General information on Ukraine

          Ukraine is situated in East Europe and shares borders with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Моldova, Russia and Belorussia.

           Territory: 603 700 sq.km.
           Length of border: 7 590 km.
           Population: 49,7 million. (for 01.01.2000).
           Density of population: 85 inhabitants/sq.km.

           Date of formation: August 24, 1991.
           Political system: president - parliamentary Republic.
           Chief of state: the President.
           Suprime legislative power: one-chamber parliament - Verkhovna Rada (Suprime Council) of Ukraine
           Executive power: Council (Cabinet) of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister
           Capital: Kyjiv (2,6 mln.).
           Major cities: Kharkiv (1 600 000), Donetsk (1 200 000), Dnipropetrovsk (1 100 000), Odesa (1 100 000), Zaporizhya (900 000).
           State language: Ukrainian.
           Membership of: the United Nations Organization, Council of Europe, CIS, ОBSEС (Organization of the Black Sea Economic Complementation), UNESCO, UNICEF.
           Main religion: the Orthodoxy.
           Time zone: Central European Greenwich Time (C.E.T.) + 2 hours.
           Climate: meaddle temperature +20°C in summer, -5°C in winter.

           Currency: 1 Ukrainian hrivna (hrn). = 100 copecks.
           National gross product in mlrd. hrv. 2000: 172, 96.
           Main trade partner: Russian Federation (25 per cent of export from Ukraine and 37,6 per cent of import to Ukraine).
           External indebtedness (2001): 43,5 billion hrn.
           External reserves (2001):
           Rate of refunding: 18 per cent.
           Measure of inflation (middle of 2001): 5,3 per cent.
           Mean month salary: 230,1 hrn.
           Measure of unemployment: 4,2 per cent.

           Telephone country code: ++ 380.
           Television and video: PAL system.
           Electricity: 120/220 V 50 Hz/AC.
         Allowed speed of a motor-vehicle transport (km\h): highways - 90; settlements - 60. The motorways are absent.

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