art of the
country, hot in the south
Terrain:
most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaux, mountains
being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula
in the extreme south
Natural resources:
iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulphur, graphite,
titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber
Land use:
arable land:
56%
permanent crops:
2%
meadows and pastures:
12%
forest and woodland:
0%
other:
30%
Irrigated land:
26,000 km2 (1990)
Environment:
air and water pollution, deforestation, radiation contamination around
Chornobyl' nuclear power plant
Note:
strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second largest
country in Europe

*Ukraine, People

Population:
51,821,230 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.06% (1993 est.)
Birth rate:
12.38 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate:
12.53 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
21 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.87 years
male:
65.32 years
female:
74.65 years (1993 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.82 children born/woman (1993 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ukrainian(s)
adjective:
Ukrainian
Ethnic divisions:
Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%, Jewish 1%, other 4%
Religions:
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev
Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate),
Protestant, Jewish
Languages:
Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish
Literacy:
age 9-49 can read and write (1970)
total population:
100%
male:
100%
female:
100%
Labor force:
25.277 million
by occupation:
industry and construction 41%, agriculture and forestry 19%, health,
education, and culture 18%, trade and distribution 8%, transport and
communication 7%, other 7% (1990)

*Ukraine, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Ukraine
local long form:
none
local short form:
Ukrayina
former:
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Digraph:
UP
Type:
republic
Capital:
Kiev (Kyyiv)
Administrative divisions:
24 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya, respublika), and 2
municipalites (singular - misto) with oblast stat