Ukraina
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- Names
Ukraina
Ukrayina
Ukraine
Oekraine
Ucrania
UKR
UA
ISO804
UP00
Ukrainskaja Sovetskaja Socialistčeskaja Respublika
Ukrainskaya SSR
Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian
- Place Type
- nation
- Description
- Settled by 9th mill. BCE; in crossroads, was home to many early cultures including Pontic Tardenosian, Thracian-Cimmerian (1850 BCE), Cimmerian (1300 BCE), Scythian (670 BCE), and Sarmatian; settled by Ukrainians & Ruthenians 6th cen. CE; part of USSR from 1922; official language is Ukrainian.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Encyclopedia (1975); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (2002-); Engels Woordenboek (1987); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Newsletter (1992); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999); Rand McNally Atlas (1989); Times Atlas of the World (1988); Times Atlas of the World (1992)...
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