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  • Ukraine is an independent country located in Eastern Europe bordered by the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea in the south.

  • The area of Ukraine (with Crimea) is 603,628 square km, as it is the largest country in Europe and ranks 46th in the world.
  • 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.
  • Ukraine is a republic with a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive and judicial powers Ukraine is one of the major grain-exporting countries and has held the title of "bread basket" for a long time due to its vast and fertile lands.
  • The diversified Ukrainian economy also depends on the heavy industry sector, especially space and industrial equipment.  
  • The Ukrainian geographical landscape consists mostly of fertile plains and plateaus, interspersed with rivers such as Dnipro, Seversky Donets, Dniester and Pevdini Spore as they flow south to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
  • The only mountains in the country are the Carpathian Mountains in the west, the highest of which is Mount Hoverla with a height of 2061 meters, and those in the far south along the coast of Crimea.
  • Ukraine's climate is temperate continental with average temperatures of + 16 + 25 in summer and -1-6 in winter. Kiev is the capital and the largest province by area.
  • The Ukrainian language's the official language of Ukraine.
  • The predominant religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which greatly affected Ukrainian architecture, literature and music.
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