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[[File:OUN swastika.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Foreground: Ukrainian Coat of Arms. Background: Nazi swastikas.]]
[[File:OUN swastika.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Foreground: Ukrainian Coat of Arms. Background: Nazi swastikas.]]
[[File:Self proppelled canon.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Captured Pion (“peony”) ultraheavy self-propelled cannon that was previously aimed at Donetsk in the Donbas war. Note the Ukrainian trident symbol inside of an [[Imperial German]] “[[Iron Cross]]” painted on the side. This is very similar to the emblem of the [[Ukraine Security Service]], the local successor to the Soviet [[KGB]]. Modern Ukraine loves its German/Nordic-inspired symbols and imagery, in line with the post-2014 Maidan coup trend towards a forced and artificial but nonetheless complete break with all Russian/Soviet history, symbolism, and nomenclature, as if Ukraine has more in common with [[Germany]] than with Russia.]]
[[File:Self proppelled canon.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Captured Pion (“peony”) ultraheavy self-propelled cannon that was previously aimed at Donetsk in the Donbas war. Note the Ukrainian trident symbol inside of an [[Imperial German]] “[[Iron Cross]]” painted on the side. This is very similar to the emblem of the [[Ukraine Security Service]], the local successor to the Soviet [[KGB]]. Modern Ukraine loves its German/Nordic-inspired symbols and imagery, in line with the post-2014 Maidan coup trend towards a forced and artificial but nonetheless complete break with all Russian/Soviet history, symbolism, and nomenclature, as if Ukraine has more in common with [[Germany]] than with Russia.]]
Ukraine has banned communist symbols and parties in 2015<ref name=GoodbyeLenin>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075|title=Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols|date=14 April 2015|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref name=BanSovietEra>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20150516-ukraine-bans-soviet-communist-symbols|title=Ukraine bans Soviet-era symbols|publisher=France24|date=May 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Marples>{{cite web|author=David R. Marples|url=https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/acta/39/pp.%201%E2%80%9322.pdf|title=Decommunization, Memory Laws, and “Builders of Ukraine in the 20th Century”|date=2018}}</ref> as well as Nazi propaganda.<ref name=NaziCommie>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32239140|title=Ukraine MPs back ban on Nazi and Communist propaganda|date=April 9, 2015|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
==Geography==
==Geography==
The total area of Ukraine is 603,700 km<sup>2</sup> (233,090 sq. mi), making it, after Russia, the second largest country in [[Europe]]. Its coastline is 2,782 km.
The total area of Ukraine is 603,700 km<sup>2</sup> (233,090 sq. mi), making it, after Russia, the second largest country in [[Europe]]. Its coastline is 2,782 km.
The Ukrainian climate is considered temperate continental, but in the Crimea it is [[Mediterranean]]. The levels of precipitation are highest in the west and north, and lower in east and southeast. The winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland, and the summers are warm across the greater part of the country, and hot in the south.
The Ukrainian climate is considered temperate continental, but in the Crimea it is [[Mediterranean]]. The levels of precipitation are highest in the west and north, and lower in east and southeast. The winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland, and the summers are warm across the greater part of the country, and hot in the south.
==Demography==
==Demography==