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- 1. Town destroyed in a 1986 nuclear meltdown.
- 3. King credited with founding the Kievan Rus.
- 4. Bread eaten in Easter in Eastern Europe.
- 9. Popular beverage made of fermented milk.
- 10. Also named the Potemkin stairs due to their appearance in a 1925 silent movie about the famous battleship.
- 11. Soup popular throughout Eastern Europe and Eurasia; its Ukrainian variety, made with red beetroot, is the most famous.
- 13. Former president of Ukraine known for his efforts to curry Russian favor that would see him ousted from political office.
- 14. Famine and genocide enacted under Stalin in an attempt to both industrialize Ukraine and prevent independence movements.
- 15. Held the world record for pole vault from 1993 to 2014.
- 16. Grand Prince of the Kievan Rus who saw the nation at its greatest extent; he also was the prince of Rostov and Novgorod.
- 19. Documentation of the Kievan Rus from 800 to 1110.
- 20. Variety of bread traditionally served at weddings in Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Russia, as well as their diasporas.
- 21. Largest city in Crimea.
- 22. War between Cossack soldiers and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1648-1657.
- 25. Anna and Mariya Muzychuk, Natalia Zhukova, and Anna Ushenina are four famous players of this board game who hail from Ukraine.
- 27. Kharkiv's largest cathedral, known for an 80-meter tall belltower.
- 28. Nomadic Asian empire that dissolved the Ukrainian state in 1240.
- 29. Decree in 1876 that banned the usage of the Ukrainian language.
- 31. Major transportation and economic center on the Black Sea.
- 33. Canyon carved by the river of the same name; turned into a national park in 2011.
- 34. Many Soviet movies set in the Mediterranean were actually filmed in this city in Western Ukraine.
- 37. Dedicated to St. Michael, this colorful monastery is the center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- 38. 1990s bronze sculpture of a beloved Persian cat, located in Kyiv.
- 39. 2013-2014 protests that would lead to the Revolution of Dignity.
- 40. Ukraine's second-largest city.
- 41. Orthodox monastery whose library was burned under Peter the Great.
- 42. National poet of Ukraine who was born as a serf; he is known for writing prose in Russian, but poetry in Ukrainian.
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- 2. Klitschko, Usyk, and Lomachenko are two of Ukraine's most notable examples of these combat practitioners.
- 3. Small desert located near the Black Sea, used as target practice by Soviet pilots.
- 5. According to Ukrainian legend, this lake was formed from the tears of a princess after her lover, a musician, was killed by her father.
- 6. City currently occupied by Russian forces.
- 7. City besieged for three months, earning it the title of a Hero City.
- 8. Named after a leader of the Ukrainian communists, this city was rapidly industrialized under Stalin
- 10. Battle that cemented Russian control over Ukraine and led to the collapse of the Swedish Empire.
- 12. Mountain range that runs through much of eastern Europe.
- 17. Ukrainian alcoholic beverage similar to moonshine and known for its high alcohol content.
- 18. Designed after similar structures in Constantinople, this would have served as the entrance to medieval Kyiv.
- 23. Site of a 1429 congress between European monarchs to attempt to curb rising Turkish influence and power.
- 24. Regent who is known for her destruction of the Drevlians after they killed her husband; she also was the first ruler of the Kievan Rus to be baptized.
- 26. Composer of "Dance of the Knights" and "Lieutenant Kije"
- 30. Term for the many Ukrainian intellectuals killed during Stalin's Great Purge.
- 32. Capital of Ukraine
- 35. Grand Prince who is credited with Christianizing the Kievan Rus.
- 36. Current president of Ukraine.