Ukraine - Article Index

Encyclopedia - List Of Nuclear Reactors: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Nuclear Reactors - Ukraine
List of nuclear reactors - Power station reactors. Chernobyl Chernobyl-1 RBMK-1000 LWGR (shut down 1996) Chernobyl-2 RBMK-1000 LWGR (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Collectivisation In The Ussr: Encyclopedia Ii - Collectivisation In The Ussr - Ukraine
Most historians agree that the disruption caused by collectivisation and the resistance of the peasants worsened conditions during the Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Folk Dances Sorted By Origin - Ukraine
List of folk dances sorted by origin - Crimean Tatars. Aypetri Pendceresi Haytarma Ahmescit Haytarması Bagçasaray Ahmescit Ağır Av...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Ukraine
See: Music of Ukraine Ukrainian-Americans in the Cleveland and Detroit area have kept a folk scene alive, also producing a minor crossove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Patriotic Songs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Patriotic Songs - Ukraine
List of patriotic songs - United Kingdom. For historical reasons of the domination by England of the culture of the United Kingdom, tho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Patriotic Songs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Patriotic Songs - Ukraine
List of patriotic songs - United Kingdom. God Save the Queen – the country's de facto, but not de jure, national anthem Land of Hope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia - Ukraine
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina, /ukraˈjina/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the northeast, Belarus t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - History
Human settlement in the territory of Ukraine has been documented into distant prehistory. The late neolithic Trypillian culture flourishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chernobyl: Encyclopedia - Chernobyl
Chernobyl (Ukrainian: Chornobyl (Чорно́биль), Russian Chernobyl (Черно́быль) is a city in northern Ukraine, near the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catacombs: Encyclopedia - Catacombs
The original catacombs are a network of underground burial galleries near San Sebastiano fuori le mura, in Rome. The word now refers to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chernobyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Chernobyl - Name Origin
The city is named after the Ukrainian word for mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), which is "chornobyl". The word is a combination of chornyi (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia
Catherine the Great (April 21, 1729—November 6, 1796 (O.S.)), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of Ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1994: Encyclopedia - 1994
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1933: Encyclopedia - 1933
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1933 - Events. January 3 - Japanese troops occ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lemko: Encyclopedia Ii - Lemko - History
Lemkos are remainder of Valachian and Ruthenian settlers who arrived to the area later inhabited by the Lemkos in 14th century. Following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Duchy Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Duchy Of Lithuania - History
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania began its rise to the great power status under the reign of Grand Duke Mindaugas (or Mindoŭh in Belarusian)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Duchy Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Duchy Of Lithuania - History
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania began its rise under the reign of Grand Duke Mindaugas (or Mindoŭh in Belarusian) beginning in 1238. Mindau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Ukraine - Overview
Ukraine has many of the components of a major European economy -- rich farmlands, a well-developed industrial base, highly trained labour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia - Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act or practice of eating members of one's own species and usually refers to humans eating other humans (sometimes cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005
The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Duchy Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Duchy Of Lithuania - History
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania began its rise to great power status under the reign of the king Mindaugas (or Mindoŭh in Belarusian) begin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of Europe - Membership
Today, there are 46 member states, including nearly every European state. Upon foundation on May 5, 1949 there were ten members:  B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Independent States: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Independent States - History
Commonwealth of Independent States - Foundation. Initiating the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the autumn of 1991, the leaders of R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Askar Akayev: Encyclopedia - Askar Akayev
Askar Akayevich Akayev (Аскар Акаевич Акаев) (born November 10, 1944 in Kyzyl-Bairak, Kirghiz SSR) served as President o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred J. Lotka: Encyclopedia - Alfred J. Lotka
Alfred James Lotka (March 2, 1880 - December 5, 1949) was a US mathematician and statistician, most famous for his work in population dyn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashkenazi Jews: Encyclopedia - Ashkenazi Jews
Israel: app. 3.7 mil. [3] Europe: app. 1.7 mil. [4] Argentina: nn South Africa: nn Oceania: nn   • Sephardi Jews  &...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005: Encyclopedia - 2005
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponded to the years 5765-5766 in the Hebrew Calenda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2006: Encyclopedia - 2006
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponds to the years 5766-5767 in the Hebrew Calendar,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexius Meinong: Encyclopedia - Alexius Meinong
Alexius Meinong (July 17, 1853 - November 27, 1920) was an Austrian philosopher. He is most noted for his Theory of Objects (Über Gegens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 24: Encyclopedia - August 24
August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. August 24 - Events. 4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Automatic Teller Machine: Encyclopedia - Automatic Teller Machine
An automatic teller machine or automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic device that allows a bank's customers to make cash withdra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autonomous Entity: Encyclopedia - Autonomous Entity
An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. Typically an autonomous entity contains...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avraham Shlonsky: Encyclopedia - Avraham Shlonsky
Avraham Shlonsky (1900 - 1973), Hebrew אברהם שלונסקי, was an Israeli poet born in Ukraine. He was important in the poetry of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Axis Powers: Encyclopedia - Axis Powers
The Axis Powers were those opposed to the Allies. The 3 major Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Empire of Japan, referred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August Iii The Saxon: Encyclopedia - August Iii The Saxon
August III the Saxon or the Corpulent (Polish: August III Sas, August III Gruby; 1696-1763) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2002: Encyclopedia - 2002
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Ecotourism and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandra Timoshenko: Encyclopedia - Alexandra Timoshenko
Alexandra Timoshenko Russian: Александра Тымошенко (born 18th February, 1972 in Boguslav, Ukraine) was a Soviet Indivi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Weapon: Encyclopedia - Nuclear Weapon
A nuclear weapon is a weapon which derives its destructive force from the nuclear reactions of nuclear fission and/or fusion. As a result...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 17: Encyclopedia - August 17
August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 136 days remaining. August 17 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astraeus Airline: Encyclopedia - Astraeus Airline
Astraeus is a charter and scheduled airline based in Crawley, United Kingdom. Astraeus operates a wide range of charter services to desti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan
A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. The area code i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrei Chikatilo: Encyclopedia - Andrei Chikatilo
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Андре́й Рома́нович Чикати́ло) (October 16, 1936 – February 14, 1994) was a Ukrai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrey Vlasov: Encyclopedia - Andrey Vlasov
General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Власов; alternative transliterations of his names appea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azerbaijani People: Encyclopedia - Azerbaijani People
Azerbaijan:    7,800,000 Russia:    622,000 Turkey:    530,000 Georgia:    340,000 United States:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alter Tepliker: Encyclopedia - Alter Tepliker
Alter Tepliker was the nickname given to Moshe Yehoshua Bezhilianski (d. 1919), a learned scholar and leading Breslover Hasid in Uman, Uk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece
The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States
Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts Vote or comment on the no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amos Oz: Encyclopedia - Amos Oz
Amos Oz (born May 4, 1939), birth name Amos Klausner, is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. He is also a professor of literatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anarchism: Encyclopedia - Anarchism
Schools Anarcho-capitalism Anarcho-communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Eco-anarchism Individualist anar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andriy Shevchenko: Encyclopedia - Andriy Shevchenko
* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of {{{pcupdate}}}. ** National team caps and goals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andronovo Culture: Encyclopedia - Andronovo Culture
The Andronovo culture is a cover term for a group of Bronze Age cultures of southern Siberia and Central Asia, ca. 2300–1000 BCE. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argentina: Encyclopedia - Argentina
Argentina is a country in South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Rosenberg: Encyclopedia - Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg (January 12, 1893–October 16, 1946) was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi party, who later he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arms Industry: Encyclopedia - Arms Industry
The arms industry is a massive global industry. Its products include guns, ammunition, missiles, military aircraft, and their associated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Koestler: Encyclopedia - Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler (Hungarian: Kösztler Artur; September 5, 1905 – March 3, 1983) was a journalist, novelist, political activist, social ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 26: Encyclopedia - April 26
April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). There are 249 days remaining. April 26 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Bessonova: Encyclopedia - Anna Bessonova
Anna Bessonova Ukrainian: Ганна Володїмїріівна Безсонова (Ganna Volodymyriivna Bezsonova) / Russian: Анна...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alger Hiss: Encyclopedia - Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was a U.S. State Department official and Secretary General to the founding charter c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-communism: Encyclopedia - Anti-communism
Anti-communism is the opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either an ideological or pragmatic basis. Anti-co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1991: Encyclopedia - 1991
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1991 - Events. 1991 - January. January 2 - Sharon Pratt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodyguard: Encyclopedia - Bodyguard
A bodyguard is a person who protects someone (known as their principal) from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belz Hasidic Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Belz Hasidic Dynasty
Belz (חסידות בעלז) is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Belz, a small town originally located in eastern Poland, presen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Benedict Xvi: Encyclopedia - Pope Benedict Xvi
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; Spanish: Benedicto XVI; French: Benoît XVI)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ber Borochov: Encyclopedia - Ber Borochov
Ber Dov Berochov (1881-1917) was a Marxist Zionist and one of the founders of the Labour Zionist movement. He was born in the town of Zol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia - Alexander Ii Of Russia
Alexander (Aleksandr) II (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (April 17, 1818–March 13, 1881) was the Emperor (Czar) o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belz: Encyclopedia - Belz
Belz (Ukrainian Белз, Polish Bełz, Yiddish בעלז) is a small town in western Ukraine, near the border with Poland. It has 2,408 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belomorkanal Cigarettes: Encyclopedia - Belomorkanal Cigarettes
Belomorkanal (Cyrillic Беломорканал) is a brand of Russian cigarettes that was introduced to commemorate the construction of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blind Musicians: Encyclopedia - Blind Musicians
Blind musicians are singers or instrumentalists who are physically unable to see. In many cultures, blind people have become musicians in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Sea: Encyclopedia - Black Sea
The Black Sea (known as the Euxine Sea in antiquity) is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belarusians: Encyclopedia - Belarusians
Belarusians or Belarusans (Belarusian: беларусы, biełarusy, previously also spelt Belarussians, Byelorussians and Belorussians) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Metal: Encyclopedia - Black Metal
Black metal is a musical genre which emerged in the early 1980s predating the great expansion of heavy metal 'extreme' genres. Black meta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Lark: Encyclopedia - Black Lark
The Black Lark, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, breeds in southeast Russia and Kazakhstan. It is partially migratory, with birds from the nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Clinton: Encyclopedia - Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, ser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birch Bark Document: Encyclopedia - Birch Bark Document
A Birch bark document is a document written on pieces of birch bark. Such documents existed in several cultures. Birch bark document - Ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birmingham Alabama: Encyclopedia - Birmingham Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. Portions of the city are also locate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multilingualism: Encyclopedia - Multilingualism
The term multilingualism can refer to rather different phenomena. Sociolinguists distinguish: multilingualism at the personal level mult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Big Brother Tv Series: Encyclopedia - Big Brother Tv Series
Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where, over 15 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 12) try to avoid perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessarabia: Encyclopedia - Bessarabia
Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hayyim Nahman Bialik: Encyclopedia - Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik (January 9, 1873–July 4, 1934), also commonly written as Chaim or Haim Nachman Bialik and in the Hebrew language a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcontinental Nation: Encyclopedia - Transcontinental Nation
A transcontinental nation is a country belonging to more than one continent. The definitions used may vary according to which criteria ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belarusian Language: Encyclopedia - Belarusian Language
Belarusian (беларуская мова) is the language of the Belarusian people. It is one of the three East Slavic languages and is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belarus: Encyclopedia - Belarus
The Republic of Belarus is a landlocked nation-state in Eastern Europe, which borders Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. Its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltimore Maryland: Encyclopedia - Baltimore Maryland
Baltimore is an independent city located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of 2005, the population was 641,943, up from 636,251 in 2004. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ban Chao: Encyclopedia - Ban Chao
Ban Chao (班超, 32-102 CE) was a Chinese general and cavalry commander in charge of the administration of the "Western Regions" (Centra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bar Ukraine: Encyclopedia - Bar Ukraine
Bar (Ukrainian Бар) is a town in Ukraine at the Rov river in the region of Podolia, in Vinnytsia Oblast. It has 17,200 inhabitants (20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barack Obama: Encyclopedia - Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (born August 4, 1961) is a U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is the first African-American man from the Democratic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltic Sea: Encyclopedia - Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. to 66 deg. north latitude and from 20 deg. to 26 deg. east longitude. It is bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balts: Encyclopedia - Balts
The Balts or Baltic peoples (Latvian: balti, Lithuanian: baltai), defined as speakers of one of the Baltic languages, a branch of the Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Béla Bartók: Encyclopedia - Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luck: Encyclopedia - Luck
This article is about good and bad fortune. There is also: Luck, Volhynia, a town in Ukraine, and Luck, Wisconsin, a village in the USA. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balkans: Encyclopedia - Balkans
The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of south-eastern Europe. The region has a combined area of 728,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barcelona: Encyclopedia - Barcelona
Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia and the second most populous city in Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barcelonès, along...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barnaul: Encyclopedia - Barnaul
Barnaul (Russian Барнау́л, pop. 603,500) is a city in Russia and the administrative center of Altai Krai. Barnaul is in the south...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Ribbon: Encyclopedia - Blue Ribbon
In symbolism, blue ribbon is a term used to describe something of high quality. The usage came from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blintz: Encyclopedia - Blintz
A blintz, blintze or blin (Russian: блин, блины (pl.); Ukrainian: блинці, blyntsi; plural: blintzes, blini, bliny) is a th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World War II, and is considered the bloodiest battle in recorded human history. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corded Ware Culture: Encyclopedia - Corded Ware Culture
The Corded Ware culture, Battle Axe culture or Single Grave culture is an enormous European archaeological horizon that begins in the lat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bastroe Channel: Encyclopedia - Bastroe Channel
The Bastroe Channel (a.k.a. Bastroe Canal, Bystroye or Bystroe Channel, etc.) is a proposed project by Ukraine in the Danube Delta. Accor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Death: Encyclopedia - Black Death
The Black Death was a devastating pandemic that first struck Europe in the mid-14th century (1347–50), killing about a third of Europe'...   » Read the article