 Ukraine, Europe
Ukraine / Ukrayina
former: Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe.
Ukraine has borders with Russia to the northeast, Belarus to the north, Poland,
Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the
Black Sea to the south.
The historic city of Kiev (Kyiv) is capital
of Ukraine.
Ukrainian History
Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the
10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe.
Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was
incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kievan Rus
laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries.
A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the
mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous
Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100
years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic
territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire.
Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to bring
about a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and
came under Soviet rule.
Independence for Ukraine was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR.
A peaceful mass protest "Orange Revolution" in the closing months of 2004
brought a new era to Ukraine.
What's the time in
Ukraine Zone now?
Ukraine - Time Zone
Eastern European
Standard Time = GMT+2
Eastern European
Summer Time = GMT+3
European clocks on Standard Time
until: Sunday 28 March 2010 01:00 GMT
then on Summer Time / Daylight Savings Time
until: Sunday 30 October 2010 01:00 GMT
European Union Standard Time
dates here
"Time in Ukraine is set to second time
zone (Kiev time). Each last Sunday of March at 3am the time is changing
to 4am and each last Sunday of October the time at 4am is changing to
3am"
What time zone is
Ukraine in?
Ukraine is in the
Eastern European Time Zone.
Eastern European Standard Time (EET) is 2 hours ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+2).
Does
Ukraine observe Daylight Saving / Summer Time?
Like most states in Europe, Summer
(Daylight-Saving) Time is observed in
Ukraine, where the
time is shifted forward by 1 hour; 3 hours ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+3).
After the Summer months the time in
Ukraine is shifted
back by 1 hour to Eastern European Time (EET) or (GMT+2)
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