I could see instead the flat fields and struggling towns of the country as we followed the Dnieper River up to the capital city of Kiev…

When I was once there during the Flower Festival, you could walk around a corner and hear children singing along the banks of the Dnieper, it was beautiful. But when I went to buy bread from a vendor operating out of a window she just scowled at me. Her face basically said that she could not believe that she was selling bread to tourists. I did not know if it was the possible meagerness of the wages, for the baguette was really cheap, or a perceived unworthiness of labor, but she personified unhappiness in what was supposed to be the country’s era of reawakening. Bread was excellent though, the kind you end up lining up for again…

– Describing Ukraine in Walking with J by Karsten Quarters

 

Place: Eastern Europe, with the Black Sea to the south

Last visited: Once, TBD probably 1996

Original sites: Use your imagination

Familiarity: High

English usage: Rare

For Rising Entrepreneurs in Business: Since it’s been awhile and most news (2018) is not positive, suggest you do up-to-date research on the current economic situation and the state of social activity

Country Details:  U.N. Statistics on Ukraine

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