Ukraina
Ethnic Ukrainians make up more than
seven-tenths of the total population of about fifty million people. The
Ukrainian language is related to Russian and Belarussian and belongs to the
Slavic group of languages. Russians are the largest minority group, accounting
for about two-tenths of the population. Other ethnic minorities of varying sizes
are Belarussian, Moldavians, Poles, Bulgarians, Jews, Greeks, Tartars, and
others. The highest population densities are found in the industrialized Donets
Basin and Dnipro Bend regions and in the agriculturally productive forest-steppe
belt.
The belt of mixed forest and steppe running
west-east across south-central Ukraine has rich black soils whose intense
cultivation has made the country a major producer of winter wheat and sugar
beets. Other crops include sunflower seeds, corn (maize), potatoes, grapes, oats,
rye, millet, and buckwheat. Fruits and vegetables are grown on the outskirts of
cities, and cattle and pigs are raised throughout the country. Ukraine has rich
reserves of iron ore, bituminous and an thracite coals, and manganese-bearing
ores located in close proximity to each other. This region, in east-central
Ukraine, is the industrial heartland of the country and one of the majors
heavy-industrial and mining-metallurgical complexes of Europe. Ukraine also
produces natural gas and petroleum, though reserves of these fuels were much
depleted during the Soviet period. Besides its basic mining industries, Ukraine
has ferrous-metals industries that produce iron and steel in large quantities.
Durable goods manufactured include mining and metallurgical equipment,
automobiles, and tractors.The chemical industry produces large amounts of
sulphuric acid and mineral fertilizers. Ukraine`s food-processing industries
yield a wide spectrum of all kinds of food of good quality.
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