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Ukraine quick facts

Ukraine total area: 603,628 sq km.
Ukraine boundaries: North - Belarus; East - Russian federation; South - the Black Sea; West - Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova.
Ukraine elevations: highest - Mount Hoverla (6,702 feet, or 2,043 meters); lowest - Kyleutske, in the Crimea (59 feet, or 18 meters).

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Ukraine population: 46,314,000 (2007 est).
Ukraine capital and largest cities: Kiev, Lvov, Odessa, Donetsk.
Ukraine major languages: Ukrainian and Russian.

Ukraine coat of arms

Ukraine major religious groups: Orthodox Christians, Greek Catholics (Uniates), Baptists, and Jews.
Ukraine calling (phone) code: +380.
Ukraine currency: Hryvnia (UAH).
Ukraine Internet TLD: .ua

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Ukraine overview

Ukraine, Ukrainian ukraina, country in southeastern Europe, the second largest of the continent after Russia.

Ukraine beautiful nature

Economically, Ukraine is a major industrial and agricultural producer. Ukraine country is well endowed in natural resources and has long been known as Europe's and later the USSR's breadbasket.

Ukraine country landscape

Ukraine consists almost entirely of level plains and occupies a large portion of the East European Plain. The central part of Ukraine consists of the Dnepr Lowland, through which the Dnepr River runs from north to south.

Ukraine architecture - castle

Other lowlands extend along the shores of the Black and Azov seas in southern Ukraine, while the Crimean Peninsula, in the extreme south, has both lowlands and low mountains. Western Ukraine has some uplands, and the Carpathian Mountains extend through that region for more than 150 miles (240 km).

Ukraine independence symbol

Ukraine lies in a temperate climatic zone and receives 16 to 24 inches (400 to 600 mm) of precipitation annually. The Dnepr, Don, Dnestr, and other rivers all drain southward through the plains to empty into the Azov-Black Sea Basin. Ukraine's most important river, the Dnepr river, is extensively dammed along much of its course for hydroelectric and irrigation purposes.

Ukraine sculptures view

Ethnic Ukrainians make up more than seven-tenths of the total population. The Ukrainian language is closely related to Russian and Belorussian and belongs to the Slavic group of languages.

Ukraine city nigth view

Russians are the largest minority group, accounting for about two-tenths of the population. The highest population densities are found in the industrialized Donets Coal Basin and Dnepr Bend regions and in the agriculturally productive forest-steppe belt.

Ukraine buildings from the past

Illiteracy was virtually eliminated during the Soviet period, and education is now compulsory between the ages of 7 and 17. In higher education, Ukrainian is once again becoming the main language of instruction after being displaced by Russian during the Soviet period. Primary and secondary schools using Russian still prevail in the Donets Basin and in the south of Ukraine, where there are large Russian minorities.

Ukraine houses

Ukraine cathedral view

Krasnodar krai — a region of great economic significance for Russia

Kazan - a thousand-year Russian city