On July, 6, 10 and 11 in Ancient Kyiv in the Principality of Kyivan Rus («Kyivan Rus Park») the large celebration of Ivan Kupala according to ancient traditions, with a rich show-program, horse-trick performances, the unique reconstruction of ancient rites, shooting fireballs from the Trebuchet, the spectacular burning of a scarecrow and round dances around it will take place. Also horse riding, jumping over the fire, master-classes on weaving wreaths and launching them on water, tasty dishes and drinks, traditional Slavic amusements, the possibility to stay for the night in comfortable rooms and a lot of interesting in a real live medieval city will be waiting for the guests!
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00.
The beginning of the program on July, 6 – around 18:00 in a relax-format and from 20:00 in full mode, on July, 10 and 11 – around 14:00.
The end of the program:
– on Kupala night from July, 6 to July, 7 and on July, 10 – at 1:00, from 01:00 till 02:00 – Medieval disco;
– July, 11 – at 19:00.
* The program may be changed.
The entry ticket price:
• A full adult ticket: July, 6 – 200 UAH., July, 10 and 11 – 250 UAH.
• for pensioners and students – 150 UAH.,
• for schoolchildren: July, 6 – 80 UAH., July, 10 and 11 – 100 UAH.
• for preschool children – for free.
Ancient Kyiv in the «Kyivan Rus Park» is located in Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
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VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY TYPE IN JAN-APRIL OF 2021 (MLN UAH)
Ukraine in the 2020/2021 marketing year (MY, July-June) exported 44.63 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, which is 21.3% less than in the 2019/2020 MY.
This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, while the given data are marked as preliminary.
According to the ministry, the export of wheat by Ukraine in 2020/2021 MY decreased by 18.9% compared to 2019/2020 MY, to 16.44 million tonnes, corn – by 23.9%, to 23.06 million tonnes, barley – by 17.1%, to 4.21 million tonnes, flour exports decreased 2.6 times, to 126,000 tonnes.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukraine exported 56.72 million tonnes of grain and legumes in the 2019/2020 MY.
As reported, the Ministry of Economy in February of this year predicted a decline in exports of grains and legumes in the 2020/2021 MY by 20.5% compared to the previous MY, to 45.4 million tonnes.
Mobile operator Kyivstar has increased its 4G (LTE) network coverage in all regions of Ukraine and connected 815 more settlements to new mobile technologies.
As the company’s press service said on Friday, for this the operator has activated the technology of high-speed data transmission (LTE) at 452 base stations.
Thus, in the southern regions of Ukraine, 4G coverage has been increased on the territory of 316 settlements, in Dnipropetrovsk region – 97, Donetsk and Luhansk regions – 81, in the western regions – in 238, and in the central regions – in 83 settlements.
The report said that in the first quarter of 2021, Kyivstar invested more than UAH 1 billion in the development of new communication technologies, which made it possible to significantly increase the coverage area of the 4G network.
As of the end of April 2021, Kyivstar has installed more than 15,500 base stations in Ukraine, on which LTE (4G) technology is activated. As a result, more than 87% of the Ukrainian population can use access to 4G services in the operator’s network.
The company continues to build new mobile networks so that 90% of the population will have access to 4G by 2022.
The volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in January-May 2021 decreased by 6.1% compared to the same period in 2020.
According to the State Statistics Service, in January-May, the volume of construction work completed amounted to UAH 54.4 billion.
According to the statistics department, in May 2021 the seasonally adjusted index of construction products amounted to 93.1% compared to the previous month, adjusted for the effect of calendar days compared to May 2020 – 91.6%.
The State Statistics Service reported that in May 2021 from May a year earlier, an increase in the volume of construction work was observed only in residential construction – by 30.9%, while in the segment of non-residential construction it decreased by 4.8%, engineering – by 19.7%.
The share of new construction in the total volume of completed construction work was 40.6%, repairs – 31.6%, reconstruction and technical re-equipment – 27.8%.
An increase in the volume of construction work in January-May 2021 compared to January-May 2020 was recorded in Khmelnytsky (by 20.1%, to UAH 1.4 billion), Ternopil (by 50.6%, to UAH 1.1 billion), Rivne (by 20.6%, to UAH 949.5 million), Volyn (by 10.6%, to UAH 713.7 million), Kharkiv (by 10.6%, to UAH 5.9 billion), Donetsk (by 5.9%, to UAH 2.1 billion) and Ivano-Frankivsk (by 9.8%, to UAH 1.1 billion) regions.
In other regions, there was a decrease in construction volumes. The most significant drop was shown by Chernivtsi (by 48%), Kherson (by 32.7%) and Vinnytsia (by 37%) regions.
As reported, the volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in 2020 increased by 4% compared to 2019.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 06/07/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
