About Ukrainian

In 1945, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the co-founding members of the United Nations.The Ukrainian gas pipelines transport the Russian gas to Central and Western Europe.Black-earth soil, which occupies 60% of Ukrainian land, is natural wealth of Ukraine.The majority of Ukrainian exports are marketed to the European Union and CIS.Most characteristic are the horse-chestnuts (Ukrainian: каштани, kashtany) .General information about Ukraine.The nation's history began with that of the East Slavs.Ukraine became independent again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.To the southwest, the delta of the Danube forms the border with Romania.Western Ukraine, receives around 1,200 mm of precipitation, annually.