I started to create this page because I wanted to introduce you Ukraine and my Ukrainian friends that are the high professionals in their jobs. Moreover, many of them are the brave mountain climbers. All of them are very interesting people. Just use the links below.
I hope you'll like Ukrainians and Ukraine that is a part of the former USSR and is an independent state and a member of the CIS now. That European country with a 50 mln. population has a great potential. Its capital Kiev is an above 1500 years old city that has a lot of the historical places and scenic views.
27.09.2009 Happy International Tourism Day!
11.09.2009 9/11 We remember
24.08.2009 Happy Independence Day!
27.06.2009 A date in the history: June 28, 300 years anniversary of the Poltava Battle
The Battle of Poltava (or Pultowa) in June 28, 1709 (July 8, N.S.) was the decisive victory of Peter I
of Russia over Charles XII of Sweden in the most famous of the battles of the Great Northern War.
It is said to have started the end of Sweden's role as a Great Power and the Russians took their place
as the leading nation of northern Europe. This also meant the rise of Imperial Russia.
The battle began before dawn at 3:45 a.m. in June 28, with the Swedes advancing boldly against
the Russian fortified lines. At first, the battle started off in a traditional fashion, with the better trained
Swedes pressing in on the Russians' redoubts, overrunning a few Russian defensive redoubts.
The Swedish seemed to possess an advantage, but this was quickly nullified. By dawn, the weather
was already very hot and humid with the rising sun obscured by smoke from cannon and musket fire.
The Swedish infantry, commanded by General Lewenhaupt, attempted to attack the Russians. But
the Swedish advance soon faltered, partly because the infantry had been ordered to withdraw and
reorganise. To make matters worse, one Swedish detachment, commanded by General Roos, hadn't
been told about the overall plan and became isolated in the Russian defensive redoubts when a column
of about 4,000 Russian reinforcements reoccupied the fortified positions, trapping Roos and his
2,600-man force. With over 1,000 casualties and ammunition running low, Roos was forced to surrender
his command. More>>
12.20.2008 U.S. President-elect Obama's Weekly Address
Barack Obama introduced the team of men and women who will head up the nation's major
scientific departments.
Whether it’s the science to slow global warming; the technology to protect our troops and
confront bioterror and weapons of mass destruction; the research to find life-saving cures;
or the innovations to remake our industries and create twenty-first century jobs - today,
more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and
prosperity as a nation.
It is time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America’s
place as the world leader in science and technology.
08.08.2008 XXIV Summer Olympic Games in Bejing started!
All the best to the team Ukraine!
24.04.2008 BBC: Sir Paul McCartney is to perform to hundreds of thousands of fans at a free concert
in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in June 14, 2008.
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08.05.2009 Happy Victory in Europe Day!
05.01.2009 Happy International Workers' Day!
