Fiktivnaya Ukraina

Ukraine
Anthem: "Derzhavnyy Hymn Ukrayiny"
Capital and largest city: Kiev
Official language: Ukrainian
Recognised regional languages: Russian, Crimean Tatar
Ethnic groups:
77.8% Ukrainians
17.3% Russians
4.9% others/unspecified
Religion:
87.3% Christianity
11.0% Irreligion
0.8% Others
0.9% Unanswered
Demonym(s)	Ukrainian
Government	Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President
Volodymyr Zelensky
• Prime Minister
Denys Shmyhal
• Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
Dmytro Razumkov
Legislature: Verkhovna Rada (450; Servant of the People 262, For the Future 23, Trust 17, Opposition Platform — For Life 50, European Solidarity 31, Fatherland 25, Voice 21, Independents 20)
Independence from Russia
• Autonomy
23 June 1917
• Proclaimed
22 January 1918
• Act of Unity
22 January 1919
• From the USSR
24 August 1991
• Constitution adopted
28 June 1996
Area
• Total
603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi) (45th)
• Water (%)
7
Population
• April 2020 estimate
51,463,105
• Density
73.8/km2 (191.1/sq mi) (115th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total
Increase $429.947 billion (48th)
• Per capita
Increase $10,310 (108th)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total
Increase $161.872 billion
• Per capita
Increase $3,881
Gini (2018)	Negative increase 26.1
low · 18th
HDI (2018)	Increase 0.750
high · 88th
Currency	Ukrainian hryvnia (₴) (UAH)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+380
ISO 3166 code	UA
Internet TLD	.ua

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia. Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

Established by the Varangians in the 9th century, the medieval state of Kievan Rus', the first East Slavic state, emerged as a powerful nation in the Middle Ages until it disintegrated in the 12th century. By the middle of the 14th century, Ukrainian territories were under the rule of three external powers—the Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Kingdom of Poland. After the Great Northern War (1700–1721) Ukraine was divided between a number of regional powers and, by the 19th century, the largest part of Ukraine was integrated into the Russian Empire with the rest under Austro-Hungarian control. A chaotic period of incessant warfare ensued, with several attempts at independence from 1917 to 1921, following World War I and the Russian Civil War. Ukraine emerged from this fighting on December 30, 1922 as one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's territory was enlarged westward shortly before and after World War II, and southwards in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. In 1945, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the founding members of the United Nations.

Ukraine became independent again when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. This dissolution started a period of transition to a market economy, in which Ukraine was stricken with an eight-year recession. Since then, however, the economy experienced a high increase in GDP growth. Ukraine was caught up in the worldwide economic crisis in 2008 and the economy plunged. GDP fell 20% from spring 2008 to spring 2009, then leveled off as analysts compared the magnitude of the downturn to the worst years of economic depression during the early 1990s.

Ukraine is a unitary state composed of 24 oblasts (provinces), one autonomous republic (Crimea), and two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital and largest city, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement. Ukraine is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine continues to maintain the second largest military in Europe, after that of Russia. The country is home to 46 million people, 77.8 percent of whom are ethnic Ukrainians, with sizable minorities of Russians (17%), Belarusians and Romanians. The Ukrainian language is the official language in Ukraine. Russian is also widely spoken. The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which has heavily influenced Ukrainian architecture, literature and music.

Regions:
Autonomous Republic of Crimea Simferopol
Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy
Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv
Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipro
Donetsk Oblast Donetsk
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk
Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv
Kherson Oblast	Kherson
Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi
Kiev Oblast Kiev
Kirovohrad Oblast Kropyvnytskyi
Luhansk Oblast Luhansk
Lviv Oblast Lviv
Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv
Odessa Oblast Odessa
Poltava Oblast Poltava
Rivne Oblast Rivne
Sumy Oblast Sumy
Ternopil Oblast Ternopil
Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia
Volyn Oblast Lutsk
Zakarpattia Oblast Uzhhorod
Zaporizhia Oblast Zaporizhia
Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr
Kiev
Sevastopol