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Ukraine Location:
50°27'N, 30°30'E

Ukraine Geography:
At 603,700 km² (233,074 mi²) and with a coastline of 2,782 km [3], Ukraine is the world's 44th-largest country (after the Central African Republic, before Madagascar). It is the second largest country in Europe (after European part of Russia, before metropolitan France).
There is ongoing debate on where the geographical centre of Europe is, for instance, some claim the center is near the small town of Rakhiv, in western Ukraine;.
The Ukrainian landscape consists mostly of fertile plains, or steppes, and plateaus, crossed by rivers such as the Dnieper, Seversky Donets, Dniester and the Southern Buh as they flow south into the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. To the southwest the delta of the Danube forms the border with Romania. The country's only mountains are the Carpathian Mountains in the west, of which the highest is the Hora Hoverla at 2,061 metres (6,762 ft), and those in the Crimean peninsula, in the extreme south along the coast.
Ukraine has a mostly temperate continental climate, though a more mediterranean climate is found on the southern Crimean coast. Precipitation is disproportionately distributed; it is highest in the west and north and lesser in the east and southeast. Winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland. Summers are warm across the greater part of the country, but generally hot in the south.

Ukraine People:
Population
- 2007 estimate 46,299,874 (27th)
- 2001 census 48,457,102
- Density 77 /km² (115th)
199 /sq mi

Ukraine Government:
Ukraine is currently through a transition state after a substantial constitutional reform was introduced in the beginning of 2006. The amendments to the Constitution were meant to transform the Ukrainian state from a presidential republic to a mixed parliamentary-presidential republic. However, the amendments happened to be far from perfect and created a great opportunity for potential conflicts between the President on one side and the Parliamentary coalition on the other. The political life of Ukraine during the last 9 month could be characterized as a constant struggle between the President and the Prime-Minister for power (which is aggravated by the fact, that the President and the Prime-Minister represent the opposite parts of the political spectrum and have some very significant differences concerning the foreign and the internal policy). This conflict has been accompanied by accusations from both parts. The President Yushchenko accuses the coalition of trying to usurp the power and take away even those powers, that he preserved after the reform. On the other hand, the coalition accuses the President of unwillingness to accept the consequences of the constitutional reform and trying to regain his former powers by all means possible.

Ukraine Economy:
Ukraine is among the world's thirty largest economies. In the Soviet times, the economy of the republic was the second largest in the Soviet Union, being an important industrial and agricultural component of country's planned economy. With the collapse of Soviet system, the country progressed toward a market economy, but the move was somewhat longer and more painful than the proponents of shock therapy were to advise.
In 1991, the government liberalized most prices in order to combat widespread product shortages, and was successful in overcoming the problem. In the same time, the government continued to subside the government-owned industries and agriculture by uncovered monetary emission. The loose monetary policies of early 1990s pushed inflation to hyperinflationary levels. For the year 1993 Ukraine holds the world record for inflation in one calendar year. The prices stabilized only after the introduction of new currency, hryvnia in 1996.
The country was also slow in the implementation of structural reforms. Following independence, the government erected a legal framework for privatization. However, widespread resistance to reforms within the government and from a significant part of population soon stalled the reform efforts. A large number of governed-owned enterprises were exempt from the privatization process. In the meantime, by 1999, the output had fallen to less than 40% of the 1991 level, but recovered to slightly over the 100% mark by the end of 2006.
Since the late 1990s the government has pledged to reduce the number of government agencies, streamline the regulatory process, create a legal environment to encourage entrepreneurs, and enact a comprehensive tax overhaul. Outside institutions—particularly the IMF—have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms and have threatened to withdraw financial support. But reforms in some politically sensitive areas of structural reform and land privatizations are still lagging.
In early 2000s the economy showed strong export-based growth of 5% to 10%, with industrial production growing more than 10% per year. The growth was largely attributed to a surge in exports of metals and chemicals to China.
In 2005, the economic growth temporarily slowed down due to unfavorable changes in terms of trade, as world energy prices went up and metal prices went down. In 2006, the economy is again experiencing above 5% growth. The growth was undergirded by strong domestic demand and growing consumer and investor confidence.
The current Ukrainian economy is a typical example of a post-soviet era developing economy. The World Bank classifies Ukraine as a lower middle-income state. Some significant issues are underdeveloped infrastructure and transportation, corruption and bureaucracy, and a lack of modern-minded professionals - despite the large number of universities. But the rapidly growing Ukrainian economy has a very interesting emerging market with a relatively big population, and large profits associated with the high risks.[4] The Ukrainian stock market grew up 10 times between 2000 and 2006, including the tremendous 341% growth in 2004, followed by 28% growth in 2005, and 24% growth in 2006. Growing sectors of the Ukrainian economy include the IT Outsourcing market, which has been growing at over 100% per annum.
The average nominal salary in Ukraine by the start of 2007 reached over 200 euro per month. Despite remaining much lower than in neighboring central European countries, the annual growth of average salary income is approximately 30% for several years in a row. For 2006, the Index of Economic Freedom of Ukraine was 3.24, rank 99 amongst 157 states.
The country imports most energy supplies, especially oil and natural gas, and to a large extent depends on Russia as an energy supplier. While 25% of the natural gas in Ukraine comes from its own sources, about 35 % comes from Russia and the remaining 30% come from Central Asia through the transit routes that Russia controls.
Ukraine produces nearly all types of transporting vehicles; automobiles, buses, trucks, ships, airplanes, space rockets, subway and railroad trains. During the last couple of years high technological production activated. Most of the industries have undergone significant modernization in the last five years, making ukrainian made vehicles more economically competitive, Antonov airplanes and KRAZ trucks are already exported to many countries worldwide.

Ukraine More Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine