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Ukraine 
[juˈkreɪn] (help·info) (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
From at least the ninth century, the territory of Ukraine was a centre of medieval East Slavic civilization that formed the state that became known as Kievan Rus' and for the following several centuries the territory was divided between a number of regional powers. After a brief period of independence (1917-1921) following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Ukraine became one of the founding Soviet Republics in 1922. The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's territory was enlarged westward after the Second World War and finally in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. Ukraine became independent again after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.
Ukraine is a unitary state composed of 24 oblasts (provinces), one autonomous republic (Crimea), and two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement. Ukraine is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Since the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine continues to maintain the second largest military in Europe, after that of Russia. The country is home to 46.4 million people, 77.8 percent of whom are ethnic Ukrainians, with sizable minorities of Russians, Belarusians and Romanians. The Ukrainian language is the only official language in Ukraine, while Russian is also widely spoken and is known to most Ukrainians as a second language. The dominant religion in the country in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which has heavily influenced Ukrainian architecture, literature and music.
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The title of Hero of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Герой України, translit. Heroy Ukrayiny; Russian: Герой Украины) is the highest award that can be conferred by the Government of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma, and it is currently awarded in two distinctions: one for heroism and one for great achievements in labor. Since Borys Paton first received the title in 1998, 144 people have been awarded the title. Decorations that are similar to the Hero of Ukraine are Russia's Hero of the Russian Federation and Belarus's Hero of Belarus. All of those decorations were influenced in some way by decorations handed out by the Soviet Union.
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Zbarazh (Ukrainian: Збараж, Polish: Zbaraż, Yiddish: Zbarj) is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zbarazh Raion (district), and is located in the historic region of Galicia. The major attraction of the city is the Zbarazh Castle that played a key role during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, the heroic defense of which eventually led to change of momentum and extinguishing the Cossack revolt.
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- ... that Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych (pictured), known for the "Carol of the Bells", was nicknamed "Ukrainian Bach" in France?
- ... that journalist Savik Shuster who used to work for Russian TV channels now prefers to work for the Ukrainian TV because he felt the Russian Government was limiting his journalistic freedom?
- ... that the married Western Ukrainian Clergy became a hereditary caste that dominated western Ukrainian society?
- ... that Ukrainian naturalist, lecturer, artist and author John Lhotsky was credited as the first discoverer of gold in New South Wales?
- ...that according to legend, a tunnel leads from the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle to the Khotyn Fortress which is 20 kilometres (12 mi) away?
- ...that during the Shuliavka worker's uprising of 1905, groups of 150 armed men patrolled the streets of the Shuliavka neighborhood in Kiev to clean the area of any resistors to their movement?
- ...that Vasyl Krychevsky, a Ukrainian artist, designed the state emblem of the Ukrainian National Republic at the request of Mykhailo Hrushevskyi?
- ...that the Emperor of Russia, Alexander III bought the art of Ukrainian realist painter Volodymyr Orlovsky?
- ...that Swedish–Ukrainian relations have long traditions and that the Swedish king Charles XII was named protector of Ukraine in the first Ukrainian constitution of 1710 and that Hetman Pylyp Orlyk lived in Sweden 1716–1720?
- ...that the Russian composers Peter Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Serge Rachmaninoff used Ukrainian folk melodies in their works?
- ...that Polish–Ukrainian relations have been steadily improving since the fall of communism, and both countries now have a strong strategic relationship?
- ...that the Ukrainian Baroque architecture (pictured) is distinct from Western European Baroque in that its designs were more constructivist, had more moderate ornamentation, and were simpler in form?
- ...that according to Ukrainian folklore, the girl who finds Chervona Ruta, "Red Rue" in Ukrainian, on the Ivan Kupala Day, will be happy in love?
- ...that the 11th century Duke Yaropolk Izyaslavich is an Eastern Orthodox saint?
- ...that in 1956 the Pidhirtsi Castle in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine burned for three weeks costing US$12 million in damages?
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Konstiantyn Trutovsky was a Ukrainian realist painter and graphic artist. His artistic heritage includes numerous genre screens on Ukrainian themes. Trutovsky was interested in ethnography and depicted colorful Ukrainian folk customs, not shying away from "a dash of good humour".
Selected anniversaries for February
- February 4, 1945—February 11, 1945 — Yalta Conference was held between the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, respectively.
- February 10, 1995 — the first prototype of the Ukrainian Antonov An-70 transport aircraft crashed during a test flight in Kiev Oblast.
- February 23, 2012 — Defender of the Fatherland Day
- February 23, 1954 — Viktor Yushchenko, the current President of Ukraine, was born in Khoruzhivka, Sumy Oblast.
In the news
News from Ukraine
- August 3, 2010 - Shevchenko Raion Court in the city of Kiev recognized the citizen of Ukraine Mykhailo Kubil guilty in wearing a T-shirt of the "AU Svoboda" and a national flag on his neck during the visit of Vladimir Gundyayev to Kiev. The Russian citizen Vladimir Gundyayev is better known as Patriarch Kirill. The court chose not to consider the administrative infringements in the case either. Blog of Oleh Tyahnybok at Ukrainska Pravda
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- Latest: A centralized discussion on Naming convention for sports teams
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- Articles needing major work, Be Bold!: Ukrainian literature, List of universities in Ukraine, Hetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks, Ukrainian Navy, Foreign relations of Ukraine, Cinema of Ukraine, Antonov.
- To start: Moldavian speaking Ukrainians, Ukrainian speaking Moldavians, Roman Kudlyk (uk), Miroslav Skochilyas, Smerichka, Roman Oleksiv, Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky, Metropolitan Oleksiy (Hromadsky), Political reform in Ukraine (2004), Ukrainian Stock Exchange
- Stubs needing expansion:
- {{Ukraine-stub}} : Mayor of Kiev, Ukrainian Navy, Ukrainian rock, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Berkut (Ukraine), Sport in Ukraine, Supreme Court of Ukraine, Kiev Bank Union, Ukrzaliznytsia, Shevchenko National Prize
- {{Ukraine-hist-stub}} : Koliyivschyna, Elected Cossacks, Koshovyi Otaman, Ataman, 1st Ukrainian Front
- {{Ukraine-bio-stub}} : Pylyp Orlyk, Ivan Pidkova, Kyrylo Rozumovsky,
- {{Ukraine-geo-stub}} : Ros' River, Yayla Mountains, Yablonitsky Pass, Arcadia Beach, Poshtova Square
- {{East-Slavic-history-stub}} : Battle on the Irpen' River, List of early East Slavic states, Hypatian Codex
- {{Soviet-stub}} : Ukrainian SSR, Flag of the Ukrainian SSR, Coat of arms of the Ukrainian SSR
- Featured Portals: Portal:Ukraine
- Featured Pictures: Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (Commons), 1691 map of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Downtown Lviv (C), Nataliya Gotsiy, Donbas Arena
- Articles with Featured Article Candidate's status within reach: Kiev, History of Kiev, History of Christianity in Ukraine, Ukrainian language, Ukraine
- Current Featured Candidates: None
- Featured Articles: (Don't be too bold!) Hero of Ukraine, T-34, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Rus' Khaganate, Caspian expeditions of the Rus, House with Chimaeras
- Good Articles: Boltysh crater, Andriyivskyy Descent, Rus'-Byzantine War (860), Kiev Offensive (1920), Onion dome, Crimean Karaites, Chernobyl disaster effects, Oleg of Novgorod, Second Battle of Kharkov, Kiev Expedition (1018), Mezhyhirskyi Monastery, Ukraine, Battle of the Kalka River, Battle of Kostiuchnówka, Yulia Tymoshenko, Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle
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- A picture of the ministry of defense building.
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