Is Ukraine a big country or a small country?

As a big country, Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe, the largest country in Europe except Russia.

Ukraine has an area of about 603,700 square kilometers and a population of 4 1 10,000. In contrast, the area of Germany is about 357,000 square kilometers, and that of France is about 550,000 square kilometers.

Historically, Ukraine has a splendid civilization. Around the 9th century AD, the Eastern Slavs established a country called "Kiev Ross", with Kiev as its capital. At its peak, it covered an area of 6.5438+0.3 million square kilometers and controlled 56 vassal States.

It was not until the13rd century that the Mongols wiped out the Russians in Kiev, and the three major ethnic groups of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus gradually evolved. Therefore, for the three ethnic groups, Ukraine and Kiev, the capital, have special significance, which is equivalent to the birthplace of the nation.

brief history

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.

The above contents refer to: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (PRC)-Ukrainian Country Profile.