Kiev

CAPITAL CITY OF Ukraine: Kiev
LANGUAGE OF Ukraine: Ukrainian
CURRENCY OF Ukraine: Grivna
COMMENTS ABOUT Ukraine:
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe
Cities : Kiev (capital), Chumalevo, Dniepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kaniv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Mykolayiv, Ochakiv, Odessa, Sevastopol' , Teplodar, Ternopil, Uzhhorod, Yalta
Best Places : Chernobyl, Carpathians, Crimea
Calling Code : +380
Time Zone : UTC +2

RELIGION OF Ukraine: orthodox 76 %, uniaty 13,5 %, iudaisty 2,3 %, Protestants, moslems, baptists, priochie 8,2 %.
POPULATION OF Ukraine: 48 055 439 chel.>>
HISTORY OF Ukraine: In I one thousand up to AD territory of the country occupied tribes kimmerijtsev. In VII century up to AD rojavilis tribes of Scythians, and in V century up to AD at coast have arisen the Greek colonies (Olvija, the Shooting gallery, Chersonese, Panticapaeum); in Crimea it was formed Bosporskoe an empire. In IV century the first slavic tribes (anty), in VII century - a glade, drevljane, northerners, duleby have appeared, etc. In 882 the centralized state the Kiev Russia was formed. In 1239 - 1240 gg it was won by tataro-Mongols (khan Batyj). Since XIV century. Ukraine was in structure of Great a princedom Lithuanian. In XVI century the Cossack state - Zaporozhye Sech was formed. In 1569 the country was part of Speech Pospolitoj, but after national-liberation war under B.Hmelnitskogo's management (1648-1654) Left-bank Ukraine has reunited with Russia. In 1783 as a result of russko-turkish war to Russia Crimea has been attached. After the unit of Speech Pospolitoj (1793-1795) with Russia Right-bank Ukraine has reunited with Volhynia also. After civil war Ukraine became one of republics USSR. On August, 24, 1991 independence of Ukraine is proclaimed.

ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Ukraine: Ukraine - the industrial-agrarian country with an average level of development of economy. In the country extract coal, iron ore, gas, oil, uranium, nickel, manganese. The powerful enterprises black and nonferrous metallurgy, mechanical engineering, the chemical industry operate. The food, textile, sewing, kozhevenno-shoe industry, manufacture of building materials, wood and derevoobrabatyvajushchaja the industry are advanced. The main agricultural crop - wheat. Millet, rice, a potato, sugar beet (one of the first places in the world) are raised also corn, rozh, grechiha. The animal industries is submitted by cultivation of large horned livestock, sheeps, koz, pigs, poultry. It is carried out lov fishes.