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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St. John the Baptist Church country Ukraine
subject surface form: St. John the Baptist Church (Nizhyn)
Sosnytsia country Ukraine
Faculty of Mining country Ukraine
Faculty of Electrical Engineering country Ukraine
subject surface form: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Dnipro University of Technology
NPU country Ukraine
subject surface form: National Police of Ukraine
Militsiya of Ukraine country Ukraine
PGO of Ukraine country Ukraine
high specialized courts of Ukraine country Ukraine
subject surface form: High specialized courts of Ukraine
Faculty of Civil Engineering country Ukraine
subject surface form: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Dnipro University of Technology
City Garden (Odesa) country Ukraine
Katerynynska Square country Ukraine
Odesa Film Studio country Ukraine
Volodymyr Raion country Ukraine
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering country Ukraine
subject surface form: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Dnipro University of Technology
Valley of Roses park country Ukraine
FC Dnipro Cherkasy country Ukraine
Kropyvnytskyi Raion country Ukraine
Novodnistrovsk country Ukraine
Ukrhydroenergo country Ukraine
Koriukivka country Ukraine
Koriukivka country Ukraine
subject surface form: Koriukivka massacre
MVS country Ukraine