Ukraine

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Ukraine is a large Eastern European country known for its fertile plains, strategic geopolitical position between Russia and the European Union, and its complex 20th- and 21st-century history marked by independence struggles and ongoing conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Eastern Europe
sovereign state
areaKm2 603628
areaRank largest country entirely in Europe
aspirantTo European Union membership
NATO membership
borderingCountry Belarus
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
borderingSea Black Sea
Sea of Azov
callingCode +380
capital Kyiv
CISStatus former participant
continent Europe
CouncilOfEuropeMember true
currency Ukrainian hryvnia
currencyCode UAH
drivesOn right
governmentType unitary semi-presidential republic
hasSignificantRegion Bukovina
Crimea
Donbas
District of Galicia
surface form: Galicia

Carpatho-Ukraine
surface form: Transcarpathia

Volhynia
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of Ukraine
headOfStateTitle Office of the President of Ukraine
surface form: President of Ukraine
highestPoint Hoverla
highestPointElevationM 2061
historicalEvent 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia
Russo-Ukrainian War
surface form: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Chernobyl disaster
Euromaidan
Holodomor
Orange Revolution
Euromaidan
surface form: Revolution of Dignity

Russo-Ukrainian War
IMFMember true
independenceDeclared 1991-08-24
independenceFrom Soviet Union
independenceRecognized 1991-12-26
internetTLD .ua
.укр
ISO3166-1Alpha2 UA
ISO3166-1Alpha3 Ukraine self-linksurface differs
surface form: UKR
ISO3166-1Numeric 804
knownFor fertile chernozem soils
grain production
largestCity Kyiv
legislature Verkhovna Rada
majorEconomicSector agriculture
energy
metallurgy
majorReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Greek Catholicism
majorRiver Dnieper
Dniester
Siverskyi Donets
Southern Bug
memberOf Partnership for Peace countries
surface form: Partnership for Peace
nationalAnthem Shche ne vmerla Ukraina
nationalMotto Slava Ukrayini
nationalSymbol Tryzub
blue and yellow flag
officialLanguage Ukrainian
OSCEMember true
region Eastern Europe
subregion Black Sea
surface form: Black Sea region
timeZone UTC+02:00
timeZoneDST UTC+03:00
UNMemberState true
WorldBankMember true
writingSystem Cyrillic script
WTOMember true

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Western Bug country Ukraine
Western Bug sourceCountry Ukraine
Western Bug basinCountry Ukraine
Lutsk Airport country Ukraine
Єзуїтський колегіум у Луцьку country Ukraine
this entity surface form: Україна
Kosach family country Ukraine
Faculty of History country Ukraine
subject surface form: Faculty of History, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
Faculty of Mathematics country Ukraine
subject surface form: Faculty of Mathematics, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
Faculty of Physics country Ukraine
subject surface form: Faculty of Physics, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
Institute of Arts country Ukraine
Research Library country Ukraine
subject surface form: Research Library at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
Research Library locatedIn Ukraine
subject surface form: Research Library at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
Flag of Ukraine country Ukraine
Faculty of Law country Ukraine
subject surface form: Faculty of Law (Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University)
Danube limes country Ukraine
Lokachi country Ukraine
Svityaz Lake country Ukraine
Svityaz Lake isDeepestLakeIn Ukraine
Русины проживаютВ Ukraine
this entity surface form: Украина
Zakarpattia Oblast country Ukraine
Zakarpattia Oblast partOf Ukraine