Fantastic Facts about Ukraine: What Ukrainians created the first in the world (PHOTO)

The rich history of Ukraine affected the life and development of the world.

Atom Photography

Researchers at the Kharkiv Institute made a sensational discovery — photographed atom. The first detailed images of atoms showing different types of clouds of electrons surrounding carbon atoms.

For images researchers used an electron microscope that captures the radiation field. The Physicists have consistently placed ten carbon atoms in a vacuum chamber and passed through an electric discharge them in 425 volts. Radiation from the last atom in the chain to phosphorus screen allowed us to obtain images of the cloud of electrons around the nucleus.

Translated of  Harry Poter

Last novel about the boy wizard is first translated into Ukrainian.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" — the seventh and final novel of the series of the "boy who survived."

Export of sunflower oil

Ukraine last ten years — the number one export of sunflower oil.

Ukraine  supplies sunflower oil  in 109 countries. Our products accounts for 60% of world exports.

For example, last year we exported over 4.3 million tons. Russia took second place — 3 million tons of oil.

The deepest metro station in the world

Metro "Arsenal" in Kiev — the deepest in the world.

The station was built at a depth of 105 meters. So deep had to build a station through difficult terrain near the Dnieper River.

In the world there are only three metro station, constructed at a depth of one hundred meters. In "Arsenal" This station "Admiralty" in St. Petersburg — 103 meters and the station "Puhunh" in North Korea capital Pyongyang — 100 meters.

The first Constitution

First Constitution in a modern look wrote Ukrainian Pylyp Orlyk in 1710.

On the day of his election, he introduced the Cossack hetman happy "Pact and Constitution of the rights and liberties troops Zaporizhzhya". this document was the agreement between the newly elected Hetman, Cossacks and all Ukrainian people.

Oil lamp

The first Lamp of combustion of kerosene was created by Lviv pharmacist.

Ignatius Lukasevich and Jan Zeh in 1853 the pharmacy "Under the gold star" created the first kerosene lamp. Simultaneously, the lamp was invented and a new way to get kerosene by distillation and purification of oil.

The longest  musical instrument

Ukrainian wind instrument "Trembita" — the longest musical wind instrument in the world.

Its length is three meters. In the narrow end trembity inserted wooden, horn or metal mouthpiece. Height of trembita sound depends on a number of its size.

Trembita common in the eastern Ukrainian Carpathians, including Hutsul region.

Aircraft

Ukrainian Antonov Design Bureau, the plane developed the world's largest capacity — AN-225 "Mriya".

Originally it was designed for transporting spacecraft. Currently, "Mriya". takes commercial freight.

Production of honey

Ukraine ranks first in Europe for the production of honey and fifth in the world.

As of January 2014 the number of bee colonies in Ukraine amounted to almost 3 million.

Universities

"Ostroh Academy" — the first institution of higher education in Eastern Europe.

It is the oldest Ukrainian scientific-educational institution founded in 1576 by Prince Constantine Ostrog

Balloon

In Lviv launched the world's first balloon with automatic burner.

The world's first balloon with automatic burner for liquid fuel to heat the air in the container was launched in 1784.

It happened around nine months after the Montgolfier brothers bullet, which served as fuel for straw.