Ukraine is a country located in Eastern Europe. It is also biggest country fully located in Europe.
Ukraine is bordered by Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Moldova and Romania to the south. From the south it's bounded by the Azov Sea and Black Sea.
Between 1922 and 1991, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and known as Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR, UkSSR or simply Soviet Ukraine).
References in the Grand Theft Auto Series[]
2D Universe[]
Grand Theft Auto 2[]
- The Krimea neighborhood in the Industrial District of Anywhere City is named after the peninsula of the same name in Ukraine, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
- A neighborhood also mentioned by Jill Tasker on Head Radio during news report about Russian riots.
- The mission name Cossack Conversion! refers to cossacks, a historical people originating from the territory of present-day Ukraine and Russia.
3D Universe[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Chornobyl disaster is mentioned by Kent Paul on his 80's Nostalgia Zone! website as one of the main events of 1986[1].
HD Universe[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
- Ruslana Lyzhychko (known as DJ Ruslana in-game) is a Ukrainian singer, artist and former politic who appears as the host of Vladivostok FM[2].
- Her song "Wild Dances" and many songs by other Ukrainian bands and artists also appear on the station.
- She mentions Ukrainian food[3][4], politics[5], corruption[6][7], weather[8] and country in general[9]. Also she speaks some phrases in Ukrainian language[10][11][12], including texts from Ukrainian songs that not present on the radio[13][14].
- Seryoga (also known as Ayvengo) is a Belarusian/Ukrainian rap artist whose tracks are featured on a Vladivostok FM.
- "King Ring" was featured in the third trailer of the game, and is also heard during the end credits (before Patch 1.0.8.0).
- "Liberty City: The Invasion" was composed exclusively for the game, and is also heard in Roman's Taxi in The Cousins Bellic and during the end credits (after Patch 1.0.8.0).
- Hakan, one of users of friendswithoutfaces.net from city of Mersin, Turkey, is looking up for ladies from Ukraine and Poland.
- Cossack attack raids mentioned by Isaac from pointclickshipabitch.com[15].
- There is also the Cossack Travel air agency that offers flights to Ukraine, Russia and Baltic States, located on Mohawk Avenue, Hove Beach.
- Alex Kaluzhsky is a Ukrainian actor and voice actor who provided the voice of a pedestrian.
- Andriy Maximov is possibly of Ukrainian descent due to his name, despite being called Russian in-game.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
- Sergey Nagorny is a Ukrainian actor and voice actor who voices Josef.
- Natalia Fedner is a Ukrainian-American actress and voice actress who provided the voice of a pedestrian.
- The T-34 tank was developed by Soviet-Ukrainian Morozov Design Bureau. And it was manufactured in Soviet Ukraine and Soviet Russia.
- The Cargo Plane is mostly based on the Antonov An-124 Ruslan and Antonov An-225 Mriya planes. Both were developed by Soviet-Ukrainian Antonov Design Bureau.
- The An-124 planes were manufactured in Soviet Ukraine and Soviet Russia (later in Ukraine and Russia respectively).
- The only one An-225 plane was manufactured in the Soviet Ukraine and later destroyed by Russian Armed Forces during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- One of the currencies listed on the www.iwillsurviveitall.com website is the Ukrainian hryvnia.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
- The RM-10 Bombushka is mostly based on the Antonov An-12 plane. It was developed by Soviet-Ukrainian Antonov Design Bureau. And it was manufactured in Soviet Russia.
- The Zhaba is mostly based on the SHERP ATV. It was developed by Russian and Ukrainian engineers. And it was manufactured in Ukraine and Russia.
- The Inductor and Junk Energy Inductor are based on Delfast Top 3.0/3.0i, the Delfast is an US-headquartered Ukrainian electric bicycle manufacturer.
References[]
- ↑ “USSR has a nuclear disaster when a power plant in Chernobyl releases dangerous levels of radioactivity into the atmosphere.”— Kent Paul, "Timeline & Events" section of Kent Paul's 80's Nostalgia Zone! website
- ↑ “Vladivostok FM is Russian radio with Ukrainian Ruslana. Nothing make sense in America, but we learn a lot from American radio. Commercials are the most important.”
- ↑ “Go! Давай! You are listening to Vladivostok FM. Home of the great tracks from Ukraine and all points east of Berlin. Someone in Hove Beach send me some salo. You would love this, America, maybe. It's a great delicacy. Chocolate covered pig fat. I want you to get some bacon and cover it in chocolate. And be energy independed and listen to these great tracks. Be energy, be wild!”
- ↑ “You are listening to Ruslana and we are getting sentimental for home. I miss Carpathian borscht, сир, вареники, сметана. I wanna send grates to my mom and village!”
- ↑ “You know what the similarity between America and Ukraine? We are both addicted to foreign oil. Get out! And do something about it! Go renewable! Come on!”
- ↑ “This is Vladivostok FM. I wanted to call it "Ruslana Radio" but these people don't even know that Vladivostok is next to Japan. But don't worry! I just bought the radio, so we are changing the name soon. The election is coming up, so I will get all my money back. American politician are so cheap to buy, just like Ukraine. I love America!”
- ↑ “Hey! Go ahead! Ruslana here! Your DJ well diva! Just call me celebrity. Remember my people: don't try to bribe police here. They are not like the police back home. You know the police love only one. Food. Yum-yum-yum.”
- ↑
- ↑ “Hi. Vladivostok FM. Community radio for Liberty City bringing the Earth's revolution into every house in America. Music of Ukraine and Russia everywhere. Eastern Europe here in Liberty City.”
- ↑ “Привіт всім файним хлопцям! То говорить Руслана з радіо Владивосток. Тут я маю тепер своє радіо і буду говорити файні, дуже файні, речі. Будьмо!”
- ↑ “I saw this commercial for Super Classy Touch limousine service. It's not so classy, and the driver was drunk, and he tried to touch me! Пішов нафіг! Іди геть, скотина!”
- ↑ “Привіт, Ліберті-Сіті! Що? Голова болить? Недопили? Чи перепили? Проблеми з газом? Кефірчика? На роботу! Бігом!”
- ↑ “Hey! You may not have heard Ukraine hip-hop. But we have it here: Разом нас багато! Нас не подолати! Eastern Europeans don't rap about toilet paper or money. We sing about the struggle! Здравствуйте, товарищи! Maybe you have heard of it.”
- ↑ “If you miss your Motherland, you're in the right place! Несе Галя воду...”
- ↑ “Isaac: Finally, what I've always wanted. A sophisticated, elegant European lady, who is grateful every time I don't send Cossacks into her village to kill her entire family. This is REAL domestic bliss, folks. Try it.”— testimonial from myroomonline.net
