Ukraine: Ukraine, located in Eastern Europe, is a very beautiful country. Tourists come here from all over the world. Ukraine shares borders with many countries. It is bordered by Russia to the east, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to the west, Belarus to the north, Romania, Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea and Azov Sea to the south. The capital of Ukraine is Kiev. Along with being the capital, it is also the largest city here. One special thing related to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is that it is called the ‘city of beautiful women’. Let us know some such interesting things related to Ukraine, knowing some of these things, you may also be surprised.
Drinking wine is considered a tradition
Although alcohol is considered wrong in many countries around the world, but drinking alcohol is like a tradition for the people here. The World Health Organization had told in one of its reports that Ukraine ranks sixth in terms of consumption of alcohol in the whole world. If we talk about the figures, then about 14 liters of alcohol is consumed here per person every year.
tradition of wearing ring on right hand
Apart from this, the people of Ukraine are also very fond of music. Perhaps this is the reason why the world’s longest musical instrument is made in Ukraine only. In appearance, this instrument is like a horn made of wood, which is called ‘Trembita’. Apart from this, you must have seen that in most of the countries, when the wedding takes place, the bride and groom wear rings on each other’s left hand, but this is not the case in Ukraine. The people here wear the ring on the right hand just opposite to this.
People were forced to eat human flesh
Ukraine has the world’s deepest railway station, the name of this station is ‘Arsenalna Metro Station’. This station is built at a depth of 105.5 meters i.e. about 346 feet from the ground. There was a severe famine in Ukraine in 1932-33. Ukraine used to be a part of the Soviet Union then. Lakhs of people were killed in this famine. According to the reports, during the famine such a condition of starvation had come that humans were eating human flesh. In some places the situation was so bad that people started killing their weakest children and eating their flesh. Then about 2500 people were also arrested for cannibalism.
