About Ukraine
The former Soviet republic of Ukraine is situated on the western portion of the Eastern European plain, with the Carpathian Mountains to its south and the Crimean Mountains in its south. It stretches for more than 893 kilometers from north to south, and 1316 kilometers east to west. Its area is 603.7 thousand square kilometers, or 5.7% of the area of Europe and 0.44% of the world area. Because of its favorable geographical location in the center of Europe and its well-developed air, railway, sea, and motor transport networks, it’s a transit country for passengers and cargo from different countries. Ukraine is situated in the temperate zone and is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the south. It borders Belarus in the north, the Russian Federation in the northeast and east, and Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova in the west. Its border is 6500 kilometers long.The capital of Ukraine is Kiev.
Population
Based on the 2001 census, Ukraine’s population is an estimated 49.5 million people. That makes it the fifth most-populated country in Europe (after Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France) and the twenty-first most populated country in the world. The majority of people in Ukraine live in cities or towns (68%), while 31% percent of the population lives in rural areas. Average population density is 85 people per square kilometer.
Relief
Ukraine is mainly flat. Ninety-five percent of its land is plains and about five percent is mountainous. The flat part of the country consists of the three geographical belts: the forest region, the forest-steppe region, and the steppe region. They differ in climatic peculiarities and vegetation.
Ukraine is divided into two climate zones. There are moderate latitudes and Mediterranean-style subtropics (the southern part of the Crimea). The mountainous regions of the country have special climatic conditions because of their vertical partition, different atmospheric circulations, and so on. In general, Ukraine has a moderate climate, with four distinct seasons.
Land is one of the most important natural resources in Ukraine. Two thirds of the land area has “chernozem” soil - that is, exceptionally fertile black earth. Specialists estimate that a quarter of the world’s chernozem soil is located in Ukraine.
Ukraine has a well-spread-out network of rivers. There are, in fact, 73 thousand rivers and about 20 thousand lakes in Ukraine. The biggest river is the Dnipro, the third longest river in Europe.
More than 30,000 different types of plants grow in Ukraine. Agriculture and economy are greatly reliant on natural plant resources in different areas such as breeding or bee-keeping. Because of diversified natural conditions, there are about 44,800 different animals in Ukraine.
Also you can look the list of museums of Kiev.
