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Welcome to Ukraine
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Geography
- Area: 603,700 square kilometers
General Information
State: Republic
Government: Includes a president and prime minister
Important dates
- Creation of the Soviet republic of Ukraine: December 1922
- April 26, 1986: nuclear accident at Chernobyl
- August 24, 1991: declaration of independence
- May 5, 1992: Crimea leaves Ukraine
Capital: Kiev
Currency: hrivna (since September 1996)
Languages spoken: Ukrainian, Russian
Principal industries: world’s 7th largest coal producer
Agriculture: Ukraine is the world’s second largest barley producer, 5th for potatoes, 9th for hogs, and 10th for grains and wheat
Food-producing crops are more and more centered around the sugar beet.
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