Welcome to Ukraine

by Pavel Zemliansky, Katharine Elizabeth Brown, Katharine Brown-Carpenter

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• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836825551
• ISBN13: 9780836825558
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

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Welcome to Ukraine (Welcome to My Country) is a series published by Stevens Publishing, a World Almanac Education Group Company, is recommended for grades 3-5 (ages 9-12), and is classified as nonfiction, juvenile literature, although all ages will enjoy this colorful, informative volume. Very aptly written by Katherine Brown and Pavel Zemliansky, this interesting/informative/educational book covers lots of territory, as shown in the Contents: Welcome to Ukraine (the flag of Ukraine); The Land (Climate; Plants and Animals); History (The Kievan Rus [Kyivan Rus] and Galicia; More Foreign Rule; A Soviet Republic; An Independent Nation; Princess Olga [Olha]; Bohdan Khmelnytsky; Stepan Bandera); Government and the Economy (Industry; Agriculture); People and Lifestyle (Family Life; Education; Religion); Language (Literature); Arts (Music and Dance; Theater; Painted Eggs); Leisure (Newspapers and Television; Sports; Holidays and Festivals); Food; Map; Quick Facts; Glossary; Books, Videos, Web Sites; and, Index. Forty-eight pages of sharp, colorful images (most are fairly large and placed singly, although a few pages have several images; two archival images are also included) enhance the educational text. Albeit a number of sources are utilized, the majority of images supplied are by professional photographer Ukrainian-American Tania D'Avignon, who has had over eighty personal photo exhibits in various countries. She's worked for National Geographic Magazine, and her photos have appeared in hundreds of books, magazines, and newspapers; moreover, she's an avid traveler, and has photographed on four continents. Please see my review of her book of photography, Simply Ukraine. A point of correction: on page 4, domes of a church in Yalta are shown. The caption reads: "Onion-shaped domes are a common part of the architecture of many churches in Ukraine. These domes are on an Eastern Orthodox church in Yalta." The main ethnic group in Yalta is Russian, so the photo is probably of a Russian church since the onion-shaped dome is the predominant form for church domes in Russia; however, in Ukraine, generally, the Ukrainian baroque style is to be found. The Encyclopedia of Ukraine states: "In baroque architecture, luxuriant, decorative portals, fronts, and gates, overloaded with unrestrained ornamentation, are common. In Ukraine the baroque style emerged during the Cossack period and assumed some distinctive features. For this reason it is known as the Ukrainian baroque or the Cossack baroque (end of the 17th to the beginning of the 18th century). Ukrainian baroque architecture, in contrast to the predominantly decorative style of Western Europe, was more constructivist, more moderate in ornamentation, and simpler in form." Additionally, Ukraine's capital is referenced as Kiev (Russian spelling and pronunciation); however, the correct Ukrainian spelling and pronunciation of Ukraine's capital is Kyiv, and reference to Ukraine's capital should correctl