FAST FACTS

• Name: Ukraine
• Capital City: Kyiv (Kiev) (2,797,553 pop.)
  (3,648,000 metro)
• Ukraine Population: (2010 est.)
• World Populations (all countries)
• Currency: Hryvnia
  (conversion rates)
  
  
  100 hryvnia
• Ethnicity: Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8%
• GDP total: $306.3 billion (2010 est.)
• GDP per capita: $6,700 (2010 est.)
• Land Sizes
• Language: Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)
• Largest Cities: (by population) Kyyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa, Zaporizhzhya, L'viv, Kryvyy, Mykolayiv, Mariupol, Luhansk
• Name: The origin of Ukraine's name can be traced back to ancient times, and simply means 'land.'
• National Day: August 24
• Religion: Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.1%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 7.2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Protestant 2.2%, Jewish 0.6%, other 3.2%
• Symbols

Khreshchatyk Street, Kiev, Ukraine AllPosters.com

St. Michael's Monastery, Kiev, Ukraine AllPosters.com