Ukraine is located in the east of the European Continent, with a population of 44,854,065, making it the 30th largest national
population. Its capital and largest city is Kyiv (also known as Kiev) with a total population of 3,648,000. The country
encompasses 603,700 square kilometers making it the 44th largest country in total area. It shares boundaries with Belarus,
Russia, Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.
President Viktor Yanukovych is recognized as the Chief of State and achieves that status through popular vote and holds
that position for five years and is eligible for a second term. Prime Minster Mykola Azarov is recognized as the Head of
Government and, along with First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov and Deputy Prime Ministers Yuriy Boyko,
Kostyantyn Hryshchenko and Oleksandr Vilkul, achieves that status following legislative elections, when the leader of the
majority party or the majority coalition is appointed to the cabinet by the President and holds that position five years. Its
form of government is a republic and they celebrate the creation of their constitution on 28th of June 1996.
The languages commonly or officially spoken are Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian and other tongues. It
counts among its major religions Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate, Orthodox, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow
Patriarchate, Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and no faiths. As sources of
mass communication it has 542 radio stations and 647 Television stations.
Major geographical features are Hora Hoverla, its highest point at 2,061 meters and the Black Sea, its lowest point at 0
meters. Its principal waterway is Dnieper River, which measures 2,253 kilometers.
Major industries providing for the bulk of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are coal, electric power, ferrous and
nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals and food processing. Its official currency is Ukrainian
Hryvnia .
Here’s something you may not know about Ukraine. Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe.
population. Its capital and largest city is Kyiv (also known as Kiev) with a total population of 3,648,000. The country
encompasses 603,700 square kilometers making it the 44th largest country in total area. It shares boundaries with Belarus,
Russia, Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.
President Viktor Yanukovych is recognized as the Chief of State and achieves that status through popular vote and holds
that position for five years and is eligible for a second term. Prime Minster Mykola Azarov is recognized as the Head of
Government and, along with First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov and Deputy Prime Ministers Yuriy Boyko,
Kostyantyn Hryshchenko and Oleksandr Vilkul, achieves that status following legislative elections, when the leader of the
majority party or the majority coalition is appointed to the cabinet by the President and holds that position five years. Its
form of government is a republic and they celebrate the creation of their constitution on 28th of June 1996.
The languages commonly or officially spoken are Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian and other tongues. It
counts among its major religions Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate, Orthodox, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow
Patriarchate, Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and no faiths. As sources of
mass communication it has 542 radio stations and 647 Television stations.
Major geographical features are Hora Hoverla, its highest point at 2,061 meters and the Black Sea, its lowest point at 0
meters. Its principal waterway is Dnieper River, which measures 2,253 kilometers.
Major industries providing for the bulk of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are coal, electric power, ferrous and
nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals and food processing. Its official currency is Ukrainian
Hryvnia .
Here’s something you may not know about Ukraine. Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe.
| Old wooden Ukrainian house |
| Bell tower of Saint Sophia cathedral in Kyiv |
| Bear Mountain on the Black Sea coast of Yalada (Yalta) |
| The dome of Saint Sophia in Kyiv |
| Dnieper River- Ukraine's principle waterway |
| Entrance to Uspensky Cave Monastery |
| Hora Hoverla- Ukraine's highest point |
| Livadia Palace, scene of the historic Yalta conference in 1945 |
| Soviet era building in Kyiv |
| Abi's Home Page |
| Back to |
| Kyiv- Ukraine's capital and largest city |
UKRAINE
Updated 26 February 2013
Updated 26 February 2013
| Adult Prevalence Rate: People Living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS Deaths: |
1.1% (2009 est.)
350,000
24,000
350,000
24,000
| Swallow's Nest at Yalta Crimea Peninsula on the Black Sea |
| Tradtional Ukrainian dress |
| Tradtional Ukrainian sweet |
| Chernivtsi on Ukraine's border with Romania |
| Chervonograd on Ukraine's Poland border |
| Luhansk- Ukraine's easternmost point on the Russian border |
| Odessa on the Black Sea |
| Ovruch on Ukraine's border with Belarus |
| Shostka- Ukraine's northernmost point on the Russian border |
| Ukraine's border with Hungary |
| Ukraine's countryside along the border with Moldova |
| Yalta on the Black Sea- Ukraine;s southernmost and lowest point |
| Uzhhorod Railway Station- Ukraine's westernmost point on the border with Slovakia |
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| Rybnitsa- a breakaway autonomous region of Ukraine's border with Moldova |
