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Last reviewed: 18 August 2010

 

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Area: 603,700sq km
Population: 46.2 million (est.)
Capital city: Kyiv - population: 2.6 million (Dec 2001 census)
People: Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, other 5% (Dec 2001 census)
Languages: Ukrainian is the official language, but Russian is widely spoken, particularly in the East and South. There are small numbers of Romanian, Polish and Hungarian speakers, and about 250,000 Crimean Tatars.
Religion(s): Ukrainian Orthodox (Moscow Patriarchate) (10-12 million), Ukrainian Orthodox (Kyiv Patriarchate) (2-3 million), Ukrainian Greek-Catholic (Uniate) (850,000), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (800,000), Jewish (70,000), Muslim.
Currency: 1 hryvnia=100 kopiykas
Major political groupings:  Party of Regions (favours close relations with Russia, but also favours EU integration, most support in the East),  Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defence (both pro-market economy, pro-reform, pro-EU membership), Lytvyn Bloc (centrist alliance), Communist and various other parties and blocs.
Constitutional form: Parliamentary-Presidential Republic
Head of State: President Viktor Yanukovych
Prime Minister/Premier: Mykola Azarov
Foreign Minister: Kostyantyn Gryshchenko
 

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Ukraine, Kyiv, British Embassy

Address:

British Embassy
9 Desyatynna St.
Kyiv 01025

Consular/Visa Section:
Artyom Business Centre
4, Glybochytska St.
Kyiv 04050

Telephone:

+380 44 494 3422:  General consular enquiries from 10:00 to 12:00 only, Mon - Fri
+380 44 490 3660:  General, a genuine emergency requiring immediate attention of Consular section

Fax:

+380 44 490 3662: General
+380 44 494 3418: Visa/Consular

Office hours:

Mon-Fri: 09:00-13:00/14:00-17:00 (Local Time = GMT+2)

Website: http://ukinukraine.fco.gov.uk/en

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