Canada, for example, was the second nation in the world to recognize national independence of modern Ukraine.

This is how modern Ukraine, Europe's second largest country after Russia, came into being.

Ukrainian national motifs would finally be used during the period of the Soviet Union and in modern independent Ukraine.

Bold black line incidates the borders of modern Ukraine.

In August 2007 the museum was recognized as a landmark of modern Ukraine.

A lot of different tribes lived on the territory of modern Ukraine since pre-historical times.

Many years later, Yanukovych became prime minister and then president of modern independent Ukraine.

Later numerous nomadic tribes inhabited the territory of modern Ukraine.

The encyclopedia provides an integral image of modern Ukraine describing events, institutions, organizations, activities, notions and people.

Please, note that territory of the modern Ukraine at the times listed above varied greatly.