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Map credit: Nicolas de Fer
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Photo credit: Peter Duhon
Ukrainian fashion
model
Nataliya Gotsiy modeling for
Cynthia Rowley, Spring 2007
New York Fashion Week. She was the winner of the Ford Supermodel of the World 2004 search. She has appeared on the cover of French
Elle and Italian
Marie Claire and modeled for
Behnaz Sarafpour,
Christian Lacroix,
Diane von Furstenberg,
Dior,
Dolce & Gabbana,
Dries van Noten,
Gucci,
Oscar de la Renta,
Valentino, and
Vivienne Westwood, among others.
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Mushrooms of
Armillaria hinnulea, a species of
honey fungus (or "pidpenky", from
Ukrainian). Honey fungi are
parasitic
fungi that live on trees and woody shrubs. As a forest
pathogen, it can be very destructive because unlike most parasites, it does not need to moderate its growth in order to avoid killing its host, since it will continue to thrive on the dead material. Honey fungi are long lived and form some of the
largest living organisms in the world, including one that covers more than 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km
2) and is thousands of years old. The mushrooms are
edible, but can be easily confused with
poisonous
Galerina species, which can grow side-by-side with
Armillaria.
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A map showing
caesium-137 contamination in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine (in curies per square kilometer) in 1996, ten years after the
Chernobyl disaster struck the
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The disaster contaminated 162,160 square kilometres (62,610 sq mi) of land and is widely considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.
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Kombat (Russian for '
battalion commander') is a black-and-white photograph by Soviet photographer
Max Alpert. It depicts a Soviet military officer, armed with a
TT pistol, raising his unit for an attack during
World War II. This work is regarded as one of the most iconic Soviet World War II photographs, yet neither the date nor the subject is known with certainty. According to the most widely accepted version, it depicts junior
politruk Aleksei Gordeyevich Yeryomenko, minutes before his death on 12 July 1942, in
Voroshilovgrad Oblast, now part of Ukraine. The photograph is in the archives of
RIA Novosti, a Russian state-owned news agency.
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The
ChS8 is an
electric mainline passenger locomotive used in Russia and Ukraine. Built between 1983 and 1989, it was developed for pulling long passenger trains (28–32 carriages) at speeds of 100 kilometres per hour (60 mph) or faster. Since 2010 Russia has switched to more energy-efficient designs, such as the
EP10 and
EP20.
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The burning of the
Trade Unions Building—used as the headquarters of the
Euromaidan movement—during the
2014 Ukrainian revolution, following a failed attempt by the Ukrainian police to capture the building. After the fire, the damaged building was covered with large canvas screens on two sides with the words "Glory to Ukraine" printed on them in large letters.
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The
Royal Kurgan is a 4th century BC
kurgan (burial barrow) located near present-day
Kerch,
Crimea. The mound is almost 20 metres high and its base perimeter is about 250 metres. It holds a burial chamber with a square floor plan which gradually merges into the circular shape of a
corbelled dome ("false vault"). It is assumed that the Royal Kurgan was the final resting place of a ruler of the
Bosporan Kingdom.