45 interesting facts about Ukraine

Fact #7
The tallest monumental sculpture in Europe is located in Ukraine.

 The monumental sculpture “Motherland-Motherland” is located in Kyiv on the high right bank of the Dnieper on the territory of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.

 The figure of a woman with a shield and a sword in her hands is installed on a conical pedestal 40 meters high. The height of the sculpture itself is 62 meters, the total height is 102 meters.

 

Fact #8
The longest musical instrument in the world is the Ukrainian trembita.

 The Ukrainian trembita is a Hutsul wind instrument listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. The length of the trembita, which looks like a wooden pipe with a diameter of about 30 mm, is from 2.5 to 8 meters.

 Trembita was used as a means of communication in mountain villages, it was used to inform about the beginning and end of the working day, the birth of children, weddings, approaching danger, etc.

 

Fact #9
Ukrainians created the world’s largest glass of champagne.

 Who does not take risks, you know what, does not drink.

 Ukrainians created the world’s largest glass of champagne: its weight is 23 kilograms, and its capacity is 56 liters 250 milliliters.