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Location Of Ukraine
Bordered by the Russian Federation to the north and east, Belarus to the north, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Hungary to the west, and Romania and Moldova to the southwest. The Ukraine is a varied country with mountains in the west, plains in the centre and the Black Sea views to the south. Forests dominate the north of the state. Its other two main features are wooded steppe with beech and oak forests and the treeless steppe.

Airports
Kyiv & #8211; Borispol International is approximately 21 miles from central Kyiv. An airport bus operates services to the city centre every 30 minutes for most of the day and the journey time is approximately 1 hour.

Language
Ukrainian is the sole official state language and is spoken widely in western and central Ukraine, but because of past history Russian is more widely spoken by virtually everyone.

Things To Do
Ukrainians go skiing in the Carpathian Mountains in the west, where top resorts are in Yeremcha and Vorokhta near the Romanian border, and Slavsko. The most popular spectator sport is football, although successes in the international arena for Oksana Baiul, Andrei Medvedev and Sergei Bubka have attracted many to figureskating, tennis and athletics.

Opera is performed in the ornate theatres of Kyiv, Lviv and Odessa. Ukrainians have a deep-rooted musical tradition and singing is very popular. Most cities also have good musical comedy, puppet-theatre and troupes performing theatrical works in Ukrainian and Russian. Tickets are cheap by Western standards and readily available on the day of performance at the box offices. Post-Soviet economics unfortunately mean that many performances are badly attended. Prominent visiting artists most often perform in Kyiv’s vast Ukraine Theatre, where prices are higher.

Embassy of Ukraine
60 Holland Park
London
W11 3SJ
UK
Tel: (020) 7727 6312
Fax: (020) 7792 1708.
Not open to personal callers.

Consular Section:
Ground Floor
78 Kensington Park Road
London
W11 2PL
UK
Tel: (020) 7243 8923
Fax: (020) 7727 3567.
Website: www.ukremb.org.uk

British Embassy
9 Desyatinna Street
01025 Kyiv
Ukraine
Tel: (44) 462 0011-2
Fax: (44) 462 0013.
E-mail: ukembinf@sovamua.com
Website: www.britemb-ukraine.net

Consular Section:
4 Hlybochitska Street
04050 Kyiv
Ukraine
Tel: (44) 494 3400
Fax: (44) 494 3418.
E-mail: britvisa.kiev@fco.gov.uk

CIA World Factbook - Ukraine

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