Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is the country's capital.

quick facts
Founded:August 24, 1991
Capital:Kiev
Population:46,299,862
Official language:Ukrainian Language
Currency:Ukrainian Hrivna, Ukrainian hryvnia
Area:233,062.1 sq. mi.
GDP:$198,000,000,000
Form of government:Republic, Semi-presidential system, Parliamentary system
Also known as:Україна, Украина

Capital city of Ukraine

Kiev
Kiev
Population:2,819,566
Founded:482

Kiev or Kyiv ; Russian: Киев; see also Cities' alternative names, is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press. Kiev is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural centre of Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech...
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National landmarks of Ukraine

Kiev Pechersk Lavra
Kiev Pechersk Lavra

Kiev Pechersk Lavra , also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. Since its...
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St Andrew's Church of Kiev
St Andrew's Church of Kiev

The Saint Andrew's Church is a major Baroque church located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The church was constructed in 1747–1754, to a...
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Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev

Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is an outstanding architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. Today, it is one of the city's best known landmarks and the...
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St Volodymyr's Cathedral
St Volodymyr's Cathedral

St Volodymyr's Cathedral is a cathedral in the centre of Kiev. It is one of the city's major landmarks and the mother cathedral of the Ukrainian...
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Golden Gate
Golden Gate

The Golden Gates of Kiev is a historic gateway in the ancient city walls of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Currently it serves as a museum and is...
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Major cities in Ukraine

CityPopulation
Kiev 2,819,566
Kharkiv 1,500,000
Dnipropetrovsk 1,040,000
Zaporizhia 790,000
Kryvyi Rih 710,400
Mykolaiv 505,900
Luhansk 445,900
Makiivka 389,589
Kherson 358,000
Vinnytsia 350,400
Desnianskyi Raion 349,538
Sevastopol 342,451
Dniprovskyi Raion 334,000
Poltava 308,509
Obolonskyi Raion 306,000
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Population history of Ukraine

YearEstimated Population
January 1, 2009 46,143,700
July 2007 46,299,862
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Government officials of Ukraine

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

OlympicsEventAthleteMedal
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 Kalitovska 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 Irini 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 Rhymthic 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 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 Viktoriya Styopina Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Sabre individual Vladislav Tretiak Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Parallel bars Valeri Goncharov Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Rhymthic 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 Igor 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 Irini 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) Wladimir Sidorenko Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Bantamweight 51 - 54kg Sergey Danilchenko Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Lightweight 57 - 60kg Andriy Kotelnyk Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Welterweight 63.5-67kg Sergey 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 Oleksandr Beresh 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 Oleksiy 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 Rhymthic gymnastics, individual all-round Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, First Heavyweight 91-99kg Denis Gotfrid Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, 99 - 108 kg Timur Taymazov Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Featherweight 57-62kg Elbrus Tedeyev Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle, Lightweight 62-68kg Zaza Zazirov Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Flyweight 48-52 kg Andriy Kalashniroz Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Light Heavyweight 82-90 kg Vyacheslav Oleynyk Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's Rhymthic gymnastics, individual all-round Elena Vitrichenko Bronze medal
1994 Winter Olympics Women's Singles Oksana Baiul Gold medal
1994 Winter Olympics Women's 7.5 km Sprint Valentyna Tserbe-Nessina Bronze medal
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International Memberships

GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development

The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development is a regional organization of four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan,...
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Zangger Committee
Zangger Committee

The Zangger Committee, also known as the Nuclear Exporters Committee, sprang from Article III.2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear...
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Partnership for Peace
Partnership for Peace

Partnership for Peace is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the...
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World Bank
World Bank

World Bank is a term used to describe an international financial institution that provides leveraged loans to developing countries for capital...
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Council of Europe
Council of Europe

The Council of Europe is one of the oldest international organisations working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a...
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Books about Ukraine

TitleAuthorCopyright DateGenre
The White Guard Mikhail Bulgakov Novel, Fiction
The Fixer Bernard Malamud Fiction, Children's literature
With Fire and Sword Henryk Sienkiewicz Historical novel
Flashman at the Charge George MacDonald Fraser Historical novel, Fiction, Historical fiction
Master Georgie Beryl Bainbridge Historical novel
The trial of God Elie Wiesel
The Harvest of Sorrow Robert Conquest
Katya Sandra Birdsell
Eternal people David Milofsky
Enough Marsha Skrypuch Children's literature, Fiction
Ukraine Orest Subtelny
Metchnikoff and the origins of immunology Alfred I. Tauber
Honey and Ashes Janice Kulyk Keefer Biography
Resplendent Synagogue Thomas Hubka
Love In A World Of Sorrow Fanya Heller Biography
Sirko and the wolf Eric Kimmel
One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes Eric Kimmel
Alicia Alicia Appleman-Jurman Biography, Autobiography
Czars, Russia, Poland and the Ukraine, 1462-1725 Martyn Rady
Kharkov 1942 David Glantz
Battle for the Ukraine David Glantz
Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer Novel
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Famous residents of Ukraine

Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II of Russia
Film Actor, TV Actor

  Nicholas II of Russia was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. He ruled from 1894 until his forced...
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Krystyna Feldman
Krystyna Feldman
Film Actor, TV Actor

Krystyna Feldman was a Polish actress. Born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary to a Catholic mother, Katarzyna Sawicka-Feldman, an opera singer and a...
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Andrzej Żuławski
Andrzej Żuławski
TV Actor

Andrzej Żuławski is a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland . Żuławski was an assistant of Andrzej Wajda. When...
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Emanuel Ax
Emanuel Ax
Musical Artist

Emanuel Ax is a Grammy-winning American-Jewish classical pianist. He is currently a teacher on the faculty of the Juilliard School. He is widely...
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Wojciech Kilar
Wojciech Kilar
Musical Artist

Wojciech Kilar  ; b. July 17, 1932 in Lwów, Poland is a Polish classical and film music composer. Wojciech Kilar is inarguably one of...
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Countries adjoining Ukraine

Belarus
Belarus

Belarus, bel-ə-ROOS; Belarusian: Беларусь, Russian:...
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Slovakia
Slovakia

The Slovak Republic ; Slovak: Slovensko , long form Slovenská republika is a state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million...
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Moldova
Moldova

Moldova /mɒlˈdoʊvə/ , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to...
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Romania
Romania

Romania roe-MAY-nee-ə; dated: Rumania; Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a]  is a country located at the crossroads of Central...
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Hungary
Hungary

Hungary /ˈhʌŋɡəri/ , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin in Central...
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Frequently Asked Questions

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