Ukraine - a country in Eastern Europe, bordering
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Russia and Belarus.
Following the state in 2011 in Ukraine in Ukraine lived about 38
million of people.
Ukraine is - the largest country among other countries, which located
within European. Area of Ukraine - 603.7 thousand (for comparison:
the area of France - 547 ).
Ukraine has an output of two seas - the Black and Azov. The main waterway
is the River Dnieper.
As an independent state of Ukraine, she is very young - she was
born Aug. 24, 1991. Capital: Kiev. Monetary unit: hryvnia.
28 June 1996 adopted the Constitution of Ukraine, according to which
the State of Ukraine is a republic. It is composed of the Autonomous
Republic of Crimea and 24 regions.
Special statuses, certain laws of Ukraine are the cities of Kiev
and Sevastopol. Total in Ukraine there are 490 districts, 446 cities,
907 towns and 10196 villages.
Head of State is the President who was speaking on her behalf.
He is elected by the citizens of Ukraine based on the total, equal
and direct, election right by secret ballot for 5 years and not
more than two consecutive terms.
Only body of legislature is the Parliament - the Supreme Council
of Ukraine.
The supreme authority in the system of executive power is the Cabinet
of Ministers.
The carrier of sovereignty and the sole source of power in government
is the people.
The main state holiday is the Independence Day of Ukraine on August
24.
Customs regulations: From the taxation at import exempt items costing
less than 200 euro (including excise goods) or a single indivisible
object costing no more than 300 euro (except for excisable goods).
When you are importing firearms, edged weapons, explosives, gas
cylinders, it requires permission from Ministry of Internal Affairs
of Ukraine.
When you are importing animals - you need to have a veterinary
certificate.
When importing the medicine for more than 5 packages or more than
it is necessary for one person for one course of treatment, drugs
and psychotropic substances, devices for smoking opium and hashish
- , it requires permission from the Ministry of Health.
The presence of these certificates is not exempt from payment of
fees: import duties, VAT and excise duty.
Prohibits the importation of: vehicle funds over 5 years of age,
poisonous, radioactive, explosive substances and other items printed
and graphic materials, that contain propaganda of ideas of war,
racism, violence, food products without a certificate of conformity.
Allowed to export goods amounting to 100 thousand euro, for the
export of works of art, cultural and historical values, but it requires
a permission of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.
It is banned to export precious metals, precious stones, cultural
values, poisonous, radioactive, explosive substances, revocation
securities.
It is allowed to import without any additional documents to $ 10000
or its equivalent in any currency.
There is only condition - all what is imported is currency declared.
When you are importing from 10 to 50 thousand U.S., residents provide
a statement and the origin of the currency. Non-residents - need
only a statement.
It is allowed to export the currency of Ukraine abroad (you should
be sure to specify it in a customs declaration): for residents -
up to 170 ua, non-residents - up to 85 ua, foreign currency amounting
to $ 1000 per person, traveler's checks and other documents about
the payment in an amount not greater than $ 5000 (and it is necessary
to have a declaration for importation, or authorization from the
person who imported them). Easily it is to pass the currency, which
was previously imported to Ukraine (over one year).
Visas: A visa for entry into Ukraine is required for citizens of
most countries. Visas are issued by Ukrainian Consulate. You can
not obtain Ukrainian visa in the airports or Customs, so for a visa
you need to take care in advance.
Visas are not required for citizens of these countries (residence
in the territory of Ukraine up to 90 days): Belarus, Russian Federation,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, Georgia, for the citizens of the European Union and
the United States, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Andorra, Korea, San
Marino, Mongolia, Paraguay (it only requires a document which confirms
the purpose of your trip).
Official language: Ukrainian. In many regions people use the Russian
language on a par with Ukrainian.
Population: Ukrainians - 73%, Russian - 22% of Crimean Tatars, Jews,
Romanians, Moldovans, Belarus, Bulgaria, Poles, Hungarians - 5%;
Religion: Orthodox - 76%, Uniats - 13, 5%, Muslim - 8, 2%, Catholics,
Protestants, Jews - 2, 3%.
Health outposts: In accordance with Ukrainian law, foreign citizens
which are traveling to Ukraine in the prescribed manner must have
insurance in case of emergency medical care.
Electricity: 220 V
Banks: Banking hours: Mon. - Fri. from 9-00 to 18-00. Lunch from
13-00 to 14-00
Shops: Hours of shopping and entertainment centers from 10-00 to
22-00 Mon-Sun
Large supermarkets are open from 9-00 to 23-00 Mon - Sun. Some supermarkets
are open round the clock.
National characteristics: Ukrainians are by nature good-natured,
hospitable and very fond of feast. In Western Ukraine attitude of
native population to Russian-speaking tourists is more intense,
but in the Crimea is very friendly.
Tipping: In fashionable restaurants into accounts is included the
five-percent tip, but in Ukraine there is no universally accepted
norms of tipping and their numbers - it is a private affair of each
visitor.
National holidays and weekends:
January 1 - New Year
January 6 - Christmas
February 14 - Valentine's Day
March 8 - International Women's Day
Easter - celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon
of spring (between 22 March / 4 April and 25 April / 8 May)
May 9 - The Day of the Victory
June 28 - The Day of the Constitution of Ukraine
August 24 -The Independence Day of Ukraine
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