Geography of Ukraine
This river, the longest in Ukraine, flows through Kyiv.
What is the Dnipro River?
Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union in this year.
What is 1991?
Ukraine’s national flower, also a symbol of resistance, is this plant.
What is the sunflower?
This city is Ukraine’s capital.
What is Kyiv?
This Ukrainian-American actress starred in Black Swan and That ’70s Show.
Who is Mila Kunis?
The Crimean Peninsula lies on this sea.
What is the Black Sea?
This medieval state, centered in Kyiv, is considered the foundation of Ukrainian identity.
What is Kyivan Rus’?
This decorated egg tradition is popular during Easter in Ukraine.
What is pysanka?
The Chernobyl disaster happened in this year.
What is 1986?
This Ukrainian heavyweight brothers both became world boxing champions.
Who are Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko?
Ukraine shares its western border with this EU country, known for Kraków and Warsaw.
What is Poland?
The Holodomor of 1932–1933 was a man-made famine under this Soviet leader.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt is called a ____.
What is a vyshyvanka?
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a comedian before becoming this.
What is President of Ukraine?
He wrote Taras Bulba and is one of Ukraine’s most famous 19th-century authors.
Who is Nikolai (Mykola) Gogol?
The Carpathian Mountains are found in this part of Ukraine. (Cardinal Direction)
What is Western Ukraine?
The 2014 Revolution of Dignity is also known by this name, after Kyiv’s main square.
What is Euromaidan (or Maidan Revolution)?
This Ukrainian-American dancer became famous in the U.S. as a ballet icon in the 20th century. (Featured in Epic Rap Battles of History)
Who is Mikhail Baryshnikov?
Ukraine won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with this group.
Who are Kalush Orchestra?
This poet, painter, and national icon is often called the “Father of Ukrainian Literature.”
Who is Taras Shevchenko?
The steppe region of Ukraine is famous for producing this yellow-flowered crop.
What is sunflower?
The Battle of Poltava in 1709 was fought between Russia and this Swedish king’s forces.
Who was Charles XII?
The kobza and bandura are traditional Ukrainian types of these musical instruments.
What are string instruments?
This Ukrainian port city, known as the “Pearl of the Black Sea,” was a key target in 2022.
What is Odesa?
This Ukrainian-American computer scientist co-founded WhatsApp.
Who is Jan Koum?