UKRAINE

Ukraine is a country in Europe. 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.

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