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“ukrainia”
(country in ‘eastern europe’)
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borders:
russia
(east + northeast)
belarus
(northwest)
poland / slovakia
(west)
hungary / romania / moldova
(southwest)
(‘black sea’ + ‘sea of azov’)
(south + southeast)
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(“ukraine” (/juːˈkreɪn/ (
listen); ukrainian: Україна, translit. ukrajina [ukrɑˈjinɑ]), sometimes called the ukraine, is a sovereign state in ‘eastern europe’, bordered by ‘russia’ to the ‘east’ and ‘northeast’, ‘belarus’ to the ‘northwest’, ‘poland’, ‘hungary’, and ‘slovakia’ to the ‘west’, ‘romania’ and ‘moldova’ to the ‘southwest’, and the ‘black sea’ and ‘sea of azov’ to the ‘south’ and ‘southeast’, respectively)
(‘ukraine’ is currently in ‘territorial dispute’ with ‘russia’ over the ‘crimean peninsula’ which ‘russia’ annexed in ‘2014’ but which ‘ukraine’ and most of the international community recognize as ‘ukrainian’)
(including ‘crimea’, ‘ukraine’ has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the largest country entirely within ‘europe’ and the 46th largest country in the world)
(excluding ‘crimea’, ‘ukraine’ has a population of about 42.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world)
(the territory of modern ‘ukraine’ has been inhabited since 32,000 BC)
(during the ‘middle ages’, the area was a key center of ‘east slavic culture’, with the powerful state of kievan rus’ forming the basis of ‘ukrainian identity’)
(following its fragmentation in the ’13th century’, the territory was contested, ruled and divided by a variety of powers, including ‘lithuania’, ‘poland’, the ‘ottoman empire’, ‘austria-hungary’, and ‘russia’)
(a ‘cossack republic’ emerged and prospered during the ’17th’ and ’18th’ centuries, but its territory was eventually split between ‘poland’ and the ‘russian empire’, and later merged fully into ‘russia’)
(during the ’20th century’, 3 periods of ‘independence’ occurred)
(the first of these periods occurred briefly during and immediately after the ‘german occupation’ near the end of ‘world war I’ and the second occurred, also briefly, and also during ‘german occupation’, during ‘world war II’)
(however, both of these first 2 earlier periods would eventually see ukraine’s territories consolidated back into a ‘soviet republic’ within the ‘USSR’)
(the third period of ‘independence’ began in ‘1991’, when ‘ukraine’ gained its independence from the ‘soviet union’ in the aftermath of its ‘dissolution’ at the end of the ‘cold war’)
(‘ukraine’ has maintained its ‘independence’ as a ‘sovereign state’ ever since)
(before its independence, ‘ukraine’ was typically referred to in english as “the ukraine”, but sources since then have moved to drop “the” from the name of ‘ukraine’ in all uses)
(following its independence, ‘ukraine’ declared itself a ‘neutral state’)
(nonetheless it formed a ‘limited military partnership’ with the ‘russian federation’ and other ‘CIS countries’ and a partnership with ‘NATO’ in ‘1994’)
(in the ‘2000s’, the government began leaning towards ‘NATO’, and a deeper cooperation with the alliance was set by the ‘NATO-Ukraine Action Plan’ signed in ‘2002’)
(it was later agreed that the question of joining ‘NATO’ should be answered by a ‘national referendum’ at some point in the future)
(former president ‘viktor yanukovych’ considered the current level of cooperation between ‘ukraine’ and ‘NATO’ sufficient, and was against ‘ukraine’ joining ‘NATO’)
(in ‘2013’, after the government of ‘president yanukovych’ had decided to suspend the ‘ukraine-european union association agreement’ and seek closer economic ties with ‘russia’, a several-months-long wave of ‘demonstrations’ and ‘protests’ known as the ‘euromaidan’ began, which later escalated into the ‘2014 ukrainian revolution’ that led to the overthrow of ‘president yanukovych’ and his ‘cabinet’ and the establishment of a new government)
(these events formed the background for the ‘annexation’ of ‘crimea’ by ‘russia’ in ‘march 2014’, and the ‘war in donbass’ in ‘april 2014’)
(on ‘1 january 2016’, ‘ukraine’ applied the economic part of the ‘deep and comprehensive free trade area’ with the ‘european union’)
(‘ukraine’ has long been a ‘global breadbasket’ because of its ‘extensive + fertile farmlands’ and is one of the world’s largest ‘grain exporters’)
(the diversified economy of ‘ukraine’ includes a large ‘heavy industry sector’, particularly in ‘aerospace’ and ‘industrial’ equipment)
(‘ukraine’ is a ‘unitary republic’ under a ‘semi-presidential system’ with separate powers: ‘legislative’, ‘executive’, and ‘judicial’ branches)
(its capital and largest city is ‘kiev’)
(taking into account ‘reserves’ and ‘paramilitary personnel’, ‘ukraine’ maintains the 2nd-largest military in ‘europe’ (after that of ‘russia’)
(the country is home to ‘42.5 million people’ (excluding ‘crimea’), 77.8% of whom are ‘ukrainians’ (“by ethnicity”), followed by a sizeable minority of ‘russians’ (17.3%) as well as ‘romanians’ / ‘moldovans’, ‘belarusians’, ‘crimean tatars’, ‘bulgarians’, and ‘hungarians’)
(‘ukrainian’ is the official language and its alphabet is ‘cyrillic’)
(the dominant religion in the country is ‘eastern orthodoxy’, which has strongly influenced ukrainian ‘architecture’, ‘literature’, and ‘music’)
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*it is a member of the “united nations” since its founding*
*the ‘council of europe’*
‘OSCE’
‘GUAM’
(…and one of the ‘founding states’ of the “commonwealth of independent states”)
(‘CIS’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥