Introduction As a rule, guns aren’t taken into space for two reasons. Firstly, a gun can easily punch a hole through the thin metal wall of a spacecraft and kill everyone inside. Secondly, going into space is expensive and every piece of kit costs a sm …

A country as big as Ukraine in such a strategic position has naturally hosted countless cultures over the centuries. As a result, modern Ukraine is home to a variety of ethnic groups and their subsequent languages can often be heard on the streets of t …

Alongside a series of territorial disputes with Russia and Russian backed separatists, with a population of 40 million people living in an area of 10.18 million km², Ukraine is a beast of a country to map. But fear not, YPT has managed to cover everyth …

A common question many people ask us when visiting a lesser-visited Eastern European country like Ukraine, is what to pack? We’ve visited the country of Ukraine in the baking heat, snowstorms, and all seasons of the year. So we have a good amount of kn …

A country shrouded in the secrecy of the Soviet Union for decades, Ukraine is beginning a new part of its history as a modern independent state. However, the country has been the site of unrest and war in recent years which has created various stereoty …

We’ve been organizing trips to Ukraine for almost a decade. Through the corruption fuelled days of the Yanukovich regime and through revolution and war, we’ve seen Ukraine at its very worst and its very best. As a result, we’re the go-to people for an …

The food in Ukraine is one of our favorite aspects of visiting this fascinating country. Ukrainian cuisine is heavily influenced by the rich dark soil, known locally as chernozem, from where the ingredients are grown. Ukraine is often referred to as th …

The currency in Ukraine is called the hryvnia which is abbreviated as UAH. The Hryvnia has been the national currency of Ukraine since 1996 and is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. Hryvnia is named after a measure of weight used in medieval-era Kievan Rus. …

Overview of Ukraine Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe and is sandwiched between Russia to the north-east; Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, and Romania, Moldova, and the Black Sea to the south. This enormous country has …