Essay Archive - Ukraine: Facts
Ukraine: Facts
Ukraine is a state in Eastern Europe, bounded on the north by Belarus, on the
north and east by the Russian Federation, on the west by Poland, Slovakia, on
the southwest by Hungary, Rumania, and Moldova, and on the south by the Black
Ukraine includes the Crimean Autonomous Republic, which was elevated from an
oblast to a constituent republic in 1991.
Kyiv is the capital and largest city.
Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe after Russia. The total area of
Ukraine is 603,700 sq. km (compare the area of France - 551,000 sq. km; Germany
- 356,000; Great Britain - 244,000; ....
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