NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF WATER MANAGEMENT AND NATURE RESOURCES USE

National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use (NUWMNRU) came into existence over 80 years ago in 1922 in Kyiv as a hydroameliorative technical school. Eight years later it became a school of higher learning known as Kyiv hydroameliorative institute. In 1959 it was transferred to the town of Rivne and was granted the status of All-republican institute. In December 1995 the institute was reorganized into State Academy. In 1998 following the recommendation of an accreditation commission of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science and the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers Ukrainian State Academy of Water Management acquired the status of a university with the title of Rivne State Technical University. In 2002 RSTU got the name of Ukrainian state university of water management and nature resources use and in 2004 it was granted the status of National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use.

NUWMNRU has become one of the leading educational and scientific centres of Ukraine. It trains engineers and research workers for different branches of national economy. It is considered to be Alma Mater for over 40,000 specialists who work in Ukraine and abroad. The university enjoys national and international reputation for its contribution into scientific research and training of skilled specialists.

NUWMNRU currently enrols more than 11000 day-time and correspondence students. They study at 9 faculties: Hydrotechnical engineering, Hydroamelioration, Mechanical engineering, Ecology, Land management and geoinformatics, Civil engineering and architecture, Economics, Management, Applied mathematics.

A modular system of academic programmes has been introduced following the example of world leading technological universities. These programmes lead to degrees of bachelor and master. It takes four years to complete a bachelor course and five years for a master degree course. Young people from Ukraine and other countries may specialize in such areas: hydrotechnical engineering; hydroamelioration; automobile engineering; hoisting, transport, road-building and land reclamation machines and mechanisms; mining engineering; equipment for chemical and building enterprises; heat and power engineering; organization of transportation and transport management; management of labour resources; ecology; water bioresources and aquaculture; agrochemistry and soil science; civil and industrial engineering; technology of production of building constructions and elements; aerodromes and highway engineering; architecture of structures; town planning and development; land management and cadastre; geoinformatics; heat and gas supply and ventilation; water supply and water disposal; automated control of technological processes; applied mathematica and computer integrated systems.

Most faculties have day-time and correspondence departments. The term of studies lasts from 4 to 5 years.

The academic year runs from September till June and is divided into two terms: autumn and spring ones with two vacation periods. The study of theory is accompanied by practical training. At the end of the term students take exams, credit tests and present yearly projects. At the end of the training course they defend diploma projects, advanced students may defend diplomas in a foreign language.

Today, NUWMNRU has a teaching and research staff of over 700 professors, associate professors, senior and junior lecturers who offer manysided and profound knowledge to their students. They are also engaged in research work. Alot of their inventions have been patented and introduced into production not only in Ukraine but also abroad.

The university provides teaching, research and recreation facilities for students, postgraduates, teachers and other staff. There are spacious lecture halls, laboratories, study rooms with up-to-day equipment, computer centres, etc.

The university campus is conveniently situated on two picturesque hills in the outskirts of Rivne. The location has the advantage of easy access to the railway and bus stations as well as to shopping centres, banks and cafes. The campus includes seven academic buildings, eight halls of residence where accomodation is given to those who come from other towns and villages. The stadium and other sport facilities help students to enjoy the benefits of a regular exercise. Full medical service is available in a health centre.

The university offers an enormous range of art activities in the university choir, music and dance ensembles, etc.

Our university, one of the most prestigious higher educational institutions in Ukraine, is highly rated by young people. Now it faces the test of its maturitu as an institution of European and world standing.

GREAT BRITAIN

Great Britain is an island country. It is separated from the cntinent of Europe by the English Channel and the North Sea.

The greater part of Britain is level. The highest mountains, which rise to a height of about three thousand feet, are in the North-West.

There are many rivers in Britain, but they are not very long, the longest being the Severn. Many canals are known to have been built to connect the island water ways.

Some parts of Great Britain are very beautuful and picturesque. In the mountainous North_West there are many fine lakes, this part being called the Lake District. There is a great deal of rain there. In general the rainfall in Great Britain is greater than in the rest of Europe. Due to the Gulf Stream the climate of Britain is mild and damp. The weather is very changeable.

In the!9^th century Great Britain became the most advanced industrial country in the world. But now it is no longer the world power that it was. Today it has a highly developed industry, the textile being the most important one. After it comes the metal-working industry.

Britain is known to be rich in coal and iron ores. As for raw materials it has to import most of them from other countries. Britain does not grow enough food to feed the population, it has to import the food. The people of Great Britain are said to eat home-grown food only on one day of the week.

The majority of the working population of Great Britain are ingaged in industry. Eighty per cent of the population lives in towns.

Britain is a parliamentary monarchy, but in practice it is governed by Parliament that consists of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

London is the capital of Great Britain. It is one of the largest cities in the world. It streyches for nearly thirty miles from north to south, and for nearly thirty miles from east to west, this is known as “Greater London”.

The “City of London” is a very small part, it does cover only one square mile. The City is often called the commercial heart of London. Fleet Street, a well-known street in the City, is known as the home of British journalism.

London is a city of striking social contrasts. The West End which lies to the West of the City is the fashionable quarter of London. One can see the finest theatres, cinemas, concert halls, the largest museums, art galleries, best hotels, restaurants, the biggest shops and department stores there.

The East End of London is the district of factories and docks. Most of people living there are workers. You will not find big parks, green gardens, high confortable houses there.

There are many other big cities in Great Britain, most of them being ports, such as Liverpool which is the second largest port, Manchester, which is an inland port, Bristol, Glasgow and many others.

LONDON

London, one of the greatest cities in the world, is the capital of Great Britain, and a cradle of British tradition and culture.

London, with a population of more than 8 million people, is the largest city in the world after Tokyo and New York. It stands on the banks of the river Thames. The historical centre of London is the City.

The City is the financial centre of the United Kingdom. Here you can find St. Paul's Cathedral. Not far from it is the tallest column built by Sir Christopher Wren in memory of the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is 61 metres high. Fleet Street is famous for the newspaper offices of the "Financial Times", the "Daily Telegraph" and others.

The Houses of Parliament stretch along the Thames's North Bank. The Union Jack (the flag of the U. K.) flies from Victoria Tower only when Parliament is in session. Big Веn, the famous clock, is also in one of the Houses of Parliament's Towers. Near Parliament, in Westminster Abbey, is Poet's Corner, containing the tombs and monuments of famous poets, writers and musicians: Chaucer, Milton, Dickens, Handel and many others.

One of the best known museums is the British Museum, with its library, reading room and collection of manuscripts. The National Gallery, which has one of die world's greatest art collections, is in Trafalgar Square. Nelson's Column is also in this square. The biggest department stores can be found in Oxford Street. Bond Street is famous for its elegant shops.

There are some parts of London which have distinctive features. For example, the West End is famous for fashionable shopping and entertainment centres; the East End is an industrial district; Westminster is the place for government offices, the City is a financial centre; and Soho is known for international (Greek, Italian, Indian) restaurants and many entertainments.

London has a number of fine parks and gardens, such as Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, and Covent Garden. There are very many theaters, concert halls, and cinemas in the capital.

The world's oldest underground railway system called the "tube", is still one of the largest in the world. It has more than 275 stations. The famous red "doubledeckers" are also an important part of the public transport system. London, rich in history and culture, parks and shops, always welcomes its visitors.

RIVNE

Rivne is the adminisrative, economic, educational and cultural centre of the region. It is situated in the north-west of Ukraine on the banks of the Ustya river, a tributory to the Horyn river. The population of Rivne is about 250 thousand residents.

Rivne was first mentioned in manuscripts dating back to 1282. The town celebrated its 700^th anniversary in 1983. During centuries Rivnewas often destroyed by invaders and burned, that’s why there are only a few ancient architectural monuments there. Among them of attention is a building of a former gymnasium where from 1866 to 1874 an outstanding writer Volodymyr Korolenko studied. Today the building houses the regional museum. The heroic past of our town is described in numerous books. It was here, in Rivne region, in the village of Plyasheva, near Berestechko, that the cossack regiments led by Khmelnythky, Kryvonis, Bogun and Nechay battled the enemy during the liberation war of 1648-1654 being waged by the Ukrainian people against Polish domination. A magnificent monument to the heroes of Berestechko was unveiled on June 16, 1991.

The town has a lot of historical places and monuments associated with the period of the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. In the city park there is a grave of the hero of the Civil War Oleko Dundych. The monument to the victims of fascism towers over Bila street. Rivne wrote unfading pages into the history of partisan movement in Ukraine. The feat of our soldiers and partisans is immortalized in the monument on the Victory square. Prikhodko, Miryushchenko, Ostafov, Strutynskaya, Lisovskaya streets are named in honour of war heroes.

Today Rivne is an industrial centre whose output is known not only in Ukraine but also abroad. The high-voltage equipment plant, mineral fertilizers production association “Azot”, tractor spare parts plant and others are the largest enterprises in the region. High-precision instruments, construction materials, furniture, consumer goods, amber decorations enjoy the demand in Ukraine and abroad.

The town has about 30 general educational schools, some vocational schools and colleges. National university of water management and nature resources use and other higher educational establishments train skilled specialists for national economy, education and culture.

Rich and varied is the cultural life if our town. The residents of Rivne have the regional academic music and drama theatre, a puppet show, a regional philarmonic society, many linrarues, some museums and movie theatres.

The city possesses a well developed network of health facilities: hospitals, clinics, health centres.

RIVNE REGION

The Rivne region was founded on the 4^th of December, 1939. It is situated in the north-western part of Ukraine and occupies the territory of 20100 sq. km. It borders on Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil, Lviv and Volyn regions of Ukraine and Brest and Gomel regions of Belarus. As to the administrative territorial division the region includes 11 towns and 16 districts. The population of the region is about 1150000 people. The region has a favourable geographical location and a developed transport system. The region possesses a certain potential of natural resources: stones, limestone and other mineral building materials. Large deposits of amber are of great importance. Deposits of phosphorites, sources of mineral water have been discovered. The surface waters of the Rivne region include 170 rivers, many lakes and ponds. Industry and agriculture possess the leading place in the economy of the region.

Ukraine

The term Ukraine first appeared in the chronicles of ancient Slavs in the 12^th century as a geographical name of southern lands of the ancient Kiev Rus. In Ipatiy’s chronicles of 1187 the southern- eastern lands bordering on Polovetsky steppe were called Ukraine. After this in 1213 the southern-western lands which bordered on Poland were also named Ukraine

Now Ukraine covers the territory of 603,7 thousand square kilometres and has the population of 46 million people. Two such countries as Italy could be located in this area. Ukraine’s territory is the 42^nd in the world according to its size.

In the west Ukraine borders on Poland and Slovakia, in the southwest on Hungary, Rumania and Moldova, in the north on Byelorus, in the northeast on the Russian Federation. Ukraine’s territory stretches for 1316 km from east to west and for 893 km from north to south. Amajor part of the territory are plains, with mountains being only in the west, the Carpathians, and in the extreme south of Ukraine, the Crimean mountains. In the south Ukraine is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

Ukraine is a highly developed industrial and agricultural country. Its acievements in science and culture are known all over the world. One of the most important branches of national economy is the power industry.

Ukraine is rich in coal, gas, gold and other natural resources. The basis of industrial development is metal. For the output of cast iron, steel and rolled metal per capita Ukraine has already outstripped the USA and major European countries. Ukraine is one of the largest producers of winter wheat abd also of industrial crops (especially sunflower seed and sugar beet). The Ukrainian scientists have discovered a way of manufacturing artificial diamonds and have developed methods of electric welding, they have made outstanding progress in nuclear physics, chemistry and other branches. They have created the first electronic computers in the world.

Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and has the population of 3 mln. Kyiv is one of the world’s most beautiful cities and one of the oldest in Europe. It marked its 1500^th anniversary in 1982. The majestic Dnipro river, the pecturesque hills on its banks and abundant greenery give it a charm of its own.

Ukraine was proclaimed an independent state on August 24^th 1991. By the constitution the government is composed of three coordinate branches: the executive, the legislative and the judicial.

The executive power is vested in the president who holds office for 5 years. The legislative power is vested in the Supreme Council, parliament of Ukraine. The Supreme Court of Ukraine constitutes the judicial branch.

There are different parties in Ukraine and some of them are represented in the Supreme Council.

Being one of the founders of the United Nations Organization in 1945 Ukraine actively participates in its work aimed at preserving peace and friendship among different states.

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