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Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. The cultural and religious legacy of Kievan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to bring about a short-lived period of independence (1917-1920), but was reconquered and forced to endure a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two artificial famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although independence was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, true freedom remains elusive, as many of the former Soviet elite remain entrenched, stalling efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties. |
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in Maydan( square ) Nezalezhnosti |
rest in Maydan |
front the Golden Gate |
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in Maydan Nezalezhnosti |
Folkloric Dances |
in Independence square & my friend Annia |
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in Independence square |
Rest in Andriyivsky Uzviz St, |
Ukrainian Food Table |
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Shopping Andriyivsky Uzviz St, |
Andriyivsky Uzviz St, |
front Russian Art Museum |
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Volodymyrska St, |
People celebrate every day
front Holy Sophia Cathedral |
near Monument to Magdeburg Law |
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Annia with view of St.Andrew's Church
with view up Kiev |
St.Andrew's Church |
rest in Café Shop with Lina & Annia |
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in Garden of Universytet |
view of Lavra Church |
in Maydan front St.Michael
Golden Domed
Front Railway Station |
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ruslana in concert in Indpendennce Day 24-8 |
Ruslana the winner of EuroVision 2004 |
 the EuroVision 2005 Concert will be in Kiev |
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Icon in Holy Sophia Cathedral |
Searching for somewhere ... |
near Monument to Magdeburg Law |
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Front Old Ukrainian House |
Monument to Ukraine
Kiev in Night |
Holy Sophia Cathedral in Night |
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Rest in some garden |
in Lina's garden |
Katyosha & my cousin Amir |
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View up Maydan
In side Holy Sophia Cathedral |
In Omane National Garden with Annia's family |
Holy Sophia Cathedral |
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Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra |
Holy Sophia Cathedral |
Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra |
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in Underground (Metro) station |
In side Garden of Holy Sophia Cathedral |
Transit by Athens while Olympic Games |
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