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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Bulgarian language spokenIn Ukraine
Boris Shakhlin placeOfDeath Ukraine
Nikita hasPopularityRegion Ukraine
Kresy nowInCountry Ukraine
Zhytomyr country Ukraine
Foros countryClaimedBy Ukraine
Sergei isCommonIn Ukraine
Yanovka country Ukraine
Yanovka locatedIn Ukraine
Hungarians minorityIn Ukraine
Syvash country Ukraine
Perekop country Ukraine
Armyansk country Ukraine
Scythian Neapolis country Ukraine
Ukrainian Ministry of Health (through joint initiatives) country Ukraine
subject surface form: Ukrainian Ministry of Health
Taurida Academy country Ukraine
Perekop Bay countryClaimedBy Ukraine
Salhir River country Ukraine
Salhir River basinCountry Ukraine
Soviet Ukraine followedBy Ukraine
Sukhoi Su-27 usedBy Ukraine
Caffa modernCountry Ukraine
Stamboli Villa country Ukraine
this entity surface form: Ukraine (internationally recognized)
Koreiz country Ukraine
Alushta countryClaimedBy Ukraine
Danube Delta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site partlyLocatedIn Ukraine
subject surface form: Danube Delta
Danube Delta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site countryWithSmallerShare Ukraine
subject surface form: Danube Delta
Tatyana commonInCountry Ukraine
Golden Horde countryToday Ukraine
Kerkinitis countryToday Ukraine