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A Ukrainian-made Antonov An-148.

A Ukrainian-made Antonov An-148.

The Khanate of Crimea was one of the strongest powers in Eastern Europe until the end of the 17th ce

The Khanate of Crimea was one of the strongest powers in Eastern Europe until the end of the 17th ce...

Soviet soldiers preparing rafts to cross the Dnieper (the sign reads "Give me Kiev!") in the 1943 Ba

Soviet soldiers preparing rafts to cross the Dnieper (the sign reads "Give me Kiev!") in the 1943 Ba...

DniproGES hydroelectric power plant under construction circa 1930

DniproGES hydroelectric power plant under construction circa 1930

Dnipropetrovsk skyscrapers

Dnipropetrovsk skyscrapers

The Ai-Petri 1200 m above mean sea level

The Ai-Petri 1200 m above mean sea level

Ukraine produces the fourth largest number of post-secondary graduates in Europe, while being ranked

Ukraine produces the fourth largest number of post-secondary graduates in Europe, while being ranked...

Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev

Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev

Major cities in Ukraine

CityPopulation
Kiev 2,819,566
Kharkiv 1,500,000
Lviv 1,498,000
Odessa 1,003,705
Dnipropetrovsk 1,001,612
Donetsk 975,959
Zaporizhia 790,000
Kryvyi Rih 710,400
Mykolaiv 505,900
Luhansk 445,900
Makiivka 389,589
Sevastopol 379,200
Kherson 358,000
Vinnytsia 350,400
Desna Raion 349,538
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Population history of Ukraine

YearEstimated Population
2011 45,706,100
2010 45,870,700
2009 46,053,300
2008 46,258,200
2007 46,509,350
2006 46,787,750
2005 47,105,150
2004 47,451,600
2003 47,812,950
2002 48,202,500
2001 48,683,865
2000 49,175,848
1999 49,673,350
1998 50,143,939
1997 50,594,105
1996 51,057,189
1995 51,512,299
1994 51,921,041
1993 52,179,210
1992 52,150,266
1991 52,000,470
1990 51,892,000
1989 51,773,000
1988 51,521,000
1987 51,293,000
1986 51,097,000
1985 50,917,000
1984 50,754,000
1983 50,564,000
1982 50,384,000
1981 50,221,000
1980 50,043,550
1979 49,860,466
1978 49,677,426
1977 49,484,239
1976 49,266,997
1975 49,015,998
1974 48,726,373
1973 48,401,549
1972 48,050,256
1971 47,685,533
1970 47,316,501
1969 46,947,038
1968 46,573,376
1967 46,187,918
1966 45,779,461
1965 45,340,503
1964 44,868,657
1963 44,368,350
1962 43,847,188
1961 43,316,039
1960 42,783,010
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Government officials of Ukraine

OfficialOfficeStart of Term
Mykola Azarov Prime Minister of Ukraine 2010
Viktor Yanukovych President of Ukraine 2010
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Olympic medals won by Ukraine

OlympicsEventAthleteMedal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's 400m individual medley Ganna Dzerkal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Épée individual Yana Shemyakina Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Quadruple sculls without coxswain Yana Dementieva Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Heavyweight 84-96kg Valerii Andriitsev Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Athletics, 4x100m relay Hrystyna Stuy Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Welterweight 64-69 kg Taras Shelestyuk Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Triple jump Olha Saladuha Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Vault Ihor Radivilov Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's K-1 200m (kayak single) Inna Osypenko Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's K-1 500m (kayak single) Inna Osypenko Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's C-1 200m (canoe single) Yuriy Cheban Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Sabre individual Olga Kharlan Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Weightlifting, 58kg Yuliya Kalina Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, 60 - 64 kg (light welterweight) Denys Berinchyk Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Light Heavyweight 75 - 81kg Oleksandr Gvozdyk Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Lightweight 57 - 60kg Vasyl Lomachenko Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Heavyweight 94 - 105 kg Oleksiy Torokhtiy Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Heavyweight 81 - 91kg Oleksandr Usyk Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's 10m air pistol Olena Kostevych Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's 25m pistol Olena Kostevych Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Javelin throw Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Archery, individual Viktor Ruban Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Sabre team Halyna Pundyk Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's 50m rifle prone Artur Ayvazian Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Weightlifting, 69kg Natalya Davydova Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) Roman Gontiuk Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Heptathlon Nataliya Dobrynska Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Discus throw Olena Antonova Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Track Cycling, Individual Pursuit Lesya Kalytovska Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Rings Oleksandr Vorobiov Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Featherweight 55 - 60 kg Vasyl Fedoryshyn Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Freestyle Wrestling, Flyweight 48 kg Iryna Merleni Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Lightweight 60 - 66kg Armen Vardanyan Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Pole vault Denys Yurchenko Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Athletics, 1500m Nataliya Tobias Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Athletics, 1500m Iryna Lishchynska Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Weightlifting, + 75kg Olha Korobka Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Super Heavyweight +91kg Vyacheslav Glazkov Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Featherweight 54 - 57 kg Vasyl Lomachenko Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's K-1 500m (kayak single) Inna Osypenko Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's C-1 500m (canoe single) Yuriy Cheban Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Rhythmic gymnastics, individual all-round Anna Bessonova Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Lightweight 60-66 kg Andriy Stadnik Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's 25m rapid fire pistol Oleksandr Petriv Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's 50m rifle 3 positions Jury Sukhorukov Silver medal
2006 Winter Olympics Women's 7.5 km Sprint Lilia Vaygina-Efremova Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Shot put Yuriy Bilonoh Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Athletics, 100m hurdles Olena Krasovska Silver medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Athletics, 400m hurdles Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's High jump Vita Styopina Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Sabre individual Vladislav Tretiak Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Parallel bars Valeriy Honcharov Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Rhythmic gymnastics, individual all-round Anna Bessonova Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's trampoline Yuri Nikitin Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) Roman Gontiuk Silver medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's 10m air pistol Olena Kostevych Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's 100m butterfly Andriy Serdinov Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's 200m individual medley Yana Klochkova Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's 400m individual medley Yana Klochkova Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Heavyweight 94 - 105 kg Ihor Razoronov Silver medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Weightlifting, 63kg Nataliya Skakun Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Lightweight 60-66 kg Elbrus Tedeyev Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Freestyle Wrestling, Flyweight 48 kg Iryna Merleni Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Road cycling, individual road race Serhiy Honchar
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Road cycling, individual road race Kyrylo Pospyeyev
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Road cycling, individual road race Yaroslav Popovych
2000 Summer Olympics Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard Ganna Sorokina Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Long jump Roman Shchurenko Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's Triple jump Olena Hovorova Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, 48 - 51kg (flyweight) Volodymyr Sydorenko Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Bantamweight 51 - 54kg Serhiy Danylchenko Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Lightweight 57 - 60kg Andreas Kotelnik Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Welterweight 63.5-67kg Serhiy Dotsenko Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Light Heavyweight 75 - 81kg Andriy Fedchuk Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's Track cycling, sprint Iryna Yanovych Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Gymnastics, individual all-round Alexander Beresch Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's trampoline Oksana Tsyhuleva Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, 81 - 90kg (middleweight) Ruslan Mashurenko Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Skeet Mykola Milchev Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's 200m butterfly Denys Sylantyev Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's 800m freestyle Yana Klochkova Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's 200m individual medley Yana Klochkova Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's 400m individual medley Yana Klochkova Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Greco Roman Wrestling, Heavyweight 85-97 kg Davyd Saldadze Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Bantamweight 54-58 kg Yevgen Buslovych Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Mountain Biking, Cross-Country Sergiy Rysenko
1998 Winter Olympics Women's 15 km Individual Elena Petrova Silver medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Volleyball Nataliya Bozhenova
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Archery, individual Olena Sadovnycha Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Hammer throw Oleksandr Krykun Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's High jump Inha Babakova Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Shot put Oleksandr Bagach Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Triple jump Inessa Kravets Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, - Light Flyweight -48kg Oleg Kiryukhin Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Super Heavyweight +91kg Vladimir Klichko Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Gymnastics, individual all-round Lilia Podkopayeva Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Balance Beam Lilia Podkopayeva Silver medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Floor exercises Lilia Podkopayeva Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Parallel bars Rustam Sharipov Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Rhythmic gymnastics, individual all-round Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Gold medal
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Books about Ukraine

Master Georgie
Master Georgie
Genre:Historical novel
Kharkov 1942
Kharkov 1942
Author:David Glantz
The White Guard
The White Guard
Genre:Novel, Fiction

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What currency was previously used by people living in Ukraine?
  • A:
    The country's former currency includes the Ukrainian karbovanets.
  • Q:
    Ukraine is included within which time zone?
  • A:
    Eastern European Time is the standard time zone for Ukraine.
  • Q:
    What is the national anthem for the country of Ukraine named?
  • A:
    The song is called, "Ukraine: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina."
  • Q:
    What is the calling code used to call numbers in Ukraine?
  • A:
    The calling code prefix is +380.
  • Q:
    Under which form of government does Ukraine operate?
  • A:
    The form of government is a Republic.
  • Q:
    What are the official languages in Ukraine?
  • A:
    Ukrainian , Russian , Moldovan language and Tatar are the common languages spoken in this country.
  • Q:
    Which currency is officially accepted in Ukraine?
  • A:
    The currencies accepted in this country include the Ukrainian Hrivna and Ukrainian hryvnia.
  • Q:
    What is the capital of the country, Ukraine?
  • A:
    The capital of this country is Kiev.
  • Q:
    What famous people were born in Ukraine?
  • A:
    Prominent people and popular celebrities born in Ukraine include:
    - Alla Pavlova
    - Igor Dobrovolski
    - Petro Konashevych
    - Baruch Ostrovsky
    - Hayyim Nahman Bialik
    - Dmytro Vyshnevetsky
    - Dmitry Grabovskiy
Ukraine Photo Gallery

Lists

#9
Deadliest Famines
Death Toll: 5,000,000
#15
Cell Phones
Users: 55,240,000
#16
Consumer Inflation
Rate: 12.8%
#18
Electricity Production
kWh: 192,100,000,000
#19
Telephone Lines in Use
Lines: 12,858,000
#20
Annual Death Rate
Deaths Per 1,000 People: 15.93
#21
Living with AIDS
Estimate: 360,000
#26
Total Labor Force
Workers: 21,580,000
#27
Oil Proved Reserves
Barrels: 20,850,000,000
#27
Population
#29
Internet Users
Number: 10,000,000
#34
Purchasing Power Parity
PPP: $324,800,000,000
#39
Real GDP Growth Rate
Growth Rate: 7.70%
#56
Prime Lending Rate
Rate: 13.90%
#68
Industrial Production Growth Rate
Rate: 6.00%
#74
Lowest Life Expectancy
Years: 68.1
#121
Per Capita GDP
GDP: $7,000
#175
Unemployment
Rate: 2.30%
#205
Annual Birth Rate
Births Per 1,000 People: 9.6
#209
Population Growth
Rate: -0.65%
#211
Fertility Rate
Rate: 1.25

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