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Ukraine - Color Map
Explore the country of Ukraine with this helpful color map.
Jan 11, 2005, 20:52
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Ukraine - Economy
After Russia, the Ukrainian republic was far and away the most important economic component of the former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic. Its fertile black soil generated more than one-fourth of Soviet agricultural output, and its farms provided substantial quantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics. Likewise, its diversified heavy industry supplied the unique equipment (for example, large diameter pipes) and raw materials to industrial and mining sites (vertical drilling apparatus) in other regions of the former USSR. Ukraine depends on imports of energy, especially natural gas, to meet some 85% of its annual energy requirements.
Jan 17, 2005, 17:24
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Ukraine - Flag
Learn about Ukraine's flag, and the meanings behind the emblems.
Jan 6, 2005, 16:22
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Ukraine - Geography
The Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east.
Jan 17, 2005, 17:18
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Ukraine - Government
The capital of the Ukraine is Kiev, and its government is a republic.
Jan 17, 2005, 17:20
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Ukraine - Introduction
Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to bring about a short-lived period of independence (1917-1920), but was reconquered and forced to endure a brutal Soviet rule. Although independence was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, true freedom remains elusive.
Jan 17, 2005, 17:14
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Ukraine - Learning Links
This is your window into news, sports, culture, travel, maps, and weather for the Ukraine.
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