Ukraine
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| Ukraine Україна | |||||
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| National anthem: | Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava i volya | ||||
| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | Ukrainian | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 47,732,079 (ranked 24) | ||||
| - Density: | 80 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Kyiv | ||||
| Largest city: | Kyiv | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total: | 603,700 km² (ranked 43) | ||||
| - Water: | n/a km² (n/a%) | ||||
| Politics / Government | |||||
| Established: | From the Soviet Union (24 August 1991) | ||||
| Leaders: | President Viktor Yushchenko Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko |
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| Economy / Money | |||||
| Currency: (Name of money) |
Hryvnia (грн.) | ||||
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| Time zone: | +02:00 | ||||
| Telephone dialing code: | 380 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .UA | ||||
Ukraine (Україна, [ukrajina]) is a country in Europe. Russia is East of Ukraine, Belarus is in the North, Poland and Slovakia are in the West, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and self-proclaimed Transnistria are to the South West and the Black Sea is to the South.
Ukraine is a republic. It is part of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The capital of Ukraine is Kiev (Київ — Kyiv [Kyjif] by Ukrainian; Киев by Russian [Kijef]).
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[change] Official language
The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian (українська мова, [ukrajin’s’ka mova] by Ukrainian), but 30 to 50 % use Russian in every day life.
[change] Ukraine divided
Ukraine is divided into 24 oblasts, Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Автономна Республіка Крим [avtonomna respublika krym] by Ukrainian) and two cities with special status — Kyiv and Sevastopol in Crimea.
[change] The largest cities of Ukraine
Kiev (the capital from 1934), Kharkiv (the capital of Soviet Ukraine in 1917—1934), Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Lviv (last one before 1939 — the polish territory).
[change] History
[change] Presidents of Ukraine
- Kravchuk Leonid Makarovych (1991—1994)
- Kuchma Leonid Danylovych (1994—2005)
- Yushchenko Victor Andriyovych (from 2005)
[change] Modern History
In the Soviet epoch Ukraine was a Soviet Socialist Republic in Soviet Union. Independence day — 24 August 1991.
President elections: 1 December 1991, July 1994, October-November 1999, October-December 2004
Parliament elections: March 1994, March 1998, March 2002, March 2006, September 2007 (prematurely)
Constitution of Ukraine was adopted by Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) 28 July 1996 with changes 8 December 2004.
[change] Orange Revolution
The political demonstrations in autumn-winter 2004 after falsification of Presidential elections that gathered millions of people all over the country. On November 26, 2004, Victor Yuschenko lost the Ukrainian presidential election (Viktor Yanukovych was declared winner). However, Yuschenko and his followers argued that the election had been corrupted. They argued that the election results had been falsified by the Ukrainian government, in support of the opposing candidate Victor Yanukovych. They organized political demonstrations in autumn-winter 2004 that gathered millions of people all over the country. They called the demonstrations The Orange Revolution. Current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was an important ally of Victor Yuschenko during the demonstrations. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine ordered a second round of elections, which Yuschenko won.
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