Which country is Ukraine?

Ukraine (Ukrainian: украна; Russian: украина; English: Ukraine is located in eastern Europe, bordering Russia in the east, the Black Sea in the south, Belarus in the north and Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova in the west. Ukraine has an important geographical position and is the geopolitical intersection of the EU and CIS, especially with Russia.

In the early Paleolithic period, there were traces of ancient human activities in present-day Ukraine. The word "Ukraine" first appeared in Historical Records of Ross (1 187), which means "the land on the border". 1240 The Mongolian Imperial Expeditionary Force (Badu) occupied Kiev. After that, the Mongolian Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland successively ruled Ukraine.

1654, Ukrainian cossack leader Khmelnitski signed the Treaty of Peleyaslav with the Russian czar, and Ukraine and Russia formally merged. Since then, Ukraine has its own government, but it has not played a substantive role. 1922 joined the Soviet union (western Ukraine joined 1939). On July 1990, the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine adopted the Declaration on National Sovereignty of Ukraine. 1991On August 24th, Ukraine declared its independence.