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  jakaria Khan August 12, 2009 17:49

  Nice Maha,
  I think U need liberation, No more separation. Because u have alrady do that.... My allah help ur country.
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  Francisco August 11, 2009 23:32

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  Francisco August 11, 2009 23:29

  hello everybody
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  zameer August 10, 2009 11:32

  Aslam-o-Alukim. I love my country love again love.
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  Emilie June 17, 2009 19:52

  Hi:
  Thanks for making this group ,I like it from the name. I hope I can share here with you..
  

  
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  Milon June 11, 2009 9:14

  The people around the World, everyone they have own identity, culture, custom's and manner and every people they love their country, specially the motherland where they born.and i am not different from them.
  
  Hi, guys this is Milon, from Bangladesh. I love my country very much. Bangladesh is a country bordered with India in 3 side and Myanmar with another side. It has got the world longest sea beach(Cox's Bazar) in the world, World's largest Mangrove forest( Sundarban) in the world, world's longest Koral Island in the world and many more UNESCO CERTIFIED Archeological sites and others touristic places.
  
  Thank you very much for your patients reading.
  
  Have a nice day/night.
  Bye
  Milon
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  Ruzan April 26, 2009 13:26

  We can't choose our parents and our country.Sometimes we can leave them alone or behind but,they are always in our hearts.
  I'm from Armenia.One of the world's oldest civilizations, Armenia once included Mount Ararat, which biblical tradition identifies as the mountain that Noah's ark rested on after the flood. It was the first country in the world to officially embrace Christianity as its religion (c. A.D. 300).
  
  In the 6th century B.C., Armenians settled in the kingdom of Urartu (the Assyrian name for Ararat), which was in decline. Under Tigrane the Great (fl. 95–55 B.C.) the Armenian empire reached its height and became one of the most powerful in Asia, stretching from the Caspian to the Mediterranean seas. Throughout most of its long history, however, Armenia has been invaded by a succession of empires. Under constant threat of domination by foreign forces, Armenians became both cosmopolitan as well as fierce protectors of their culture and tradition.
  
  Over the centuries Armenia was conquered by Greeks, Romans, Persians, Byzantines, Mongols, Arabs, Ottoman Turks, and Russians. From the 16th century through World War I, major portions of Armenia were controlled by their most brutal invader, the Ottoman Turks, under whom the Armenians experienced discrimination, religious persecution, heavy taxation, and armed attacks. In response to Armenian nationalist stirrings, the Turks massacred thousands of Armenians in 1894 and 1896. The most horrific massacre took place in April 1915 during World War I, when the Turks ordered the deportation of the Armenian population to the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia. According to the majority of historians, between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians were murdered or died of starvation. The Armenian massacre is considered the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey denies that a genocide took place and claims that a much smaller number died in a civil war.
  I live in Yerevan.Yerevan-Capital of Republic Armenia,an old and the same time young city.The official establishment of the great city of Yerevan took place under the reigning of the mighty king of Ararat-Argishti the first in the year 782 BC.This the establishment of the City-Fortress of Erebuni predates that of the "Eternal" City of Rome by more than two decades.
  You can discover Armenia with this video! ">object>/i>
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  Hardi April 26, 2009 12:29

  Thanks Tanya. It was interesting. I'm usually not interested of history. But this time I thought I will read. It wasn't too boring. Although I have to confess that I skipped some.. no actually many lines. Well I'm not passionate about history. But it was still interesting. :)
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  Tanya April 26, 2009 10:30

  Look! I've downloaded this information from the net. But now I see that figures are not right. The population of Kiev is about 4 mln. As to the rest information, it is OK.
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  Tanya April 26, 2009 10:22

  Here is a story about my city. Kiev is one of the oldest and the most beautiful European capitals. It is located on 7 green hills rising above the Dnieper river. You can see the pictures on my page. So, here is the story.
  
  According to the ancient legend, Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, was founded by three brothers, Kyi, Schek and Khoryv, and their sister Lybed, in the middle of the 5th century. The city was named after the eldest brother Kyi. Kyiv means the city of Kyi. Kyiv is a Ukrainian spelling and Kiev is Russian, more known worldwide since the Soviet times.
  Many ancient tribes gathered around Kiev, and at the end of the 9th century the city became the political center of the Eastern Slavs. In the year 988 Christianity, introduced by Great Prince Vladimir, became the official religion of the Kievan Rus. This helped to establish political and cultural relations with such states as the Byzantium Empire and Bulgaria. At that time almost 50,000 people lived in the city; there were about 400 churches and 8 markets. When Vladimir Monomakh died in the year 1152, the mighty Kievan Rus began to decay. In 1240 Kiev was demolished by Baty-khan. Only in the 14th century Kiev began to revive. But in 1362 Great Duke of Lithuania captured the city. For more than one hundred years it was under the command of Lithuanian and Polish dukes. People's liberation war of 1648-1654 against the Lithuanian-Polish Yoke led to liberation. But Cossack armies, headed by Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky, couldn't manage to conquer the enemy without help from Russia. As a result, Ukraine plunged under a long period of domination by the Russian Empire. Since that time the history of Ukraine and Kiev was closely connected with Russian history.
  Archeological excavations show evidence of the first settlements on the territory of Kiev 15,000
  to 20,000 years ago. The early settlers of Kiev built their citadel on the steep right bank of the
  Dnepr River to protect themselves from Nomadic tribes. Later, Kiev's Grand Dukes built their palaces and churches on Starokievskiy Hill, while artisans and merchants settled next to the wharf on the Dnepr. By the end of the 9th century, when the Grand Dukes of Kiev united scattered Slavic tribes, Kiev became the political center of the Eastern Slavs. The city maintained wide foreign and commercial trade links due to its favorable position in the middle of trade routes between the Vikings and the Greeks (strict way from Northern Europe and the Baltics to the Mediterranean). Kiev`s development accelerated during the reign of Grand Duke Vladimir the Great (980-1015). In 988 Vladimir established Orthodox Christianity as the official religion of the realm in order to strengthen the power of Kiev on the broader international arena. During that time the first stone temple in Russia, Desyatinnaya church, was constructed.
  During the 11th and 12th centuries ancient Kiev Rus reached its greatest period of ascendancy. By the 11th century Kiev was one of the largest centers of civilization in the Eastern christian world. At that time, there were about 400 churches, 8 markets and more than 50,000 inhabitants in Kiev. For comparison, at the same time the population of London, Hamburg and Gdansk was about 20,000 people. Kiev was among the most prospering craft and shopping centers of Europe. After the death of Kiev`s great Prince Vladimir Monomakh in 1125, Kiev Rus became involved in a long period of feudal wars. Foreign powers were quick to take advantage of this situation. In the fall of 1240, the Tatar-Mongols headed by Baty-khan, captured Kiev after series of long and bloody battles. Kiev fell into a prolonged period of decline. The Tartar-Mongols ruled for almost a century. Despite a foreign rule, Kiev retained its artisan, trade and cultural traditions and remained an important political, trade and cultural center. In the 14th century, the Kiev region became the cradle for the modern Ukrainian nation.
  In the 15th century Kiev was granted the Magdeburg Rights, which permitted greater
  independence of the city in matters of international commerce. Until the 14th century Kiev paid
  tribute to the Golden Horde. Then it passed under the control of Great Lithuaninan Duchy, which in 1569 was united with Poland. With the establishment of the Kiev-Mogilyanskaya Academy in 1632, the city became a center of Ukrainian learning and scholarship.
  The long road to the independence of Ukraine began with Cossack military campaigns. In 1648-1654 Cossack armies, headed by Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Ukraine's Cossack leader, waged several wars to liberate Ukraine. In 1648, when the Ukrainian Cossacks rose against Poland, Kiev became for a brief period the center of the Ukrainian State. But soon, confronted by the armies of Polish and Lithuanian feudal lords, Bogdan Khmelnitsky sought the protection of the Russian Tsar in the Treaty of Pereyaslavl. After Ukraine's union with Russia in 1654, however, the city was acquired by Moscow. During a long period of domination by the Russian Empire Ukraine in the 17th and 18th centuries managed to preserve and enjoy some of its rich political, economic, cultural, and religious achievements.
  In January 1918 after the fall of Russian Empire, the independence of Ukraine was proclaimed
  and the Ukrainian National Republic was established. During the Civil War that followed the October
  Revolution Bolshevik Party seized power and expanded their sphere of control into Ukraine. Ukraine becomes a part of the Soviet Union.
  Kiev suffered severely during World War II, when many unique architectural and artistic treasures were destroyed. Earlier, in the 1930s, the Soviet authorities systematically destroyed many churches. Extensive restoration of the after-war days has revived much of Kiev's historical and cultural heritage. Despite repressions, suffering, political turmoil, and ecological disasters, Ukraine's spirit and national identity have never died. On August 24, 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine proclaimed its independence. This was the beginning of the whole new period in the history of Ukraine and its beautiful capital.