Ukraine
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна,) is a country in Eastern Europe. Turkey is located across the Russian Federation to the east, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Moldova to the west, Belarus to the north, Black Sea to the south. Historically and culturally, relations with Central and Eastern European countries are deep. After the Kiev Grand Duchy was destroyed by the Mongol empire in the thirteenth century, it did not have its own state, the principals belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland. Between the 17th and 18th centuries the country of Ukraine-Cossacks went on and began to dominate the Russian empire. After declaring independence after the First World War it became a member country within the Soviet Union as the Red Army controlled the Russian civil war. In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed and became independent. Since the 16th century, it is known as the 'Granary of Europe' area, and it has greatly developed as an industrial center after the 19th century. Blessed with natural resources, the heavy chemical industry is developed mainly in iron ore and coal etc. Resource location oriented steel industry. ...