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ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON
POST MAGAZINE |
Foreign
investment brings foreign business
ties and methods, and creates
jobs, which typically pay better
than domestic pay rates, eventually
raising the standard of living
for Ukrainians. The American
Chamber of Commerce estimates
that its member companies have
created 300,000 jobs in Ukraine.
The evidence
of investment and renewal is
everywhere. While there was
only one 'Western' restaurant
at independence in 1991, today
Kyiv has dozens of fine restaurants,
serving delicious native dishes
such as Ukrainian Borsch, Soliyanka,
Varenyky and Mlyntsi, as well
as cuisines from around the
world. There are also modern
theaters, cinemas, and concert
halls.
And, of course,
there are wonderful churches,
many with gilded domes that
glint in the sunlight. A must-see
is the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery,
a major Orthodox center in antiquity
and today
an active monastery, icon painting
school and place where you
can discover the religious
roots of Ukraine, from the
hushed, holy catacombs to soaring
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Also
on the grounds of the Lavra you will
find a unique collection of micro-miniature
art, practically invisible to the
naked eye. Exquisitely executed items
on display include a gold sailing
boat on the head of a pin, a drilled
hair follicle 'vase' containing a
single rose, and an Egyptian charioteer
framed in the eye of a needle. Other
buildings at Lavra house treasures
salvaged from the past, including
icons, chalices, vestments and artwork.
The churches are
dignified representatives of Ukraine's
rich religious traditions, but the
country's young people are putting
their own stamp on the nation's culture.
Kyiv and other Ukrainian population
centers are alive with the sights
and sounds of new Ukrainian art forms
and music, blending local with Western
themes. Ukrainian star Ruslana won
the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with
'Wild Dance', a mix of modern rhythms
and musical elements from her native
Carpathians. Not well-known in America,
Eurovision is the premier European
song contest, and in the past has
launched international stars such
as Sweden's Abba. Ukraine will host
the next contest, in May 2005.
The attraction of
Ukraine lies in the dynamic created
between the old and the new, between
tradition and innovation. You can
experience this potent combination,
and the energy it generates, almost
anywhere in Ukraine today.
This
special advertising section
was sponsored by the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
and produced by East West
Communications.
It did not involve the editorial staff of this magazine.
For information, please contact: Tel: 301-271-3756, Fax 301-271-9265.
e-mail: info@eastwestcoms.com, web: www.eastwestcoms.com
or The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine
1 Myhaylivska Square, Kyiv 01018, Ukraine, www.mfa.gov.ua/eng
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