Ukraine

the State in the Eastern Europe, adjoining on a land with Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. In the south it is flowed about by Black sea, in the southeast - Azov. The composition of Ukraine includes autonomous republic Crimea. The square - 603,7 thousand Enters into the CIS. The population (52,3 million persons) consists mainly of Ukrainians (73 %) and Russian (22 %). The State language - an Ukrainian language. The majority of believers belongs to an orthodox church - uniatskoj and the Moscow patriarchy. Monetary unit - grivna. Capital - Kiev (2637 thousand inhabitants), the largest cities - Kharkov, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Krivoi Rog, Lvov.