Ukraine: Facts
Ukraine is a state in Eastern Europe, bounded on the north by Belarus, on the
north and east by the Russian Federation, on the west by Poland, Slovakia, on
the southwest by Hungary, Rumania, and Moldova, and on the south by the Black
Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Ukraine includes the Crimean Autonomous Republic, which was elevated from an
oblast to a constituent republic in 1991.
Kyiv is the capital and largest city.
Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe after Russia. The total area of
Ukraine is 603,700 sq. km (compare the area of France - 551,000 sq. km; Germany
- 356,000; Great Britain - 244,000; Italy - 301,000; Spain - 505,000). The area
spanned in a west-east direction is 1300 ...
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in the southernmost region of
the Crimea the climate is sub-tropical. The largest river of Ukraine is the
Dnipro, which is 2201 km in length, of which 981 km flow through Ukraine. The
largest mountain system in Ukraine is the Carpathian Mountains that extend for
more than 270 km and are 100-110 km wide. The highest peak is the Hoverla (2061
m).
Government
Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Ukraine local long
form: none local short form: Ukrayina former: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic
Digraph: UP
Type: republic
Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv)
Administrative divisions: 24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous
republic* (avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalites (mista, singular - misto)
with oblast status**; Cherkas'ka (Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka (Chernihiv),
Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi), Dnipropetrovs'ka (Dnipropetrovs'k), Donets'ka
(Donets'k), Ivano-Frankivs'ka (Ivano-Frankivs'k), Kharkivs'ka (Kharkiv),
Khersons'ka (Kherson), ...
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