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Ukraine

	Україна

Українська	Україна^[1] Україна – країна у Центрально-Схiдній Європі, розташована у південно-східній частині Східноєвропейської рівнини. Має спільні державні кордони з Росією на сході та північному сході, з Білоруссю на півночі, омивається Чорним та Азовським морями на півдні. На заході межує з Польщею та Словаччиною, на південному заході – з Угорщиною, Румунією та Молдовою. З Румунією та Росією Україна має не тільки сухопутний, а й морський кордон. Також через море Україна межує із Республікою Болгарія, Туреччиною та Грузією. Площа виключної (морської) економічної зони України становить понад 82 тис. км2. Найбільшими чорноморськими портами є Одеса, Іллічівськ, Херсон, Севастополь, азовськими - Маріуполь, Бердянськ, Керч. Загальна протяжність кордонів 6992 км (із них сухопутних 5637 км). Довжина морської ділянки кордону: 1355 км (по Чорному морю – 1056,5 км; по Азовському морю – 249,5 км; по Керченській протоці – 49 км).
Русский	Украина^[2] Украина — государство в Восточной Европе, на юге омывается Чёрным и Азовским морями. На востоке, северо-востоке и севере граничит с Россией, на севере — с Белоруссией, на западе — с Польшей, Словакией и Венгрией, на юго-западе — с Румынией и Молдавией.
English	Ukraine - Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders ► Russia to the north-east, ► Belarus to the north, ► Poland, ► Slovakia and ► Hungary to the west, ► Romania and ► Moldova with ► Gagauzia and the break away republic of ► Transnistria. to the south-west, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The historic city of Kiev (Kyiv) is the country's capital. Ukraine has one autonomous republic, ► Crimea.

Short name	Ukraine
Official name	Ukraine
Status	Independent country since 1991
Location	East Europe
Capital	Київ^[3] (Kyiv)
Population	46,481,000 inhabitants
Area	603,700 km²
Major languages	Ukrainian (official)
Major religions	Orthodoxy
More information	Ukraine, Geography of Ukraine, History of Ukraine and Politics of Ukraine
More images	Ukraine - Ukraine (Category).

General maps

Map of Ukraine

Administrative divisions of Ukraine

Map of Regions of Ukraine in Ukrainian

Topographic map

Location of Crimea in Ukraine

Map of Crimea

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Ukraine, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Ukraine.

Possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence 800-400 BC

Celts in Europe

Proto-Germanic people's

Map showing the pre-Migration Age distribution of the Germanic tribes in Proto-Germanic times, and stages of their expansion up to 50 BC, AD 100 and AD 300.

Map of Scythia 100 BC

An approximative map of the cultures in European Russia at the arrival of the Varangians

Map of the Western (purple) and Eastern (blue) Gokturk khaganates at their height, c. 600 CE. Lighter areas show direct rule; darker areas show spheres of influence.

Fall of Khazaria and rise of Kievan Rus

Kievan Rus' was formed around 884 in an area that comprises now parts of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

Map showing Scandinavian settlement in the eighth (dark red), ninth (red), tenth (orange) and eleventh (yellow) centuries. Areas denoted in green are those affected by frequent viking incursions but with little or no Scandinavian settlement.

Russia 9th-14th Century (Russian)

Kievan Rus

Kievan Rus 9th Century

Kievan Rus 11th Century

Early Rus'

Varangian routes

Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)

Mongol Empire

By 1294 the empire had split into:

Golden Horde

Chagatai Khanate

Ilkhanate

Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty)

Halych-Volhynia 12th-14th Century

Map showing changes in the territory of Lithuania, including parts of Ukraine, from the 13th century to the present day

Lithuania in the 13th and 15th century

Map of Lithuania

In 1386 Poland and Lithuania formed a Polish-Lithuanian personal union, succeeded in 1569 by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Large parts of present-day Belarus and Ukraine were part of Poland-Lithuania. This map shows the borders in 1466

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569

Location of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth compared with present borders

Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Swedish Union 1592-1599

Commonwealth 1600

Commonwealth 1635

Commonwealth 1658

Commonwealth 1686

Commonwealth, division in voivodships

Commonwealth 1701

Commonwealth 1701

7 years war 1756-1762

The divisions of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth after 1st partition

Polish-Russian War 1792

Commonwealth after 2nd partition

Poland 1794

The third partition meant the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the final division between Prussia, Russia and Austria after 3rd partition

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Large parts of Ukraine became thus part of the Russian Empire. This map shows the Russian expansion from 1533 to 1896

Administrative division of Russia 1848-1878 (in Russian)

Ukraine in the Russian Empire

The Russian Empire in 1914

History of the Russian Empire (in German)

The Southern part of the commonwealth became after the partitions part of Austria, that formed in 1867 the Galicia (Central Europe) (nr. 6) as part of the Austria half of Austria-Hungary.

Kingdom of Galicia

Location of Austria-Hungary

Kingdom of Galicia

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In the periode after 1654 Eastern Ukraine is conquered by the Russian Empire. This maps shows the of Russian expansion from 1533 to 1896

Austria-Hungary in 1914

Proposed United States of Greater Austria

The end of Austria-Hungary (in German)

Russian Civil War

West Ukrainian People's Republic 1918

After the Russian revolution, Western Ukraine became part of Poland. A war between Poland and the new regime in Russia started March 1919

December 1919

June 1920

August 1920

Borders of newly independent Poland after the Peace Treaty of Riga of 1921

In 1922 Ukraine becomes a member republic of the Soviet Union. Western Ukraine is part of Poland.. Location of the USSR

Evolution of the Soviet Union

European part of the USSR in the 1920s

Borders after the Peace Treaty of Riga of 1921 with Western Ukraine in Poland

Foreign claims in Poland in 1920

Comparison 1772-1920

Poland between 1921 and 1939

Poland Galicia Volynia

Curzon line

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Administrative divisions of Ukraine

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1921

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1921

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1927

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1932-1937

Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1937-1939

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1939-1940

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1940-1945

Eastern front of the Second World War circa 1941-1942.

Western ukrainan regions in Ukrainian SSR 1940

Romania controlled (August 19 1941 - January 29 1944) the whole "Transnistrian" region between Dniester, [[:en

Bug (river)|Bug]] rivers and Black Sea coast. The region was divided into 13 judeţe (counties).

Changing of the borders

Border changes after WW2 (Russian text)

Administrative divisions of Ukraine 1946-1954

The republics of the USSR

Map of the 1974 geographic location of various ethnic groups within the Soviet Unionx400px

Ukraine in the USSRImage:USSR Ethnic Groups 1974.jpg

Location of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989

Presidential election runoff vote, 2004

Parliamentary election, 2006

Parliamentary election, 2007

Linguistic maps

Languages in Ukraine

Ukrainian language in Ukraine (2001)

Map of Ukrainian dialects

Map of Russian speakers in Ukraine, based on the 2001 Ukrainian census

Novorrosiya Region

Yedisan Region

Ethnic map of European Russia before the First World War (in French)

Ukranian conflict 1917-1921

Claims of Ukrainian Peoples's Republic

Ukraine 1793-1914

German conquest and Ukrainian Peoples's Republic and Hetmanate (1918)

Supresion of Ukrainian Peoples's Republic, and advance toward Warsaw in Polish-Sovietic war, august 1920

Polish attack suported by Ukrainian Peoples's Republic and ocupation of Kiev, 1920 (Soviet-polish war)

Territory of Western Ukrainian Repúblic, Red Army's offensive and White forces in March 1919

Polish conquest of Western Ukrainian Repúblic, Red Army's offensive, and White forces in March 1920

Polish conquest of Western Ukrainian Repúblic, Black Army of Nestor Makhno and White forces offensive in November 1919

Notes and references

General remarks:

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↑ Romanization of Ukrainian according to the official Ukrainian standard: Ukrayina. Another romanization is the ISO 9 standard.
↑ Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Ukraina. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.
↑ Romanization of Ukrainian according to the official Ukrainian standard: Kyyiv. Another romanization is the ISO 9 standard.. For the English translation both Kyiv and Kiev are used.