Ukraine Україна
Anthem:
Location of  Ukraine  (Red) on the European continent  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Kyiv
Ukrainian
Russian Romanian Polish Slovak Hungarian
Ethnic groups (2001)	77.8% Ukrainians, 17.3% Russians, 4.9% others and unspecified
Demonym(s)	Ukrainian
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President	Volodymyr Zelensky
• Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
• Speaker of Parliament	R. Stefanchuk
Legislature	Verkhovna Rada
Formation
• Kievan Rus'	882
• Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	1199
• Cossack Hetmanate	1649
• Ukrainian National Republic	November 7, 1917
• West Ukrainian National Republic	December 5, 1918
• Ukrainian SSR	December 30, 1922
• Second Declaration of Independence	June 30, 1941
• Independence from the Soviet Union	August 24, 19911
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (46th)
• Water (%)	7%
Population
• 2010 estimate	45,888,000 (28th)
• 2001 census	48,457,102
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (115th)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$302.679 billion
• Per capita	$6,656
GDP (nominal)	2010 estimate
• Total	$136.561 billion
• Per capita	$3,003
Gini (2006)	31 medium
HDI (2011)	0.710 high · 76th
Currency	hryvnia (UAH)
Time zone	UTC+2 +3 in Crimea (Eastern European TimeFurther-eastern European Time in the east and Crimea)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (No DST in Crimea) (Eastern European Summer Time)
Driving side	right
Calling code	380
ISO 3166 code	UA
Internet TLD	.ua, .укр
1 An independence referendum was held on December 1, after which Ukrainian independence was finalized on December 26. The current constitution was adopted on June 28, 1996.

National park "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains), Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Ukraine (Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinɐ] ( listen)) is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia is to the north-east of Ukraine, Belarus is to the north-west, Poland and Slovakia are to the west, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and self-proclaimed Transnistria are to the south-west and the Black Sea is to the south.

Ukraine is a republic.The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київcode: uk is deprecated ). It was a part of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991.