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[http://WWW.UKRAINEIWORLD.COM/] WWW.UKRAINEIWORLD.COM A WorldViewer.com Site Your HOME, Your TOWN, Your WORLD Country websites Category directory US states Links/Resources Web This Site News Blogs Images Yellow Pages White Pages Stocks Jobs Audio Video Classifieds LOCAL Homes Horoscope Weather A Worldviewer.com Site SEARCH Countries Categories Movies TV Shopping Coupons Flights Hotels Mail Chat Answers Alumni | Auctions | Automobiles | Banks | Blogs | Books | Business | Celebrity | Charity | Chat | Classifieds | Clothing | Complaints | Countries | Coupons | Dating | Dentists | Diet | Dining | Doctors | Domains | Education | Email | Events | Fashion | Finance | Fitness | Flowers | Food | Games | Gifts | Govt. | Health | Home/Living | Horoscope | Hotels | Insurance | Internet | iPods | Jobs | Kids | Lawyers | Libraries | Loans | Lottery | Maps | Memorials | Men | Missing | Mortgage | Music/Movies | News | People Search | Personals | Pets | Photos | Politics | Real Estate | Religion | Schools | Seniors | Services | Shoes | Shopping | Small Biz | Sports | Taxes | Taxi / Limo | Teens | Tourism | Toys | Travel | TV | Vacations | Veterans | Weather | Websites | Weddings | Who is who | Women | Yellow Pages Home | Site Directory | List Your Service | Classifieds | Discussion Forum | Chat | Opinion | Guestbook NEWS UPDATES GENERAL INFORMATION Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kievan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to bring about a short-lived period of independence (1917-1920), but was reconquered and forced to endure a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two artificial famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths. Since independence - achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR - Ukraine has struggled to create democratic and market-oriented institutions. While endemic corruption and the legacy of state control have been difficult to throw off, Ukraine has made progress on economic reform, privatization, and the development of an active civil society PHOTO GALLERY Map ELECTED OFFICIALS President Leonid D. KUCHMA First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola AZAROV COUNTRY LINKS No data available COUNTRY FACTS Area: total: 603,700 sq km land: 603,700 sq km water: 0 sq km Climate: temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are Terrain: most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south Population: 47,732,079 Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv) Featured Listings Sponsored Links CouponsPal.com - An Automated Coupon Creating System for Small Businesses and Display coupons Thru 500 category and 30,000 US community sites RealEstateofUSA.com - A Real Estate Listing System That will display ads on over 30,000 US City and Community Pages ClassifiedsOL.com - A National Classified System That will accept ads and display on 500 category 30,000 US City and Community Pages AutoDealsWeb.com - A Classified Ad System That will accept New and Used Auto ads and display on 30,000 US City and Community Pages Apply now for having your ad here ! 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