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Boundaries
Country             Length of Boundary

Russia                                 1,576 km
Moldova                                939 km
Belarus                                  891 km
Romania                                531 km
Poland                                   428 km
Hungary                                 103 km
Slovakia                                   90 km

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Ethnic Divisions

Ukrainian                                   73 %
Russian                                     22 %
Jewish                                        1 %
Other                                          4 %

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Ukrainian Orthodox
Moscow Patriarchate 
Kiev Patriarchate 
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 
Catholic (Uniate) 
Protestant 
Jewish

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Tryzub (Trident), Triytsia                                                       (Trinity) or Trysuttya (Three-                                                 Substances or Three-                                                             Meanings) is an ancient                                                          Ukrainian religious (pre-                                                          christian), national and state                                                    symbol. Nowadays it is the                                                     official Coat of Arms of                                                          Ukraine. It was also the state                                                   symbol of Ukrainian Peoples'                                                   Republic (1917-1920) and Kyiv Rus' (8th-13th century) since King Volodymyr the Great. But this sign has much deeper roots. The symbol variations are present in the number of cultures and religions influenced by Oriana-Ukraina including the most European and some of the Middle East cultures both modern and antique.

Tryzub is one of the basic universal symbols meaning three substances forming the Universe: astral water - the female basis (right part of the Tryzub), astral fire - the male basis (left part of the Tryzub) and the Child - the Universe itself (the middle part of the Tryzub). All three in the unbreakable unity. Do you remember Plato quoting from the ancient source: "
triangle is the basis of everything..."



                                                               
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The stripes on the Ukrainian flag have a very significant meaning. The blue stripe on the top represents a clear blue sky, and yellow stripe on the bottom represents numerous wheat fields in Ukraine.
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Temperate continental; winters vary from cold along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country. Hot in the south.
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