Ukraine

Basic facts about Ukraine  Internet searching tools (search engines, internet guides, etc.) Area study centers     (teaching and research) Associations     (professional, non-governmental, international, local) Communications (includes Computer and Internet issues) Culture, fine arts, entertainment Current events and media Economics    (incl. business and finances) Education Geography and travel    (incl. cities, maps, transportation, etc.) Government  Grants Health and fitness    (incl. medicine, sports, etc.) History    (incl. genealogy, etc.) Language     (incl. dictionaries) Law Libraries and archives Literature    (incl. books online and book vendors) People     (biography) Politics     (incl. international relations, military affairs and US policies) Religions Science and technology   (incl. environmental issues) Social science   (incl. human rights, women issues, etc.) Statistics

Basic country information

• US Department of State Background Note: Ukraine (basic facts about Ukraine: geography, population, history, economy, etc.)
• Ukraine (an online introduction to Ukraine, with basic facts on its economy, defence, geography, government, history and people)
• The World Factbook - Ukraine, (by CIA; covers geographical data, information on population, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues)
• Infoplease - Ukraine (basic data on geography, government and history plus basic statistics)

Internet searching tools (search engines, internet guides, etc.)

• REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies, Internet Resources, (search by entering "Ukraine")
• Brama - Gateway Ukraine (news and information portal and a web search engine)
• InfoUkes - Infrmation Resource about Ukraine and Ukrainians (a Canadian-Ukrainian portal)
• Meta-Ukraine (an internet directory and search engine for all things Ukrainian on the WWW; in English, Russian or Ukrainian)
• Ukraine.com (an English-language internet guide produced by Virtual Countries, Inc.)
• Tatar.Net - Crimean Tatars (a news and information portal)

Area study centers (academic and research)

• Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies - The University of Texas at Austin
• Ukrainian Reseach Institute, Harvard University
• Yale - Ukrainian Initiative (the site contains information on the Yale University Ukrainian program)
• Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation (a Toronto-based foundation that sponsors creation of a network of educational programs and scholarly centres in major universities around the world)
• Ukrainian Folklore Program (Huculak Chair of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography at the University of Alberta, Canada)

Associations (professional, non-governmental, international, local)

• Yale Ukrainian Students' Club (the club is for anyone interested in Ukraine)
• SUSK: Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union (the site offers information on events, internships, study abroad for Ukrainians, etc.)
• Project "Harmony" (Ukrainian chapter of this NGO which organizes student and professional international exchanges; in Ukrainian)
• International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) (a George Soros Foundation project in Ukraine; the site contains report on the IRF's activity and a link to its own web site)
• List of non-profit organizations in Ukraine (from Idealist.org, a non-profit directory online; enter "Ukraine" and hit "Search")
• Website of the Ukrainian Red Cross (the site contains information on the Society's history, news and web links)
• U.S. - Ukraine Foundation (an NGO with a purpose to facilitate democratic development)
• USAID - Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus (an NGO promoting democratic development, economic restructuring and social sector reform in the region)

Communications (includes Computers and Internet)

• State Committee of Communications and Informatization of Ukraine (an official site; in Ukranian only)
• Ukraine Internet Access Provider List (aside from the internet provider list, the site also offers links to other communications sites related to Ukraine; part of the Internet directory maintained by B. J. Herbison)
• NSRC Ukraine (information on Internet service providers and telecommunications issues from the Network Startup Resource Center)

Culture, fine arts and entertainment

• The Ukrainian Museum in New York City (the site features collection description, photographs, calendar of events and the museum newsletter)
• Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Ukraine) (the site contains information on the festivals since 1997, as well as a directory of Ukrainian film contacts)
• Ukrainian Language, Culture and Travel Page (a collection of web links compiled by Linda Hodges)
• Ukraine and Ukrainian Christmas (Ukrainian Christmas traditions at BRAMA web site)

Current events and media

• Ukrainian Media on the Internet (an internet directory of Ukrainian media sites around the world; organized by country)
• LIGA Online (news and information portal, with an emphasis on business and legal information; in Russian)
• Internews Ukraine (a Ukrainian chapter of the international non-profit organization; its goal is creating the conditions for the existence of a free, independent and pluralistic media in Ukraine; the site features news and information; in Ukrainian, English and Russian)
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty : Ukrainian service (daily news, analytical reports and basic facts about Ukraine; in English and Ukrainian)
• BBC Ukrainian Service (daily news and features in Ukrainian)
• ABYZ News Links: Ukraine

Economics (incl. business and finances)

• Ukrainian Industrial Internet Exhibition (an online business directory)
• Ukrainian American Chamber of Commerce (the site has general information on Ukraine, the Chamber and the Chamber's documents)
• Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (the site contains information on the institute and the research conducted by its scholars; in English or Ukrainian)
• National Bank of Ukraine (the server offers news and information on finances, currency and bank system of Ukraine, etc.; in English or Ukrainian)
• State Property Fund of Ukraine (the site offers information on privatization and investments in Ukraine)
• Trade Mission of Ukraine in the United States (the site offers various business and investment information)
• Construction news in Ukraine

Education

• Worldwide Classroom: Study destination - Ukraine (the site contains information on the country's higher, professional, adult and secondary education, as well as "Program finder" and general country resources for potential exchange students)

Geography and travel (incl. cities, maps, transportation, etc.)

• Ukraine - Consular Information Sheet (from the U. S. State Department; contains the essential information on the country for travellers)
• Lonely Planet World Guide: Destination Ukraine (an excellent source of information for travellers)
• Ukrainian Language, Culture and Travel Page (a collection of web links compiled by Linda Hodges)
• Ukrainian Map Server (the server features maps of various kinds, such as road maps, city and oblast maps, etc.)
• Ukraine Maps (from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin; political, historical, thematic maps, etc.)
• Map of Ukraine (the site features a clickable map of Ukraine with great amount of information on every region and town)

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Government

• Government Portal (an official site; In English, Russian or Ukrainian)
• Supreme Rada of Ukraine (an official site of the Ukrainian parliament; texts of legislative documents included; in Ukrainian only)

Grants

• White Night International (a Ukrainian Educational firm offering scholarships to foreign students willing to study in Ukraine)
• Ukraine and Ukrainian Education and Research: Scholarships (a idrectory of scholarships for Ukrainians)

Health and fitness (incl. medicine, sports, etc.)

• Ministry of Health of Ukraine (this official site includes a directory of Ukrainian medical institutions; in English, Russian or Ukrainian)

History (incl. genealogy, etc.)

• BRAMA - History of Ukraine (the site offers chronologically sinchronized tables with parralel events in Ukraine, neighboring countries and other parts of the world)
• World History Archives : the History of Ukraine (a database that contains documents on the contemporary political, economic, social and cultural history of Ukraine)
• Ukrainian History (a well illustrated site featuring essays on various topics in Ukrainian history)
• Genealogy (essays and links related to Ukrainian genealogy)
• National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, Sevastopol (an official site of the museum of the archeological ruins of the ancient Greek town in modern Ukraine; the site contains mostly historical information; in English, Ukrainian and Russian)
• Crimean Tatar Homepage (the site presents general information on the Crimean tatars, as well as materials on their history, culture, and political issues)

Language (incl. dictionaries and teaching)

• Ethnologue: report for Ukraine (brief sociolinguistic descriptions of languages spoken in Ukraine)
• UCLA Language Materials: Ukrainian Language Profile (information on the languages of the country; a list of academic institutions with the Ukrainian studies program and a reference list of printed publications included)
• Ukrainian On-line Dictionaries (interactive online English-Ukrainian and Ukrainian-English dictionaries and notes on Ukrainian language)
• YourDictionary.Com: Ukrainian Language (a collection of free online dictionaries)
• Ukrainian Language, Culture and Travel Page (a collection of web links compiled by Linda Hodges)

Law

• Ukrainian Legal Resources Catalog (an online directory of Ukrainian legal sources and services)
• Draft Laws of Ukraine (a web portal containing legislative news and texts of Ukrainian laws, both draft and adopted; in English or Ukrainian)
• Guide to Law Online: Ukraine (a resource guide from the Law Library of Congress)

Libraries and archives

• Ukrainian Collections at the Library of Congress (an essay by Bohdan Yasinsky, Ukrainian Area Specialist at the Library of Congress)

Literature (incl. books online and book vendors)

• Electronic Library of Ukrainian Literature (the site contains a great number of works of Ukrainian literature in full-text)
• Yevshan (a book and music vendor specializing in Ukrainian goods)
• Taras Shevchenko in the Library of Congress: a bibliography (compiled by Bohdan Yasinsky and Valentina Pashkova)
• Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press

People (biography)

Politics (incl. international relations, military affairs and US policies)

• Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies Named after Olexander Razumkov
• Political Thought (a joint Internet publication of the Ukrainian Political Thought Journal and the Center for Political Analysis and Consulting)
• World History Archives : the History of Ukraine (a database that contains documents on the contemporary political, economic, social and cultural history of Ukraine)
• Ukrainian Special Weapons (the site is part of the Weapons of Mass Destruction around the World information system)
• International Committee for Crimea (documents, resources and articles on the Crimean Tatar situation)
• Tatar.Net - Crimean Tatars (a news and information portal)

Religions

• Religious Information Service of Ukraine (a news and information server covering all religions practiced in Ukraine)
• Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (an official site of the Orthodox monastery; in Russian or Ukrainian)
• Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (an official site; in Ukrainian or English)
• The Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine (the latin rite) (The site is available in English, Ukrainian, Russian or Polish)
• All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress (In Russian or English)
• [Buddhist Centers in Ukraine] (a list from Buddhist Europe Directory)

Science and technology (incl. environmental issues)

• National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (the site offers brief annual reports, a short history, membership statistics, information on the Academy's operational principles and structure, its main scientific achievements, a catalog of NAS periodicals, and more)
• Maps of the Mineral Industry of Ukraine(from Europe and Central Eurasia : minerals information, by U.S. Geological Survey)
• Ukrainian Special Weapons (the site is part of the Weapons of Mass Destruction around the World infrmatin system)
• Green Dossier (this Ukrainian site is devoted to the environmental issues; the site offers environmental news from Ukraine, archival issues of "EcoWeek" digest (English - formed monthly, Russian and Ukrainian - weekly), EcoCalendar "The Environment Millenium", etc.; in English, Russian or Ukrainian)

Social science (incl. human rights, women issues, etc.)

• 2001 Country Report on Human Rights Practices : Ukraine (Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State)
• BRAMA: Social Issues in Ukraine (the sites feature news and essays on issues such as white slave trafficking, Chornobil, etc.)
• UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Statistics (to find statistical reports on population, human rights, etc. related to Ukraine enter "Ukraine" in the search window in the top right corner of the page and mark "Restrict to Statistics")
• World Federation of Ukrainian Womens' Organizations (the federation unites 23 non-profit organizations around the world and supports cultural, educational, humanitarian and social programs with a special focus on child victims of Chornobyl)

Statistics

• UNICEF Statistics: Ukraine (basic children-related statistics)
• UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Statistics (to find statistical reports on population, human rights, etc. related to Ukraine enter "Ukraine" in the search window in the top right corner of the page and mark "Restrict to Statistics")

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