Outline of Ukraine

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Main article: Outline of Europe

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ukraine:

Ukraine – country in Eastern Europe. Formerly part of the Soviet Union. Ukraine has long been a global breadbasket because of its extensive, fertile farmlands. In 2011, it was the world's third-largest grain exporter with that year's harvest being much larger than average.

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Ukraine

• Pronunciation: ⁱ/juːˈkreɪn/ ew-KRAYN
• Common English country name: Ukraine
• Official English country name: Ukraine
• Common endonym(s): Україна Ukraina
• Official endonym(s): Україна Ukraina
• Adjectival(s): Ukrainian
• Demonym(s): Ukrainians
• Etymology: Name of Ukraine
• International rankings of Ukraine
• ISO country codes: UA, UKR, 804
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:UA
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ua

Geography of Ukraine

An enlargeable topographic map of Ukraine

Main article: Geography of Ukraine

• Ukraine is: a country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Europe
      • Eastern Europe
  • Time zone: Eastern European Time (UTC+02), Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03)
  • Extreme points of Ukraine
    • High: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m (6,762 ft)
    • Low: Black Sea 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 4,566 km

Russia 1,576 km

Moldova 940 km

Belarus 891 km

Romania 538 km

Poland 428 km

Hungary 103 km

Slovakia 90 km

• Coastline: Black Sea 2,782 km

• Population of Ukraine: 46,191,022 (September 1, 2008)  – 27th most populous country
• Area of Ukraine: 603,628 km²
• Atlas of Ukraine

Environment of Ukraine

• Climate of Ukraine
• Renewable energy in Ukraine
• Geology of Ukraine
• Protected areas of Ukraine
  • Biosphere reserves in Ukraine
  • National parks of Ukraine
• Wildlife of Ukraine
  • Fauna of Ukraine
    • Birds of Ukraine
    • Mammals of Ukraine

Natural geographic features of Ukraine

• Glaciers of Ukraine
• Islands of Ukraine
• Lakes of Ukraine
• Mountains of Ukraine
  • Volcanoes in Ukraine
• Rivers of Ukraine
  • Waterfalls of Ukraine
• Valleys of Ukraine
• World Heritage Sites in Ukraine

Regions of Ukraine

Main article: Regions of Ukraine

Ecoregions of Ukraine

Main articles: List of ecoregions in Ukraine and Ecoregions in Ukraine

Administrative divisions of Ukraine

Main article: Administrative divisions of Ukraine

• Provinces of Ukraine
  • Districts of Ukraine
    • Municipalities of Ukraine

Provinces of Ukraine

Main article: Provinces of Ukraine

Districts of Ukraine

Main article: Districts of Ukraine

Municipalities of Ukraine

Main article: Municipalities of Ukraine

• Capital of Ukraine: Kiev
• Cities of Ukraine

Demography of Ukraine

Main article: Demographics of Ukraine

Government and politics of Ukraine

Main article: Government of Ukraine and Politics of Ukraine

• Form of government: unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Ukraine: Kiev

• Elections in Ukraine
• Political parties in Ukraine
• 2007 Ukrainian political crisis, 2008 Ukrainian political crisis

Branches of the government of Ukraine

Main article: Government of Ukraine

Executive branch of the government of Ukraine

• Head of state: President of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk
• Speaker of the Parliament: Oleksandr Turchynov
• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Legislative branch of the government of Ukraine

• Parliament of Ukraine (unicameral)
  • Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Judicial branch of the government of Ukraine

The judicial system of Ukraine consists of four levels of courts of general jurisdiction:

Level 4 – Supreme Court of Ukraine

Supreme Court of Ukraine – the court of final appeal, covers all cases

Level 3 – High administrative courts

High courts with specialized jurisdiction

• The High Administrative Court of Ukraine – covers administrative cases
• The High Arbitration Court of Ukraine – covers economic and commercial cases

Level 2 – Appeals Courts

Appeals courts of Ukraine

• Appeals Court of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
• Regional appeals courts of Ukraine
• Appeals courts of the cities of Kiev and Sevastopol
• Appeals Court of the Ukrainian Navy
• Regional military appeals courts of Ukraine
• Economic appeals courts of Ukraine (known also as arbitration courts)
• Administrative appeals courts of Ukraine
• The Appeals Court of Ukraine – currently does not exist

Level 1 – Local courts of general jurisdiction

Local courts of general jurisdiction of Ukraine – includes criminal and civil jurisdiction

• District, urban district and town courts of Ukraine
• Regional courts of Ukraine
• City courts in Kiev and Sevastopol
• Administrative local courts of Ukraine

Foreign relations of Ukraine

Main article: Foreign relations of Ukraine

• Diplomatic missions in Ukraine
• Diplomatic missions of Ukraine

International organization membership

Main article: International organization membership of Ukraine

Ukraine is a member of:

• Australia Group
• Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC)
• Central European Initiative (CEI)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
• Council of Europe (CE)
• Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) (observer)
• Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) (observer)
• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) (observer)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (observer)
• Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) (observer)
• Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
• Partnership for Peace (PFP)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) (observer)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
• United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
• United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• World Veterans Federation
• Zangger Committee (ZC)

Law and order in Ukraine

Main article: Law of Ukraine

• Constitution of Ukraine
• Crime in Ukraine
• Human rights in Ukraine
  • Freedom of religion in Ukraine
• Law enforcement in Ukraine

Military of Ukraine

Main article: Military of Ukraine

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: Viktor Yushchenko
    • Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
• Forces
  • Army of Ukraine
  • Navy of Ukraine
  • Air Force of Ukraine
  • Special forces of Ukraine
• Military history of Ukraine
• Military ranks of Ukraine

Local government in Ukraine

Main article: Local government in Ukraine

History of Ukraine

Main article: History of Ukraine, Timeline of the history of Ukraine, and Current events of Ukraine

• Military history of Ukraine

Culture of Ukraine

Main article: Culture of Ukraine

• Architecture of Ukraine
• Cuisine of Ukraine
• Festivals in Ukraine
• Languages of Ukraine
• Media in Ukraine
• Museums in Ukraine
• National symbols of Ukraine
  • Coat of arms of Ukraine
  • Flag of Ukraine
  • National anthem of Ukraine
• People of Ukraine
• Prostitution in Ukraine
• Public holidays in Ukraine
• Records of Ukraine
• Religion in Ukraine
  • Buddhism in Ukraine
  • Christianity in Ukraine
  • Hinduism in Ukraine
  • Islam in Ukraine
  • Judaism in Ukraine
  • Sikhism in Ukraine
• World Heritage Sites in Ukraine

Art in Ukraine

• Art in Ukraine
• Cinema of Ukraine
• Ukrainian dance
• Literature of Ukraine
• Music of Ukraine
• Television in Ukraine
• Theatre in Ukraine

Sports in Ukraine

Main article: Sports in Ukraine

• Football in Ukraine
• Ukraine at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Ukraine

Main article: Economy of Ukraine

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 48th (forty-eighth)

• Agriculture in Ukraine
• Banking in Ukraine
  • National Bank of Ukraine
• Communications in Ukraine
  • Internet in Ukraine
• Companies of Ukraine
• Currency of Ukraine: Hryvnia
  • ISO 4217: UAH
• Energy in Ukraine
  • Energy policy of Ukraine
  • Oil industry in Ukraine
• Health care in Ukraine
• Mining in Ukraine
• Ukraine Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Ukraine
• Transport in Ukraine
  • Airports in Ukraine
  • Rail transport in Ukraine
  • Roads in Ukraine
• Water supply and sanitation in Ukraine

Education in Ukraine

Main article: Education in Ukraine

Health in Ukraine

Main article: Health in Ukraine

See also

• Outline of Europe
• Lists of countries and territories
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Ukraine

• The President of Ukraine
• Government Portal of Ukraine
• The Parliament of Ukraine
• Ukraine travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Ukraine entry at The World Factbook
• Outline of Ukraine at DMOZ