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Complete details about Ukraine in Europe with capital city Kyiv

Country NameUkraine (Ukrajina)
Country CodeUKR
Capital CityKyiv
ContinentEurope
RegionEastern Europe
Independence Year1991
Population50456000
Surface Area603700.0
Life Expectancy66.0 years
GNP42168.0 (old 49677.0)
Government FormRepublic

Spoken Languages

Belorussian     (0.3%)
Bulgariana     (0.3%)
Hungarian     (0.3%)
Polish     (0.1%)
Romanian     (0.7%)
Russian     (32.9%)
Ukrainian [official]     (64.7%)

Major Cities

Kyiv, Kiova     (population 2624000)
Harkova [Harkiv], Harkova     (population 1500000)
Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk     (population 1103000)
Donetsk, Donetsk     (population 1050000)
Odesa, Odesa     (population 1011000)
Zaporizzja, Zaporizzja     (population 848000)
Lviv, Lviv     (population 788000)
Kryvyi Rig, Dnipropetrovsk     (population 703000)
Mykolajiv, Mykolajiv     (population 508000)
Mariupol, Donetsk     (population 490000)
Lugansk, Lugansk     (population 469000)
Vinnytsja, Vinnytsja     (population 391000)
Makijivka, Donetsk     (population 384000)
Herson, Herson     (population 353000)
Sevastopol, Krim     (population 348000)
Simferopol, Krim     (population 339000)
Pultava [Poltava], Pultava     (population 313000)
T?ernigiv, T?ernigiv     (population 313000)
T?erkasy, T?erkasy     (population 309000)
Gorlivka, Donetsk     (population 299000)
Zytomyr, Zytomyr     (population 297000)
Sumy, Sumy     (population 294000)
Dniprodzerzynsk, Dnipropetrovsk     (population 270000)
Kirovograd, Kirovograd     (population 265000)
Hmelnytskyi, Hmelnytskyi     (population 262000)
T?ernivtsi, T?ernivtsi     (population 259000)
Rivne, Rivne     (population 245000)
Krement?uk, Pultava     (population 239000)
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk     (population 237000)
Ternopil, Ternopil     (population 236000)
Lutsk, Volynia     (population 217000)
Bila Tserkva, Kiova     (population 215000)
Kramatorsk, Donetsk     (population 186000)
Melitopol, Zaporizzja     (population 169000)
Kert?, Krim     (population 162000)
Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk     (population 149000)
Berdjansk, Zaporizzja     (population 130000)
Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk     (population 127000)
Sjeverodonetsk, Lugansk     (population 127000)
Slovjansk, Donetsk     (population 127000)
Uzgorod, Taka-Karpatia     (population 127000)
Alt?evsk, Lugansk     (population 119000)
Lysyt?ansk, Lugansk     (population 116000)
Jevpatorija, Krim     (population 112000)
Kamjanets-Podilskyi, Hmelnytskyi     (population 109000)
Jenakijeve, Donetsk     (population 105000)
Krasnyi Lut?, Lugansk     (population 101000)
Stahanov, Lugansk     (population 101000)
Oleksandrija, Kirovograd     (population 99000)
Konotop, Sumy     (population 96000)
Kostjantynivka, Donetsk     (population 95000)
Berdyt?iv, Zytomyr     (population 90000)
Izmajil, Odesa     (population 90000)
?ostka, Sumy     (population 90000)
Uman, T?erkasy     (population 90000)
Brovary, Kiova     (population 89000)
Mukat?eve, Taka-Karpatia     (population 89000)

Ukraine's most recent News and Stories



Publisher: Boston.comWed, 23 May 2012 08:23:27 -0700
Ukrainian official suspended in ticket probe

QUEBEC CITY?A top Ukrainian Olympic official was suspended Tuesday following allegations that he offered to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets for the London Games on the black market. Volodymyr Gerashchenko, secretary general of Ukraine's ...   read full story

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Publisher: CNNWed, 23 May 2012 10:35:57 -0700
Senior Ukrainian Olympic official suspended after ticket row read full story
Publisher: ReutersTue, 22 May 2012 18:04:38 -0700
Olympics-Ukraine official suspended amid ticket scandal read full story
Publisher: Chicago TribuneTue, 22 May 2012 17:52:27 -0700
Ukraine official suspended amid ticket scandal read full story


Publisher: Detroit Free PressWed, 23 May 2012 15:16:49 -0700
Ukrainian club owner draws 36 months in E. European stripper trafficking scheme

Ukrainian club owner draws 36 months in E. European stripper trafficking scheme By Tresa Baldas It took five years to hunt him down, and about five hours to sentence him. But as of today, the federal government is done chasing Ukrainian nightclub owner ...   read full story

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Publisher: 7thSpace Interactive (press release)Wed, 23 May 2012 15:56:22 -0700
Final Defendant Sentenced for His Role in International Conspiracy Involving ... read full story
Publisher: The Detroit NewsWed, 23 May 2012 14:29:28 -0700
Stripper smuggler gets three years in federal prison read full story
Publisher: WWMT-TVWed, 23 May 2012 14:37:44 -0700
3-year sentence in US-Europe sex trafficking case read full story


Publisher: TODAYonlineWed, 23 May 2012 14:03:26 -0700
Ukraine shoots, but will it score?

There has been a fashion makeover in Ukraine for those issuing border stamps, done to coincide with the country's co-hosting of the UEFA Euro 2012 football championship with Poland, a new look that involves skirts cut three inches above the knee, ...   read full story

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Publisher: Yahoo! SportsWed, 23 May 2012 08:18:50 -0700
UEFA Euro 2012 Schedule: Group D read full story
Publisher: SuperSport.com (blog)Wed, 23 May 2012 03:45:32 -0700
Platini defends Uefa's unpolitical stand read full story
Publisher: ReutersWed, 23 May 2012 06:01:47 -0700
Protesting Polish taxi drivers clog up Warsaw read full story
Publisher: Kyiv PostWed, 23 May 2012 05:10:45 -0700
Over 20000 people per day to cross Ukraine-Poland border during Euro 2012 read full story
Publisher: Hindustan TimesWed, 23 May 2012 07:16:32 -0700
Euro 2012: what to see in Poland's host cities read full story
Publisher: GiveMeFootball.comWed, 23 May 2012 09:01:39 -0700
Euro 2012 | Who are you backing? read full story


Publisher: BBC NewsWed, 23 May 2012 08:37:54 -0700
Barry Pring Ukraine death reclassified as murder

The death of a wealthy Devon businessman in the Ukraine four years ago has been upgraded to a murder inquiry, his family has said. Barry Pring, 47, was visiting his Ukrainian wife when he was killed by a speeding car in February 2008.   read full story

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Publisher: Evening StandardWed, 23 May 2012 02:40:45 -0700
Murder police set to quiz widow of Londoner killed in Ukraine read full story