Today, Ukraine has appeared on the international sports stage, such as boxers Vitaly and Vladimir Klichko, track and field athlete Jenna Pintussevich, tennis player Andrei medvedev, swimmer Yana Klochkova, gymnast Anna BeZounova and football player andriy shevchenko, who is regarded as a national hero of Ukraine. ? Thanks to Shevchenko's contribution, Ukraine made its debut at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympic Games was the first time Ukraine participated in the Summer Olympic Games by itself after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. ? In its debut, Ukraine won 9 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 12 bronze medals, ranking 9th in the medal list. ? Of the nine gold medals, four came from gymnastics.
Ukraine also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Yana Klochkova of Ukraine won two gold medals in Sydney and dominated Ukrainian sports. ? She broke the world record in the women's 400-meter individual medley and won the first gold medal for Ukraine at the Sydney Olympics. ? Yana Klochkova broke the world record in 4 minutes, 33.59 seconds. ? Three days later, she won another gold medal in the women's 200m individual medley, and set a new Olympic record with a time of 2 minutes, 65,438 seconds and 00.68. ? Ukraine won three gold medals, 10 silver medal and 10 bronze medal in Sydney Olympic Games.
Four years later, at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Yana Klochkova successfully defended her title in the 200m and 400m medley relays. ? In Athens, Ukraine won 9 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 9 bronze medals.
culture
Ukraine has about 1% of the world's population, but it has 6% of the world's physicists, chemists, mathematicians, biologists, computer programmers and other highly educated professionals. ? Many Soviet communist party leaders, such as Khrushchev and leonid ilyich brezhnev, came from Ukraine. ? Many Soviet athletes, scientists, writers and poets are Ukrainians.
Bborscht, eggs and many famous Cossack song and dance traditions originated in Ukraine. Western Ukrainians consider themselves 100% Ukrainians, who are pioneers of their culture, speak their language and propagate their nationalism. In the east, there are more than 10 million Russians living, and nationalism is not so strong. Most people speak Russian. ?
Ukrainian music is rooted in the long oral tradition of bylyny (epic narrative poem) and Dumas, which is a long-term lyric ballad, praising the contributions of Cossacks. The roots of Ukrainian folk music lie in the legendary kobzar, a wandering bard in the 6th and 7th centuries A.D./Kloc-0. They accompanied their heroic feats (mainly the heroic deeds of Cossacks) with kobza (an instrument similar to a lute). In the18th century, a larger musical instrument, Bandura, with as many as 45 strings replaced Kozba. ? Bandura Choir soon became popular, and this instrument became a national symbol. ? Today, the Ukrainian Bandura Chorus from Kiev is performing all over the world. Mikkola lysenko is probably the most famous Ukrainian classical composer, who is famous for composing piano works based on Ukrainian folk songs. Popular contemporary musicians include punk band Plach Yeremiyi and singer-songwriter N ina Matvienko, who borrowed a lot from Ukrainian folk traditions.