Ukraine

[ yoo-kreyn, -krahyn, yoo-kreyn ]

/ yuˈkreɪn, -ˈkraɪn, ˈyu kreɪn /

noun

a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Capital: Kiev.

Russian Ukraina. Formerly Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Examples from the Web for ukraine

Instead, spa hotels filled up with over 30,000 refugees from the war-troubled Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.
The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Putin, because of his acts in Ukraine, he lost Russkiy Mir as a phenomenon.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible|Anna Nemtsova|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“The events this year with Ukraine led to his ties with Cato being severed,” a source at the think tank told The Daily Beast.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute|James Kirchick|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Swedish army spent a wretched winter in the Ukraine, and Charles lost half his men by hunger and cold.
Boris the Bear-Hunter|Fred Whishaw
My mistake, I realized, had been in forgetting for the moment the existence of that newly-made-in-Germany republic the Ukraine.
Eastern Nights - and Flights|Alan Bott
There were great delights at that time in the Ukraine for all valiant souls.
Hania|Henryk Sienkiewicz
A dispatch, dated May 10, announced the beginning of peace negotiations between Russia and the Ukraine.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918|Various
Statistics show that during the spring and summer of 1918 42,000 wagon-loads were received from the Ukraine.
In the World War|Count Ottokar Czernin

British Dictionary definitions for ukraine

Ukraine

/ (juːˈkreɪn) /

noun

a republic in SE Europe, on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov: ruled by the Khazars (7th–9th centuries), by Ruik princes with the Mongol conquest in the 13th century, then by Lithuania, by Poland, and by Russia; one of the four original republics that formed the Soviet Union in 1922; unilaterally declared independence in 1990, which was recognized in 1991. Consists chiefly of lowlands; economy based on rich agriculture and mineral resources and on the major heavy industries of the Donets Basin. Official language: Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken. Religion: believers are mainly Christian. Currency: hryvna. Capital: Kiev. Pop: 44 573 205 (2013 est). Area: 603 700 sq km (231 990 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for ukraine

Ukraine

[ (yooh-krayn, yooh-krayn) ]

Republic in southeastern Europe, bordered by Belarus to the north; Russia to the northeast and east; the Black Sea to the south; Moldova, Romania, and Hungary to the southwest; and Slovakia and Poland to the west; includes the peninsula of Crimea. Kiev is the capital and largest city.

notes for Ukraine

Of the former Soviet republics, it is second to Russia in population.

notes for Ukraine

Ukraine came under a succession of invaders and foreign rulers, including central Asian tribes, the Mongols, Lithuania, the Ottoman Empire, Poland, and finally Russia. Under oppressive Polish and Russian rule in the seventeenth century, Ukrainian fugitives, known as Cossacks, organized resistance movements.

notes for Ukraine

A nationalist and cultural revival in the nineteenth century was rewarded after World War I by independence, which was, however, short-lived. Invaded by Russian troops, Ukraine became one of the original Soviet republics in 1922.

notes for Ukraine

Ukraine was traditionally home to a large Jewish population. Many Jews (see also Jews) left Ukraine under oppressive conditions in the nineteenth century, and thousands more were exterminated by the Nazis in World War II.