Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
There were 490 raions in 24 oblasts and the Crimea autonomous republic of Ukraine. The number of raions per region (oblast and autonomous republic) varies between 11 and over 20. The average area of a Ukrainian raion before the reform was 1,200 km 2 (463 sq mi). The average population was 52,000.
A raion (Ukrainian: район, romanized: raion; pl. райони, raiony), often translated as district, is the second-level administrative division in Ukraine. Raions were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the Soviet Union , to which Ukraine, as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , belonged.
Since ancient times, they represent the beauty of Ukraine, spirit strength of Ukrainian nation, attesting love to the native land. Ceramics ornaments. Periwinkle symbolizes loyalty. Sunflower symbolizes coming to home. [4] Сornflower is a symbol of modesty and tenderness. [5] Chestnut is a symbol of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. [6]
The dragon is a common motif in heraldry, and the coat of arms of a number of cities or families depict dragons. The Dragon Bridge (Slovene: Zmajski most) in Ljubljana, Slovenia depicts dragons associated with the city or said to be the city's guardians, [83] and the city's coat of arms features a dragon (representing the one slain by Kresnik ...
Raions (Ukrainian: район; pl. райони) are smaller territorial units of subdivision in Ukraine. There are 136 raions. [12] Following the December 2019 draft constitutional changes submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 136 new raions have replaced the former 490 raions of Ukraine. [13]
Ukraine’s 108th separate mountain assault battalion shared another video over the weekend, saying that its drone pilots had flown the “dragon drones” over Russian positions.
Google has updated it's aerial maps of Ukraine for the first time since the start of Russia's attack - with images now revealing the full scale of devastation. The contrast is stark in Mariupol.
Ukraine’s pushback against Russia’s invasion has been long-forecast and the country has received a considerable amount of tanks, military vehicles and armaments from its Western allies in ...