UKRAINE

Ukraine is a country in Europe and a Republic. Russia is East of Ukraine, Belarus is in the North, Poland and Slovakia are in the West, Hungary, Romania and Moldova are to the South West and the Black Sea is to the South. It is part of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Location

Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east.

Geography

Strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe.

Capital

Kiev (Kyyiv)

Climate

Temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers.

Language

Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, small Romanian, Polish, and Hungarian-speaking minorities.

Monetary Unit

hryvnia (UAH)

Largest Cities

Kyyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa, Zaporizhzhya, Kryvyy Rih, Mykolayiv, Mariupol, Luhansk, Vinnytsya, Makiyivka

Principal rivers

Dnepr, Dnestr

Places to Visit

Crimea, Carpathians, Kyiv, Lviv

Airports

Berdyansk, Cherkassy, Chernigov, Chernovtsy, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankovsk, Kamenets-Podolskiy, Kerch, Kharkov, Kherson, Khmelnitskiy, Kiev Borispol, Kiev Zhulhany, Kirovograd, Kramatorsk, Kremenchug, Krivoy Rog, Lugansk, Lutsk, Lvov Snilow, Mariupol, Mirgorod, Nikolaev, Odessa Central, Poltava, Rovno, Severodoneck, Simferopol, Sumy, Ternopol, Uzhgorod, Vinnitsa, Zaporozhye, Zhitomir