Currency
Hryvnia.

Astronomy
Today's date is August 28, 2008. There is currently a Last Quarter Moon.

Location
Eastern europe, bordering the black sea, between poland and russia.

Climate
Temperate continental; mediterranean only on the southern crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the black sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south.

Terrain
Most of ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the carpathians), and in the crimean peninsula in the extreme south.

Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at Black Sea 0 m. The highest point is at Hora Hoverla 2,061 m.