UKRAINE

Ukraine will impress you with its history, traditions, landscapes, and the atmosphere of the cities and, of course, Ukrainian people.

Ukraine is a republic in the Eastern Europe on the Black Sea. Its territory comprises 603 700 sq. km, its population – more than 46 million people (72 % of Ukrainians, 22% of Russians as well as Jews, Bulgarians, Romanians, Hungarians, Polish, Greek, Moldavians, Tatars, etc). The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv with the population of 2.700 million people. The country is situated mainly on the southwestern part of the east European plains, but occupies also the part of the Carpathian (on the west) and Crimean (on the south) mountains. The south border of Ukraine is mainly the Black Sea. Ukraine is famous for the miles of fertile black earth - chornozem – due to which Ukraine is often referred to as the granary of Europe.

According to the governing form Ukraine is the parliament-presidential republic. The Constitution was adopted in 1996. The president of the country is Victor Yanukovich.

Religion. Ukraine is tolerant to religious confessions of all kinds. The biggest religious denominations are the Orthodox Churches of the Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and the Greco-Catholic Church. Judaism and Islam are practiced also.

Language. The official language is Ukrainian.