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Ukraine

The composer Mykola Leontovych wrote 'Shchedryk' in 1916 from an old folk chant. In it, a swallow flies into a house to promise the family a year of plenty.

Five things to know about Ukraine

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Ukraine, on the north shore of the Black Sea, east of Poland. See Ukraine on a map.
  2. Its capital is Kyiv, and its beetroot soup, borscht, is loved far beyond its borders.
  3. It has long been called the breadbasket of Europe, for its vast fields of wheat and sunflowers.
  4. Much of its land is deep black earth, among the most fertile soil on the planet.
  5. The Christmas tune 'Carol of the Bells' began as one of this country's New Year folk songs.

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