Ukraine in Brief
- Location:
- in Eastern Europe, incorporates Crimea Autonomous Republic
- Area:
- 603,628 km2
- Population:
- 46,179,226 (Dec. 2008)
- Capital:
- Kyiv (2,8 million inhabitants)
- Other big cities:
- Kharkiv (1,68 million), Dnipropetrovsk (1,23 million), Donetsk (1,15 million), Odesa (1,12 million), Lviv (800 thousand).
- Time zone:
- EET (UTC+2), Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
- Internet TLD:
- .ua
- Calling code:
- +380
- Official languages:
- Ukrainian
- Dominant religion:
- Christianity (Orthodox, Greek-Catholic)
- Currency:
- Hryvnia (UAH) = 100 kopiykas
€ 1.00 – 10.43 UAH
$ 1.00 – 7.70 UAH
(April 2009) - Independence:
- since 24 August 1991
- Government:
- Unitary semi-presidential republic
- President:
- Viсtor Yushchenko
- Prime Minister:
- Yulia Tymoshenko
- Speaker of the Parliament:
- Volodymyr Lytvyn
- Climate:
- mostly temperate continental, on the southern Crimean coast – Mediterranean
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Visa Information
Presently, Ukrainian law has both visa and visa-free programs for citizens of foreign countries traveling to Ukraine.
