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Introductions
• Name - Profession/Student. Where?
• A food you like. LIKE = enjoy, have a preference for, am partial to, find/take pleasure in, appreciate, love, adore, relish I adore carrots. - I love eggplant. - I enjoy eating cake.
• A food you dislike. DISLIKE = find distasteful, have an aversion to, have no liking/taste for, hate, detest, loathe, abhor, despise, be unable to bear/stand, shrink from, shudder at, find repellent I shudder at the notion of eating ketchup. - I loathe mustard. I find mayonnaise repellent.
• Predict the first snowfall in Kremenchuk. Guess what day will we have first snow this fall/winter.
Swastika
• The swastika is an equilateral cross with its
arms bent at right angles.
– equilateral - having all its sides of the same
length.
• The swastika is still used in Indian Religions,
specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism and
Jainism, as a sacred symbol of good luck.
• Swastikas have also been used in other ancient
civilizations around the world.
Swastika
• Earliest archaeological evidence of swastikas dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization in India.
– Indus - river in southern Asia, about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long, that flows from Tibet to the Arabian Sea.
– The Indus Valley Civilization flourished from c. 2600 to 1760 bc.
Swastika
• The swastika was used as a
symbol of the Nazi Party
of Germany in 1920.
• During the 1930s, a
swastika was incorporated
into the Nazi party flag,
which was made the State
Flag of Germany.
Swastika
• Now, the Swastika is associated with Nazism and White Supremacism since the 1930s in the western world and is now stigmatized.
– Stigmatize - worthy of disgrace or great disapproval
• It is outlawed in Germany if used as a symbol of Nazism.
• Modern political extremists and Neo-Nazi groups use swastikas or similar symbols.
Georgia
Motto: Dzala ertobashia - "Strength is in Unity”
Capital (and largest city)
Tbilisi is the capital and largest city in Georgia.
Kiev is the capital and largest city in Ukraine.
Presidential Palace
Georgian Government
Unitary semi-presidential republic unitary: country is governed as a single unit semi-presidential: president and prime minister “share” power republic: people retain power over the government - people elect representatives
Ukraine is a unitary semi-presidential republic.
Most Eureopean governments are unitary semi-presidential republics.
Modern Statehood
- Independence from Russian Empire - May 26, 1918
- Independence from the Soviet Union Finalized - December 25, 1991
Area - 69,700 km2 (120th) - 26,911 sq mi
• Ukraine is 46th largest country. (View of Tbilisi).
Population -
~ 4,636,400 (121st).
Ukraine has
~ 45,706,126 and is
the 29th most populas
nation.
Tbilisi after dark.
An aside….Population
• China (1st) - 1,339,724,852
• India (2nd) - 1,210,193,422
• USA (3rd) - 312,162,00
• Ukraine (29th) - 45,706,126
• Georgia (121th) - 4,636,400
Ethnic Groups
83.8% Georgian,
6.5% Azeri,
5.7% Armenian,
1.5% Russian,
2.5% others
Ukraine
77.8% Ukrainian,
17.3% Russian,
4.9% Other
Official language
• Georgian
Other languages
• 71% Georgian
• 9% Russian
• 7% Armenian
• 6% Azeri
• 7% others.
Religion
83.9% Orthodox
Christianity
3.9% Armenian
Christians
9.9% Muslims
0.8% Roman Catholics
Sameba (Trinity)
Cathedral in Tbilisi.
Construction lasted 18
years - 1995-2003.
Georgian Christian
architecture is known
as the Georgian
cross-dome style.
Cross-dome
architecture
developed in Georgia
during the 9th
century.
Sameba (Trinity)
Cathedral in Tbilisi.
Andrea and James’ Excellent Adventure
Photos courtesy of
Andrea Zimmerman.
Our traveling companion and
fellow PCV - Yeri
On our way to Telavi.
Telavi
Home stay
Sighnavi a fortress in the
mountains. In the
distance, Azerbaijan hills.
During its history, Sighnavi has never been captured or take over by an enemy. In the distance, Azerbaijan hills.
Near Telavi - Monastery in the
hills.
Restoration of frescos.
Ancient university and monastery under
renovation. Note: The center for tourists and
updated road.
BBQ in the hills near Telavi.
In Georgia, there is a
series of approximately
32 toasts.
In Georgia, women
drink red wine and men
drink white.
Our host.
Near Gori is the cave town of Uplistsikhe. From the 4th century BC until 4th century AD it was the cultural center of East Georgia.
During the best of times, 20,000
people lived in Uplistsikhe.
During the middle ages,
Uplistsikhe was a stop on the
silk route from Byzantium and
India.
The cave town is
carved into soft
stone.
View from Uplistsikhe.
More ruins.
Baratashvili Bridge
(Bridge of Peace)
spans the Mtkvari
River.
Tbilisi
The average temperature during our stay 42C (107F).
Freedom Square
Buildings near the Presidential Palace and Sameba (Trinity) Cathedral.
People lived in these
buildings
Nariqala - principal
fortress of the city from
4th - 18th century.
Dancing water fountain in the park below the presidential palace.
The fortress, Nariqala, at night.
A scary looking Mother Georgia.
Mother Georgia…
The new business center.
Tbilisi has a rich
café culture.
All three of the
people in this
picture have been
to Kremenchuk.
…and now we’re back in Kremenchuk.