Ukraine
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Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, romanized: Ukraïna, pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinɐ] (listen)) is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia is to the north-east of Ukraine, Belarus is to the north-west, Poland and Slovakia are to the west, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and self-proclaimed Transnistria are to the south-west and the Black Sea is to the south.
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Ukraine Україна | |
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Anthem: Ще не вмерла України (Ukrainian)[1] Shche ne vmerla Ukrayiny (transliteration) Ukraine's glory has not perished | |
Capital and largest city | Kyiv |
Official and national language | Ukrainian |
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Ethnic groups (2001) | 77.8% Ukrainians, 17.3% Russians, 4.9% others and unspecified[2] |
Demonym(s) | Ukrainian |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
Volodymyr Zelensky | |
Denys Shmyhal | |
• Speaker of Parliament | R. Stefanchuk |
Legislature | Verkhovna Rada |
Formation | |
882 | |
• Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | 1199 |
• Cossack Hetmanate | 1649 |
• Ukrainian National Republic | November 7, 1917 |
December 5, 1918 | |
December 30, 1922 | |
• Second Declaration of Independence | June 30, 1941 |
• Independence from the Soviet Union | August 24, 19911 |
Area | |
• Total | 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi) (46th) |
• Water (%) | 7% |
Population | |
• 2010 estimate | 45,888,000[3] (28th) |
• 2001 census | 48,457,102[2] |
• Density | 77/km2 (199.4/sq mi) (115th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $302.679 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $6,656[4] |
GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $136.561 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $3,003[4] |
Gini (2006) | 31[5] medium |
HDI (2011) | 0.710[6] high · 76th |
Currency | hryvnia (UAH) |
Time zone | UTC+2[7] +3 in Crimea (Eastern European Time Further-eastern European Time in the east and Crimea) |
UTC+3 (No DST in Crimea) (Eastern European Summer Time) | |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | 380 |
ISO 3166 code | UA |
Internet TLD | .ua, .укр |
1 An independence referendum was held on December 1, after which Ukrainian independence was finalized on December 26. The current constitution was adopted on June 28, 1996. |
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Ukraine is a republic. The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київ). It was a part of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991.