Ukraine ili ndi dera lalikulu masikweya kilomita 603,700 (2.7% ya dera lakale la Soviet Union), makilomita 1,300 kuchokera kum'mawa mpaka kumadzulo, ndi makilomita 900 kuchokera kumpoto mpaka kumwera. Ili kum'mawa kwa Europe, pagombe lakumpoto kwa Black Sea ndi Nyanja ya Azov. Imadutsa Belarus kumpoto, Russia kumpoto chakum'mawa, Poland, Slovakia, ndi Hungary kumadzulo, ndi Romania ndi Moldova kumwera. Madera ambiri ali m'chigwa cha Eastern Europe. Phiri la Govira ku Western Carpathian Mountains ndiye nsonga yayitali kwambiri pamtunda wa 2061 mita pamwamba pa nyanja; kumwera ndi Phiri la Roman-Koshi la Mapiri a Crimea. Kumpoto chakum'mawa ndi gawo lamapiri aku Central Russia, ndipo kuli mapiri a m'mphepete mwa Nyanja ya Azov ndi Donets Range kumwera chakum'mawa. Pali mitsinje 116 pamtunda wamakilomita 100, ndipo motalikirapo ndi Dnieper. Pali nyanja zoposa 3,000 m'derali, makamaka kuphatikiza Nyanja ya Yalpug ndi Nyanja ya Sasek. Wokhudzidwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho yotentha ya Atlantic, madera ambiri amakhala ndi nyengo yotentha, ndipo gawo lakumwera kwa Crimea Peninsula lili ndi nyengo yotentha. Kutentha kwapakati mu Januware ndi -7.4 ℃, ndipo kutentha kwapakati mu Julayi ndi 19.6 ℃. Mpweya wamvula wapachaka ndi 300 mm kumwera chakum'mawa ndi 600-700 mm kumpoto chakumadzulo, makamaka mu Juni ndi Julayi.

Ukraine imagawidwa m'maiko 24, 1 Republic yoyendetsedwa, 2 maboma, ndi magawo 27 oyang'anira. Zambiri ndi izi: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kiev Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Volyn Oblast, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast , Zaporizhia Oblast, Ivan-Frankivsk Oblast, Kirovgrad Oblast, Lugansk Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Nikolaev Oblast, Odessa Oblast, Poltava Oblast , Rivne Oblast, Sumi Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Kharkov Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Khmelnitsky Oblast, Cherkassy Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast Nico, Friesland, matauni aku Kiev, ndi maboma a Sevastopol.

Ukraine ili ndi malo ofunikira komanso malo abwino achilengedwe.Inali malo omenyera nkhondo akatswiri andale m'mbiri, ndipo Ukraine yakhala ikuvutika ndi nkhondo. Mtundu waku Ukraine ndi nthambi ya Rus wakale. Mawu oti "Ukraine" adawoneka koyamba mu Mbiri ya Ross (1187). Kuyambira m'zaka za zana la 9 mpaka la 12 AD, ambiri a Ukraine tsopano alumikizidwa ku Kievan Rus. Kuyambira 1237 mpaka 1241, a Mongol Horde (Badu) aku Mongolia adagonjetsa ndikulanda Kiev, ndipo mzindawo udawonongedwa. M'zaka za zana la 14, idalamulidwa ndi Grand Duchy waku Lithuania ndi Poland. Mtundu waku Ukraine udapangidwa pafupifupi m'zaka za zana la 15. Eastern Ukraine inalumikizana ndi Russia mu 1654, ndipo Western Ukraine idalandira ufulu ku Russia. West Ukraine idalumikizidwanso ku Russia m'ma 1790. Pa Disembala 12, 1917, Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic idakhazikitsidwa. Nthawi kuyambira 1918 mpaka 1920 inali nthawi yolowererapo zida zakunja. Soviet Union inakhazikitsidwa mu 1922, ndipo Eastern Ukraine inagwirizana ndi Union ndipo inakhala imodzi mwa mayiko omwe anayambitsa Soviet Union. Mu Novembala 1939, Western Ukraine idalumikizana ndi Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic. Mu Ogasiti 1940, mbali zina za kumpoto kwa Bukovina ndi Bessarabia zidalumikizidwa ku Ukraine. Mu 1941, dziko la Ukraine linalandidwa ndi achifasizimu achi Germany.Mu October 1944, dziko la Ukraine linamasulidwa. Mu Okutobala 1945, Soviet Soviet Socialist Republic idalumikizana ndi United Nations ngati boma lodziyimira palokha ndi Soviet Union. Pa Julayi 16, 1990, Supreme Soviet yaku Ukraine idapereka "Declaration of the State Emperor of Ukraine", ikulengeza kuti Constitution ndi malamulo aku Ukraine ndizapamwamba kuposa malamulo a Union; ndipo ili ndi ufulu wokhazikitsa magulu ake ankhondo. Pa Ogasiti 24, 1991, Ukraine idasiyana ndi Soviet Union, idalengeza ufulu wake, ndikusintha dzina kukhala Ukraine.

Mbendera yadziko: Ndi yamakona anayi, yopangidwa ndimakona awiri ofanana ndi ofanana, mawonekedwe a kutalika mpaka m'lifupi ndi 3: 2. Ukraine idakhazikitsa dziko la Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic mu 1917 ndipo idakhala republic ya dziko lomwe kale linali Soviet Union mu 1922. Kuyambira 1952, idatengera mbendera yofiira yokhala ndi cholozera cha nyenyezi zisanu, chikwakwa ndi nyundo yofanana ndi mbendera yakale ya Soviet Union, kupatula kuti mbali yakumunsi ya mbendera inali yamtambo. Sakani m'mbali mwake. Mu 1991, ufulu udalengezedwa, ndipo mbendera yabuluu ndi yachikaso ku Ukraine pomwe ufulu udabwezeretsedwanso mu 1992 inali mbendera yadziko.

Ukraine ili ndi anthu 46,886,400 (February 1, 2006). Pali mitundu yopitilira 110, yomwe mitundu yaku Ukraine ili ndi zoposa 70 %. Enawo ndi aku Russia, Belarus, Ayuda, Crimea Tatar, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Germany, Bulgaria ndi mitundu ina. Chilankhulo chachikulu ndi Chiyukireniya, ndipo Chirasha chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri. Zipembedzo zazikuluzikulu ndi Eastern Orthodox ndi Chikatolika.

Makampani a ku Ukraine ndi ulimi zimapangidwa. Gawo lalikulu la mafakitale limaphatikizapo zitsulo, kupanga makina, kukonza mafuta, kupanga zombo, malo ogwiritsira ntchito ndege, ndi ndege. Chuma chambiri ndi shuga, mphamvu zake zachuma zimakhala chachiwiri ku Soviet Union ndipo amadziwika kuti "nkhokwe" ku Soviet Union. Madera atatu azachuma omwe ali m'mbali mwa Mtsinje wa Donets-Dnieper, omwe ndi Chigawo cha Jingji, Kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Economic Zone ndi South Economic Zone, akutukuka m'makampani, ulimi, mayendedwe komanso zokopa alendo. Makala amagetsi, makina, makina, ndi mafakitole azitsulo ndi mizati inayi yachuma chake. Sikuti ili ndi nkhalango ndiudzu zokha, komanso ili ndi mitsinje yambiri yomwe imadutsamo, komanso ili ndi madzi ambiri. Mtengo wofikira m'nkhalango ndi 4.3%. Olemera mosungika, pali mitundu 72 yazinthu zamchere, makamaka malasha, chitsulo, manganese, faifi tambala, titaniyamu, mercury, lead, mafuta, gasi wachilengedwe, ndi zina zambiri.

Ukraine ili ndi vuto lalikulu lakuchepa kwa magetsi.Gasi yokhayo imafunika kuitanitsa ma cubic metres 73 biliyoni chaka chilichonse. Mtengo wathunthu wamagetsi osiyanasiyana omwe amatumizidwa chaka chilichonse ndi pafupifupi madola 8 biliyoni aku US, omwe amawerengera zoposa magawo awiri mwa atatu a zonse zomwe zimatumizidwa kunja. Russia ndi yomwe imapereka mphamvu zambiri ku Ukraine. M'zaka zaposachedwa, malonda akunja aku Ukraine akhala akuwerengera pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a GDP yake. Makamaka amatumiza kunja zinthu zopangira zachitsulo, makina ndi zida, ma motors, feteleza, miyala yachitsulo, zinthu zaulimi, ndi zina zambiri, ndikuitanitsa gasi wachilengedwe, mafuta, zida zonse, ulusi wamankhwala, polyethylene, nkhuni, mankhwala, ndi zina zambiri. Ukraine ali nyama zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo mitundu yoposa 350 ya mbalame, pafupifupi 100 mitundu ya nyama ndi mitundu yoposa 200 ya nsomba.

Kiev: Kyiv, likulu la Republic of Ukraine (Kyiv), lili kumpoto chapakati ku Ukraine, pakatikati pa Mtsinje wa Dnieper. Ndi doko la Mtsinje wa Dnieper ndi malo ofunikira njanji. Kiev wakhala ndi mbiri yakalekale.Poyamba panali likulu la dziko loyamba la Russia, Kievan Rus, choncho ali ndi dzina la "Mayi wa Mizinda ya Russia". Kafukufuku wamabwinja akuwonetsa kuti Kiev idamangidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za 6th komanso koyambirira kwa zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chiwiri. Mu 822 AD, udakhala likulu la dziko lankhanza la Kievan Rus ndipo pang'onopang'ono udachita bwino pamalonda. Adatembenuzidwira ku Orthodox Church mu 988. M'zaka za zana la 10 ndi 11 anali otukuka kwambiri ndipo amatchedwa "mzinda wamfumu" pa Dnieper. Pofika m'zaka za zana la 12, Kiev idayamba kukhala mzinda waukulu ku Europe, wokhala ndi matchalitchi opitilira 400, odziwika bwino pazaluso za tchalitchi ndi zopangidwa ndi manja. Idalandidwa ndi a Mongol mu 1240, madera ambiri amzindawu adawonongedwa ndipo ambiri mwaomwe adaphedwawo. Wogwiridwa ndi Mtsogoleri wa Lithuania mu 1362, adasamutsidwira ku Poland mu 1569 ndi Russia mu 1686. M'zaka za zana la 19, malonda akumatauni adakulitsa ndipo mafakitale amakono adayamba. Njanji yolumikizidwa ndi Moscow ndi Odessa m'ma 1860. Mu 1918 lidakhala likulu lodziyimira palokha la Ukraine. Mzindawu udawonongeka kwambiri pankhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Mu 1941, atatha masiku 80 akumenya nkhondo yankhondo pakati pa asitikali aku Soviet ndi Germany, asitikali aku Germany adalanda Kiev. Mu 1943, gulu lankhondo la Soviet linamasula Kiev.

Kiev ndi amodzi mwa malo ofunikira kwambiri ku Soviet Union.Pali mafakitale mumzinda wonsewo, omwe amakhala kwambiri kumadzulo kwa dera lamzindawu komanso gombe lakumanzere la Mtsinje wa Dnieper.Pali mitundu yambiri ya mafakitale opanga. Kiev yakhazikitsa mayendedwe ndipo ndi malo oyendera madzi, nthaka komanso kayendedwe ka ndege. Pali njanji ndi misewu yopita ku Moscow, Kharkov, Donbas, Southern Ukraine, Odessa Port, Western Ukraine ndi Poland. Kutumiza kwa Mtsinje wa Dnieper ndikokwera kwambiri. Boryspil Airport ili ndi njira zouluka kumizinda yayikulu kwambiri ku CIS, mizinda ndi matauni ambiri ku Ukraine, ndi mayiko monga Romania ndi Bulgaria.

Kiev ili ndi chikhalidwe chachitali komanso kuchita bwino kwambiri pakufufuza zamankhwala ndi ma cybernetic. Mzindawu uli ndi makoleji ndi mayunivesite 20 komanso mabungwe ophunzirira zasayansi oposa 200. Bungwe lodziwika bwino la maphunziro apamwamba ndi Kyiv National University, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa pa Seputembara 16, 1834. Ndilo bungwe lapamwamba kwambiri ku Ukraine lokhala ndi ophunzira a 20,000. Malo osamalira anthu ku Kiev amaphatikizapo zipatala zazikulu komanso zapadera, sukulu za mkaka, nyumba zosungira anthu okalamba, ndi malo a tchuthi a ana. Palinso malo owerengera opitilira 1,000, malo osungiramo zinthu zakale pafupifupi 30 komanso malo akale okhala anthu akale.