukraine has strong industries and agriculture. The Ukraine lacks modern technology and equitment in their factories and farms. About a forth of the people in the Ukraine work in industry, while about a fifth work in agriculture. The other people in the Ukraine have jobs in service industries like education and health care.

There are a lot of cities in the Ukraine. Five of the most populated cities are Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, and Donetsk. Kiev's population is 2,611,327, and Kharkiv's is 1,470,902. Dnipropetrovsk's population is 1,065,008, and Odessa's population is 1,029,049. And Donetsk's population is 1,029,049. Out of those five, Donetsk is the least populated. In 1986, there was an explosion and a fire at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, near Kiev the capital. The Chernobyl disaster released large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere. The Soviet officials reported that 31 people died as a result, while 200 were seriously injured. Health experts estimated that about 4,000 people will die from radiation exposure caused by the accident.

Some people in the Ukraine like to visit is the St. Sophia Cathedral. People like to visit here because it is very beautiful. Another place that people like to visit is the Hoverla Mountain. They like to visit this mountain because it is very beautiful and high.