Ukraine is a state located in the northern hemisphere, on the mainland of Eurasia, in Eastern Europe. In the south it is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is the largest country in Europe by area (603.7 square kilometers). The geographical center of Europe is situated on the territory of Ukraine, near the town of Rahov (Zakarpatskiy region).

The majority of the population are Ukrainians. There are also other nationalities: Jews, Belarusians, Tatars, Moldovans. Religions - Orthodoxy and Catholicism. The official language - Ukrainian. Ukraine consists of 24 regions, 2 cities of republican subordination and the territorial autonomy - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The capital of Ukraine is Kiev.

UKRAINE OBLASTS:

Cherkasy Oblast : Cherkasy, Uman, Smila, Zolotonosha

Chernihiv Oblast : Chernihiv, Nizhyn, Pryluky

Chernivtsi Oblast : Chernivtsi, Novodnistrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast : Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvyi Rih, Dniprodzerzhynsk, Marhanets

Donetsk Oblast : Donetsk

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast : Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush, Kolomyia

Kharkiv Oblast : Kharkiv

Kherson Oblast : Kherson

Khmelnytskyi Oblast : Khmelnytskyi

Kyiv Oblast : Kiev (Kyiv)

Kirovohrad Oblast : Kirovohrad

Luhansk Oblast : Luhansk

Lviv Oblast : Lviv (Lvov)

Mykolaiv Oblast : Mykolaiv (Nikolayev)

Odessa Oblast : Odessa

Poltava Oblast : Poltava

Rivne Oblast : Rivne (Rovno)

Sumy Oblast : Sumy

Ternopil Oblast : Ternopil (Ternopol)

Vinnytsia Oblast : Vinnytsia, Zhmerynka, Mohyliv-Podilskyi

Volyn Oblast : Lutsk

Zakarpattia Oblast : Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove, Vynohradiv

Zaporizhia Oblast : Zaporizhia

Zhytomyr Oblast : Zhytomyr

CITIES WITH SPECIAL STATUS: Kiev and Sevastopol

AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA (Avtonomna Respublika Krym)