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Ukraine

An independent state with a rich cultural heritage and proud history, Ukraine is situated in central Europe, bordered by Russia to the northeast, Buelorus to the north, and Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldavia to the west. Ukraine's southernmost borders are the waterways of the Black Sea and the Sea of Asov. Ukraine's capital is Kyiv. The country's population is about 50 million.

Ukraine's climate is moderate and continental with mild and snowy winters and dry and warm summers. In Crimea, Ukraine's southernmost region, the climate is subtropical and Mediterranean, making it a popular holiday resort destination. Ukraine is famous for its mineral rich waters used for medicinal purposes at a variety of health resorts throughout the country. Some of better known resorts include Truskavets, Myrhorod, Morshyn, Poliana, and Syniak.

The territory of Ukraine is mainly comprised of flatlands with the exception of the Carpathian Mountains to the west, (Hoverla, the highest peak, is 2081m above sea level) and the Crimean Mountains to the south (Mount Roman Kosh is 1545m above sea level).

The largest rivers of Ukraine are the Dnipro, Dnister, and Pivdennyj Bug. Ukraine has five natural parks and 15 wildlife preserves.

Kyiv, the country's largest city, boasts a population of 2.6 million people. The next largest cities are the industrial centers of Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, and Odessa.

National currency is hryvna (UAH) (1 USD ~ 5,35 UAH)


Donetsk

Founded in 1869, Donetsk has grown from a small settlement (Yuzovka) near the metallurgical works built by Welshman John Hughes to a quickly developing industrial, cultural, and scientific center. The surrounding lands of Donbass are rich in coal, which is why Donetsk is known as the "industrial capital" of Ukraine, with coal and metallurgical industries at its foundation.

The cultural life of the city is represented by the Opera and Ballet House and Drama Theatre, the Philharmonic Society, and many museums - the Museum of Local Lore and the Art Museum among them. There is also a circus, a planetarium, several cinema theatres and palaces of culture. Donetsk is proud of its yearly festival, "Stars of the World Ballet," inviting the best representatives in the world of the ballet arts.

As to the sporting life of Donetsk, it could be said that the city's favorite sport is football, represented by the teams of "Shakhtior" (last year's Ukraine champion) and "Metallurg". Born in Donetsk were such world-famous people as S. Bubka, a world record holder in pole-vault, and L. Podkopayeva, a European champion in athletic gymnastics.

In addition to the city's developed industry, Donetsk features numerous notable architectural sites, as well as sight-seeing attractions. Among them are city center with the square named by Lenin and the Artyom street. Recreation sites include two parks, the Kal'mius river embankment, and botanical gardens.

In Donetsk, education and science are represented by a network of universities and centers for science. The best known are Donetsk National University, Donetsk National Technical University, Donetsk National Medical University, and a complex of institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.


Sv'yatogorsk

Sv'yatogorsk is a beautiful recreation area featuring mountains, a river, Cretaceous rock grottoes, coniferous forests, and an orthodox church monastery. Nearby, the meandering Seversky Donets River, which was navigable in the 17th century, is 100 meters wide and four meters deep - up to six meters in some locations. Lush 200 meter-high Cretaceous mountains rise from the river banks, composed of sedimentary rocks from a Cretaceous sea formed about 100 - million years ago. The monastery's most ancient relic is a Cretaceous rock cave with tangled labyrinthine passages, underground churches and cells. At the top of the mountain is the 17th-century Nickolayevskaya church, a mysterious and legendary structure. At the foot of mountains, on the bank of Seversky Donets River, are cathedrals, churches, and chapels, as well as the 19th-century Gostiny Dvor that complement the landscape of Sv'atyje Gory and immense tracks of forest. There is also a monument to the revolutionary Artyom. This 22-meter high Cretaceous sculpture rises above the environs and is a legacy of the Soviet Union epoch. Sviatohorsk is one of the best climatic resorts of Ukraine.

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TRAVEL AND ACCESS

Donetsk has direct air connections with Simpheropol', Kiev, Moscow, Dubai, and Vienna, as well as direct train connections with Kiev, L'vov, Odessa, Dnipropetrovs'k, Kharkov, and Moscow.

Detailed access information will be available later.



VISAS

Foreigners who enter or leave Ukraine must pass border checkpoints and present their national passport and a visa. Visas of all categories are issued by Ukrainian embassies and consulates. For further details, please consult your nearest Ukrainian embassy or consular office. An original invitation letter, which will be sent to every participant by the partner country co-director, is required for a Ukrainian visa.

Citizens of the states with which Ukraine have concluded international agreements about visa-free trips may enter Ukraine with the valid national passport, the insurance policy and an original invitation letter.

A hard copy of the invitation letter may be sent to participants by request.



ACCOMMODATION

To those participants who will go to the meeting by train from Moscow or Kharkiv direction it would be easier to go out from a train on "Sv'yatogorsk" railway station and reach his hotel by taxi. It should cost no more than 10 UAH (2 USD).

To those participants who will arrive to Donetsk and will need transfer from Donetsk to the Conference hotel it will be available shuttle busses departing to the conference hotel from Donetsk by following schedule:
1) 11:00 am: departure of the shuttle bus from DonPhTI;
2) 04:40 pm: departure of the shuttle bus from DonPhTI and than departure from the airport after people from the flights 04:55 pm and 05:10 pm arrives;
3) 06:10 pm: departure of the shuttle bus from DonPhTI and than departure from the airport after people from the flights 06:30 pm and 06:55 pm arrives;

To those participants who will go to the hotel on one's own we strongly recommend to take a taxi. The taxi from Donetsk to the conference hotel in Sv'yatogorsk should cost about 200 UAH (40 USD).


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