Україна

Ukraine
	sovereign state in Eastern Europe
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Instance of	sovereign state (26 December 1991, Declaration of the USSR Council of the Republics regarding the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States)
Part of	Eastern Europe
Location	Ukraine
Capital	Kiev;
Basic form of government	republic; representative democracy; unitary state; semi-presidential system; Q16711032;
Legislative body	Verkhovna Rada;
Executive body	Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine;
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Court of Ukraine; Constitutional Court of Ukraine;
Official language	Ukrainian;
Anthem	Shche ne vmerla Ukraina;
Currency	hryvnia (2 September 1996);
Head of state	Petro Poroshenko (7 June 2014);
Head of government	Volodymyr Groysman (14 April 2016);
Inception	24 August 1991;
Significant event	Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) (20 February 2014); Euromaidan (21 November 2013, 22 February 2014); Orange Revolution (22 November 2004, 26 December 2004); Declaration of Independence of Ukraine (24 August 1991); Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine (16 July 1990);
Population	42,558,328 (1 February 2017);
Area	603,629 ±1 km² (Crimean Peninsula);
Follows	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Charter of the United Nations, Member states of the United Nations); Ukrainian People's Republic;
Top-level Internet domain	.ua;
	official website
Authority control
	VIAF ID: 134334037; GND ID: 4061496-7; OSM relation ID: 60199; BNE ID: XX451278; BabelNet ID: 00078872n
	49° 00′ 00″ N, 32° 00′ 00″ E OpenStreetMap; Google Earth; Proximityrama;
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Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania, Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kyiv is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.

national symbol[edit]

Main category: Symbols of Ukraine

flag of Ukraine
Flag of Ukraine (photo)
Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine
Shche ne vmerla Ukraina
Flag of the President of Ukraine
Seal of the Cabinet of Ukraine
Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Roundel of the Ukrainian Air Force

map[edit]

Main category: Maps of Ukraine

Selected maps are included in the Wikimedia Atlas of Ukraine.

Position in Europe
Position in Europe
Map of regions
Map of regions
Topographical map
Map from CIA Factbook

celebrity[edit]

Main category: People of Ukraine

Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Franko
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
Taras Shevchenko
Lesya Ukrainka
Hryhoriy Skovoroda
Stepan Bandera
Roman Shukhevych

President of Ukraine[edit]

Main category: Presidents of Ukraine

Leonid Kravchuk
(1991–1994)
Leonid Kuchma
(1994–2005)
Viktor Yushchenko
(2005–2010)
Viktor Yanukovych
(2010–2014)
Petro Poroshenko
(2014–)

folk costume[edit]

Main category: National costumes of Ukraine

Ukrainian folk costumes[edit]

Vyshyvanka
Traditional embroidery
Traditional embroidery pattern
Structure of garment (Sorochka)
Chernihiv Region
Podolia Region
Western Ukraine (Hutsuls)
Western Ukraine

Ukrainian headdress[edit]

Namitka
Ochipok
Bavnytsia
Hustka
Bavnytsia and hustka
Caul
Peremitka
Hutsul
Vinok
Cossack hat

Ukrainian footwear[edit]

Postoly
Lychaky (Bast shoe)

Social strata[edit]

Ukrainian peasant man
Ukrainian peasant girls
Ukrainian Cossack
Ukrainian Soldier
Ukrainian clergy

Ukrainian culture[edit]

Main category: Culture of Ukraine

Bandura
Borscht
Cossack Mamay
Taras Bulba
Pysanka
Hopak
Viburnum opulus

administrative territorial entity[edit]

Main category: Regions of Ukraine

Cherkasy Oblast[edit]

Main category: Cherkasy Oblast

Shown within Ukraine
Uman
Subotiv
Cherkasy

Chernihiv Oblast[edit]

Main category: Chernihiv Oblast

Shown within Ukraine
Chernihiv
Chernihiv

Chernivtsi Oblast[edit]

Main category: Chernivtsi Oblast

Shown within Ukraine
Chernivtsi
Khotyn Fortress
Chernivtsi University (UNESCO)

Crimean Peninsula[edit]

Main gallery: Крим - Крым.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[edit]

Main category: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast[edit]

Main gallery: Донецкая область.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast[edit]

Main category: Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Харківська область (Харьковская область/Kharkiv oblast)[edit]

Херсонська область (Херсонская область/Khersonska oblast)[edit]

Shown within Ukraine
Hyperboloid Adziogol Lighthouse by V.G.Shukhov near Kherson, 1911
Landscape
Saint Catherine Cathedral
Kherson Musical school
Ochakiv Fortess
Novochornomorya

Хмельницька область (Хмельницкая область/Khmelnytska oblast)[edit]

Political map of Ukraine, highlighting Khmelnytska Oblast
Netishyn. Khmelnytsky Oblast.
The Old Fortress from the town's side. Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine.
River Dniester
Bernardine Monastery in Iziaslav

Кіровоградська область (Кировоградская область/Kirovohradska oblast)[edit]

Political map of Ukraine, highlighting Kirovograd Oblast

Київська область (Киевская область/Kyivska oblast)[edit]

Київ (Киев/Kyiv)[edit]

Coat of Arms of Kyiv
Shown within Ukraine
Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv
Foreign affairs ministry in Kyiv
Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Kyiv by Mikhail Mikeshin
Mihailovsky sobor
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Dnieper River in Kyiv
St. Volodymyr's Cathedral
Vydubychi Monastery (UNESCO)

Луганська область (Луганская область/Luhanska oblast)[edit]

Shown within Ukraine

Львівська область (Львовская область/Lvivska oblast)[edit]

Львів (Львов / Lviv / L'viv / Lwiw (Lemberg) / Lwów ) (UNESCO)[edit]

Ukrainian (modern) big coat of arms of Lviv
Сучасний великий герб Львова
Ukraiński (współczesny) herb Lwowa
Moderne byvåpen fra Lviv
Panorama of Lviv
Панорама Львова з Ратуші
Panorama Lwowa z wieży ratuszowej
Panoramautsikt over Lviv
Buildings on market square
Будинки на площі Ринок
Rynek
Fra markedsplassen
A statue of Neptune
Статуя Нептуна
Posąg Neptuna
Statue av Neptun
Opera House
Оперний театр
Opera
Rus'ka Street
Вулиця Руська
Ulica Ruśka
Church of the Assumption.
Успенська церква
Mariä-Himmelfahrtskirche.
Church of Transfiguration.
Преображенська церква
Cerkiew Przeobrażeńska
Преображенская церковь
Former building of the Galician Savings Bank
Будинок Галицького ощадного банку
Dawny budynek Galicyjskiej Kasy Oszczędności
Chapel of Boim family
Каплиця Боїмів
Kaplica Boimów