Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna i Hercegovina Southeastern Europe AREA 19.7K mi2; 51.2K km2 [128th largest of 257 countries] ARABLE 19.7% POP 3.8M(193/mi2; 74/km2) [131st highest of 237 countries] GOV’T Parliamentary republic CAPITAL Sarajevo (346K) GDP/CAPITA $15,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 15% IN POVERTY 17% LIFE EXP 78 years MEDIAN AGE 44 yrs INFANT MORT 5/1K live births (177th) LITERACY 98% LANGUAGES Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian (all official); other RELIGIONS Muslim 51%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, atheist 1%, agnostic 1%, other 1% HEALTH 10% of GDP EDUCATION NA MILITARY 0.8% of GDP (133rd) LABOR FORCE Agriculture 7%, industry 29%, services 64% PCVs 2000–2002 CURRENT 0; TTD 21 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina Picnics are a familiar sight under Mostar's famous 16th-century Ottoman bridge. Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and the Old Bridge—Stari Most—from which the town takes its name. The scene along the Neretva River is idyllic today, but this mixed Christian-Muslim town was synonymous with conflict during the Bosnian War of the early 1990s, including in 1995, when the historic bridge was destroyed. It was rebuilt in 2004 and today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geoffrey Adam Parker © 2017 |
Adult Books
By Oksana Masters
2023
Summary:
Born Oksana Alexandrovna Bondarchuk, the United States' most decorated winter Paralympic (Olympic) athlete tells how she overcame Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges through sheer determination and a drive to succeed to win the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, and road cycling competitions. This story offers fine-grained details of the period short after Ukraine separated from the Soviet Union. This profile of the woman who put a spotlight on the state of affairs in Ukraine in the months leading up to the war with Russia (2022 to the present). The description of the woman who adopted Aksana further elaborated the tensions in Ukraine, pre-war, and the challenges an American faced in that milieu.
Awards:
A 2024 Christopher Award Winner
“A gut-wrenching, wildly inspiring story about overcoming the most daunting obstacles through steely tenacity, sheer will, and a great big dose of motherly love.” —Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle.
Kids' Books
By Maslo, Lina
Publisher: New York: Farrah Straus Giroux, 2024.
Format: unpaged; col illus.
ISBN: 978-0-374-39121-8
Age Range: 5-8 yrs.
Summary:
Threads is an inspiring picture book about a girl's survival of the 1930s Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, messaging hope, pride for one's heritage, and context for today's War in Ukraine.
Films
Film:My Thoughts Are Silent
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Antonio Luckich
Release Date: 2019
Language: Ukrainian
Run Time: 104 minutes
Synopsis:
Vadim is twenty-two. He's a sound engineer and a downer. He's going to Canada in three months. Forever. Before the departure he's assigned to record the voice of a very rare bird, which dwells only in the Transcarpathian mountains of Ukraine.—Antonio Luckich
The film examines the eternal problem of parents and children. The protagonist works as a sound engineer and musician, encounters a lot of problems and has many setbacks. The same crisis awaits him in his personal life. A Canadian company invites him to record the sounds of Ukrainian animals in Transcarpathia. He fulfills the assignment with enthusiasm and creativity, but his mother comes along and constantly disturbs and distracts him. If he manages to record the voice of a rare Rakhiv mallard, he may be able to leave "uncomfortable Ukraine" and travel to "attractive Canada."
