The national flag of Ukraine consits of two horizontal stripes.The top is blue and the bottom is yellow.These are the colour of the sky, the rivers and the golden fields of our beautiful country.The flag first became the national symbol of Ukraine in 1848.It came back in 1992 when Ukraine became an independent state. The trident is an ancient symbol of Ukrainian people.Its history began about 1000 years BC. It officially became the national emblem again in 1992. The anthem of Ukraine is "Sche ne vmerla Ukrainy...". Pavlo Chubynskyi wrote the words in 1863 and later composer Mykhailo Verbytskyi wrote the music.First it became the national anthem in 1919.In 1992 it came back again.
Ukraine is a sovereign state; its independence was proclaimed in 1991. Ukraine is situated in the east of Europe. The territory of Ukraine is 603 700 square kilometres. Ukraine borders on Russia, Belarus, Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. It’s washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and has very important ports. Ukraine is larger than France and Great Britain but considerably smaller than Russia. 5% of Ukraine’s territory is mountainous; the rest part of the Ukrainian area is flat. Ukraine has the Carpathians and the Crimean Mountains. The Carpathians is the natural mountainous boundary of Ukraine. They are covered with mixed forests of pine, fir, beech and oak trees. There are the thickest forests in Volyn, which are part of the famous Byelovezhskaya
The trident is an ancient symbol of Ukrainian people.Its history began about 1000 years BC. It officially became the national emblem again in 1992.
The anthem of Ukraine is "Sche ne vmerla Ukrainy...". Pavlo Chubynskyi wrote the words in 1863 and later composer Mykhailo Verbytskyi wrote the music.First it became the national anthem in 1919.In 1992 it came back again.