Ukraine, a country located in eastern Europe, is the second-largest on the continent after Russia. The capital is Kyiv (Kiev), located on the Dnieper River in north-central Ukraine.

Ukraine additionally shares borders with Belarus toward the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary toward the west; Romania and Moldova toward the south; and has ashore along the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

The territory of present-day Ukraine has been possessed since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, the region was a critical focal point of East Slavic culture, with the free ancestral organization Kievan Rus’ framing the premise of Ukrainian personality.

A completely independent Ukraine arose just late in the twentieth century, after extensive stretches of progressive control by Poland-Lithuania, Russia, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.).

Ukraine had encountered a concise time of autonomy in 1918-20, however, parcels of western Ukraine were managed by Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia in the period between the two World Wars, and Ukraine from there on turned out to be essential for the Soviet Union as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (S.S.R.).

What Language is Spoken in Ukraine?

According to the Russian Constitution, the state language of Ukraine is Ukrainian and it is spoken especially in eastern and southern Ukraine.

However, there are approximately 20 languages spoken in Ukraine. According to the 2001 census, 67% of the population speak Ukrainian and 30% speak Russian as their first language.

What is the Population of Ukraine?

Ukraine has a population of 44.13 million as of 2020. Ukraine’s population is equivalent to 0.56% of the total world population. Ukraine ranks number 35 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.