What to do while in Ukraine

Harpa, Kaldalón - 17th of March at 17:00. (The concert is one hour long)  After the concert you will have the opportunity to enjoy the taste of Ukrainian cuisine - borsh and pampushki ( meat soup and bread ). The girl from Kiev - Folk songs from Ukraine. Alexandra Chernyshova - opera singer, Jonina Erna Arnardóttir - piano, Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir - actress and storyteller. In the programme are ukrainian folk songs, some of them from 16 century. These songs were usually sung acapella or with accomponiment by Kobza, ukrainian folk instrument. Alexandra will sing ukrainian folk songs in arrangement of famous ukrainian composers such as Lisenko, Ljatoshinskiy, Zaremba, Chisko, Verevki og Kaufmana. Buy tickets.

The British Lionhearts suffered a 4-1 defeat against an experienced Ukraine team in their latest World Series of Boxing contest. A young Lionhearts team were unable to match a Ukraine outfit featuring Olympic champions Oleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomachenko in Kiev. Wales' Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning bantamweight Sean McGoldrick won the first bout of the evening. But Sam Maxwell, Aston Brown, Babacar Kamara and Uaine Fa all lost. However the Lionhearts remain ahead of Ukraine in Group B of the World Series of Boxing, following wins against USA Knockouts, Italia Thunder and the German Eagles.

2nd Ukrainian Open BJJ Tournament took place in Kiev on December 22, 2012 . Organizer: Federation of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Ukraine Competitions in a GI by rules IBJJF. Chief Justice Championship - Max Carvalho ("Gracie Barra Hungary").

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Discovered last year in the river Dnipr medieval sword after restoration presented at the National Museum of History. Some historians believe it is sword of Svyatoslav the Brave - Father of Vladimir the Baptist ( Vladimir the Great ) - and offer to make a national shrine. The sword from 22-meters depth fished ordinary fisherman i n Zaporizhzhya .The Sword hilt inlaid with copper and silver. There is a Latin inscription "Ulfberh"  on the sword - the workshop in the Upper Rhine. The restorer says - this is not the first Norman sword found near Khortytsya . 80 years ago, by the construction DnieproGES   found five more. But they are much simpler. Unique weapons coincidence place of occurrence of the approximate location of the place of death of Kiev prince Svyatoslav Igorovych and finding these swords inclines historians to believe that this sword is a witness and a direct participant in the latest clashes Kiev prince Svyatoslav  Igorovych against Pechenegs at 972....