Ukraine
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| Capital and largest city | Kiev 49°N 32°E / 49°N 32°ECoordinates: 49°N 32°E / 49°N 32°E |
| Official languages | Ukrainian |
| Ethnic groups (2001)[1] |
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| Demonym(s) | Ukrainian |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic |
| Volodymyr Zelensky | |
| Denys Shmyhal | |
| Dmytro Razumkov | |
| Legislature | Verkhovna Rada |
| Establishment history | |
• Kievan Rus' established | 882 |
• Baptism of Rus' began | 988 |
• Galicia-Volhynia established | 1199 |
| 1320–1349 | |
| 1529 | |
• Hetmanate established | 18 August 1649 |
| 23 June 1917 | |
• People's Republic established | 22 January 1918 |
| 1 November 1918[2] | |
• Act of Unity signed | 22 January 1919 |
• Soviet rule established | 10 March 1919 |
• Part of the Soviet Union | 30 December 1922 |
• Carpatho-Ukraine established | 30 December 1938 |
| 15 November 1939 | |
• OUN government established | 30 June 1941 |
• Ukrainian SSR re-establsihed | 10 Nov 1944 |
• State sovereignty declared | 16 July 1990 |
• Independence from the USSR | 24 August 1991a |
• Constitution adopted | 28 June 1996 |
| Area | |
• Total | 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi) (45th) |
• Water (%) | 7 |
| Population | |
• April 2020 estimate |  41,660,982[3]
(excluding Crimea and Sevastopol) (33rd) |
• 2001 census | 48,457,102[1] |
• Density | 73.8/km2 (191.1/sq mi) (115th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total |  $429.947 billion[4] (48th) |
• Per capita | $10,310[4] (108th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $161.872 billion[4] (56th) |
• Per capita | $3,881[4] (119th) |
| Gini (2018) |  26.1[5]low · 18th |
| HDI (2018) | 0.750[6] high · 88th |
| Currency | Ukrainian hryvnia (₴) (UAH) |
| Time zone | UTC+2[7] (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03 (EEST) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +380 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA |
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the north-east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west; and Romania, Moldova, and the Black Sea to the south. Ukraine is currently in a territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Including the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the largest country located entirely in Europe, and the 46th-largest country in the world. Excluding Crimea, Ukraine has a population of about 42 million, making it the eighth or ninth-most populous country in Europe, and the 32nd-most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kiev. Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic. The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodoxy.