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Economic independance

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Outside institutions - particularly the IMF - have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms and have threatened to withdraw financial support. GDP in 2000 showed strong export-based growth of 6% - the first growth since independence - and industrial production grew 12.9%. The economy continued to expand in 2001 as real GDP rose 9% and industrial output grew by over 14%. Growth was undergirded by strong domestic demand and growing consumer and investor confidence.

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Energy

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Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy supplies and the lack of significant structural reform have made the Ukrainian economy vulnerable to external shocks. Now in his second term, President KUCHMA has pledged to reduce the number of government agencies, streamline the regulatory process, create a legal environment to encourage entrepreneurs, and enact a comprehensive tax overhaul. Reforms in the more politically sensitive areas of structural reform and land privatization are still lagging.

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Energetic independance

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Likewise, its diversified heavy industry supplied the unique equipment (for example, large diameter pipes) and raw materials to industrial and mining sites (vertical drilling apparatus) in other regions of the former USSR. Ukraine depends on imports of energy, especially natural gas, to meet some 85% of its annual energy requirements. Shortly after independence in late 1991, the Ukrainian Government liberalized most prices and erected a legal framework for privatization, but widespread resistance to reform within the government and the legislature soon stalled reform efforts and led to some backtracking. Output by 1999 had fallen to less than 40% the 1991 level. Loose monetary policies pushed inflation to hyperinflationary levels in late 1993.

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Le grenier à blé de l'Europe centrale

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After Russia, the Ukrainian republic was far and away the most important economic component of the former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic. Its fertile black soil generated more than one-fourth of Soviet agricultural output, and its farms provided substantial quantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics.

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Ethnic groups

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Ethnic groups of Ukrainia : Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001)

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Population

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Population July 2002 est. : 48,396,470 Age structure : 0-14 years : 16.8% (male 4,147,344; female 3,970,343) 15-64 years : 68.7% (male 15,881,821; female 17,366,172) 65 years and over : 14.5% (male 2,341,885; female 4,688,905) (2002 est.) Sex ratio : at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years : 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years : 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over : 0.5 male(s)/female total population : 0.86 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

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Environment - international agreements

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party to : Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified : Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

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World War II

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In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 million more deaths. Although independence was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, true freedom remains elusive as many of the former Soviet elite remain entrenched, stalling efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties.

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Wines of Ukraine

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Wine making is one of the most ancient professions, and an ability to appreciate wine is one of the traits of a high cultured individual. Wine making in Ukraine and Moldova counts many centuries of history and traditions.The best wines in Ukraine are manufactured at the Southern Coast of the Crimea. Crimean wines are highly valued all over the world. A lot of existing Crimean wines have been developed with participation of specialists of world renown associated with Magarach Institute of Viticulture and Enology. Inimitable grape wines of Massandra brand especially the Southern Coast Muscatels are considered to be an item of national pride of Ukraine. White Muscatel of the Red Rock is the masterpiece of classical Crimean wine making. At the international wine contests it was awarded with seventeen gold, one silver medals and two Grand Prix Cups. In addition to Muscatels, liqueur and...

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Le paradis existe

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Que reste-t-il de l’Ukraine après le communisme et Tchernobyl ? La douce folie de vieux amants, les rêves vite oubliés de jeunes filles et la musique heureuse de Varko. Et à l’heure où tout le monde s’apitoie sur son sort, il en fait des miracles, ce Varko, venu d’on ne sait où, avec sa guimbarde à Khoutorskaïa ! Dans les carcasses de voitures ou les champs dévastés, Varko le muet invite à la confession, il se fait le porte-parole d’une population à la dérive. Chacun se livre, chacun se donne et c’est un peuple riche d’espoir et d’envies qui se découvre à travers les notes joyeuses de Varko, finalement bien bavard. Au milieu d’un champ de ruines, Vincent de Swarte parvient à faire revivre un peuple avec des mots simples et une écriture imagée doucement poétique. Natalia Danilovna et son chat, Evguéni qui rêve d’Odessa ou la jeune et vive Bella, autant de caractères bien trempés qui...

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