Country Profiles: Ukraine

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on Ukraine: CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Embassy in Kiev
• Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• The Parliament of Ukraine

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Ukraine Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Ukraine Country Page Information about Ukraine and USAID programs
• Ukraine and the IMF The IMF's Ukraine Country Page with links to articles
• The Eurasia Foundation and the Western NIS
• Soros National Foundations

Internet Resources: General

• Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• BRAMA Ukrainian Gateway   An excellent collection of internet resources about Ukraine
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Ukraine Page of the Institute of  East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Ukraine Page of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Ukraine with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Art

• Ukrainian Literature Online Ukrainian literature online
• The Ukrainian Museum A New York Museum dedicated to Ukrainian art and culture

Online News Sites and Servers

• IntelNews Daily and weekly English-language news about Ukraine
• Vechirny Kyiv Daily Ukrainian newspaper (in Ukrainian)
• Press in Ukraine Daily articles from a variety of Ukrainian newspapers and a selection of downloadable fonts
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ukrainian Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world
• BBC Ukraine
• Interfax Ukraine
• ForUm
• Kyiv Post
• Ukrainska Pravda
• Zerkalo Nedeli

Ukraine Blogs

• Foreign Notes
• Neeka's Backlog
• Orange Ukraine

• Abdymok

• Dykun

• Petro's Jotter

• Notes From Kiev

• Cyber Cossack

• Orange Revolution.us

• Life in Ukraine (v2)

• Kyiv News Blog

Ukrainian Language Study

• Ukrainian Courses offered through The UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University Information on language programs and research opportunities
• Summer Ukrainian Language and Area Studies Lviv University affiliated with University of Kansas
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Russian and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Kiev University
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• The Association for Women in Slavic Studies The AWSS homepage contains a list of members' research, information about AWSS, a mentoring list, and other information
• Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University Information on language programs and research opportunities
• The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages The AATSEEL page provides computing resources, information about the annual AATSEEL conference, job listings, study and funding information
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information for Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship This program offers scholarships to undergraduate students with financial need and encourages students underrepresented in study abroad programs to apply. Awards of up to $5000 for semester or academic year study abroad programs.

Ukraine is a republic in eastern Europe which borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. It is the largest country wholly in Europe, with a population of about 48 million people.