Ukraine Profile

With its rich natural resources, vast territories of fertile black soil steppes, sound agricultural tradition and powerful industrial base with great highly educated workforce, Ukraine is a country of enormous unrealised potential.

46.5 million Ukrainians (SSC of Ukraine, May 1, 2007) comprising diverse ethnical, cultural and religious backgrounds contribute to the melting pot of a pro-Europian nation

The second largest country in Europe (just a fraction smaller than France), Ukraine is neighboured by 7 countries. The Transcarpathian village of Dilove near the alpine town of Rahiv is arguably the geographical centre of Europe.

The Black Sea washes the Crimean peninsula in the South of Ukraine. The ancient and prosperous city of Kyiv is the country's capital.

"Perhaps no other European nations have spent so much energy and time arguing about their identity as the Germans, Russians, and, we Ukrainians" - Pavlo Zahrebelny

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