Ukraine - a country, ranks fifth in Europe in terms of population.The number of people living in this country, according to the 2001 census, was 42.8 million.The figure, which is posted below shows the ethnic composition of Ukraine as a percentage.
little history
ancestors of the Ukrainians were Trypillians inhabiting the territory between the Dniester, Dnieper and Southern Bug has 3.5-2 thousand. BC and the early Slavs, who came here in the Carpathian later.They were engaged in farming and led a settled life.It is these people and formed the basis for the future of the Ukrainian nation.
several centuries committed numerous different invasions of nomadic tribes in the Slavic lands.But despite borrowing some features of their culture, the Ukrainians managed to preserve their national identity.It manifests itself not only in language but also in the spiritual culture.
Ukrainians are now one of the great nations of the world, compact settlement in the heart of Europe and partly scattered all over the world.
General
densely populated places considered the northern, eastern and central parts.Fewer people living in the western and southern regions.Most of the residents - Ukrainians (about 78%), which is one of the oldest ethnic groups in the world.The ethnic composition of Ukraine also includes the Crimean Tatars, Russian, Belarusians, Poles, Jews, Romanians, Moldovans and others.
modern state
The Ukrainian identity documents (except for the birth certificate), the nationality of the person is not specified.Therefore people born in Ukraine, automatically become citizens.In addition, they are an integral part of the indigenous people, regardless of their religion, ethnicity, language and political views.
Ethnic minorities, which include people who are not originally Ukrainians, but consciously following the rules and regulations of the current legislation, in the aggregate represent ethnic composition of Ukraine and are protected by the state, as well as the native inhabitants.
Kiev International Institute of Sociology conducted a study in the domain of the ethnicity of citizens by their free self-identification.Their analysis showed that the national structure of Ukraine is extremely diverse.According to information received, in the territory of a mono-ethnic population of 62% of the Ukrainian people, 23% are bietnicheskie Russian-Ukrainian, 10% - mono-ethnic Russians, as well as 5% of people belonging to other groups.
population of the central regions
Consider the ethnic composition of Ukraine in the area and will start with Kiev.Its cities, town and villages inhabited by the representatives of non-titular ethnic groups.
where Ukrainians live mostly (about 90%).The remaining 10% - this is the Belarusians and other nationalities.As of 2001, we lived in the capital 2607.4 thousand people.It is worth noting that this figure is actually much higher, since working here and learn a huge amount of foreigners and people coming from other cities.
territory of the Zhytomyr region is multinational.Here, people live 85 nationalities!More than 80% of them - the Ukrainians.The share of Russian in comparison with other areas is small - only 8%.A distinctive feature of Zhitomir is the large number of Poles living here, especially in the western part of the region.People with Belarusian roots, there are quite a bit, despite the fact that is near the border with Belarus.
Kirovohrad region inhabited by more than 85% of Ukrainians.And in the northeast their number is close to 100%.Residents with Russian roots, there are only 11% of the total number of citizens.Besides them, the area is inhabited by Bulgarians, Moldovans, and Belarusians.
Left
continue to investigate the ethnic composition of Ukraine on areas and move to the eastern part of the state.In the Kharkiv region is home to about eighty ethnic groups.Ukrainians make up more than 60% of the total population.They were followed by Russian (30%).The rest of the society are Belarusians, Tatars, Armenians and others.
in the Dnipropetrovsk region is home to the first large Ukrainian community.The indigenous population here is 70%.The second largest ethnic group - Russian (25%).They are concentrated mainly in industrial centers.Among other nationalities stand Jews and Belarusians.
Donetsk region is the leader in terms of population.It is home to 4.5 million residents.The main part consists of Ukrainians (50%), Belarusians and Russian (42%), as well as Jews, Germans and others. The most populated cities are the largest cities - Donetsk, Mariupol, Makeyevka and Kramatorsk.
on the territory of Ukraine Luhansk national structure is more diverse than in adjacent areas.Numerous people are purely Ukrainian nationality (50%).They were followed by Russian (less than 40%), Belarusians, Tatars and representatives of more than a hundred other ethnic groups.Lugansk region by population density ranks fifth in Ukraine.
Southern regions
In the Zaporozhye region dominated by the Ukrainian nation (60%).This region of the country belongs to those few areas, where large numbers of people with Russian roots (30%).Among other minorities can be distinguished Belarusians and Bulgarians.The latter, as a rule, live in Primorye.
In the Kherson region in 1989, 82% of Ukrainians.Later, this figure increased to 84.6%.The second place was occupied by Russian population, but the 2001 census showed that in this region they decreased by 33.8%.Among other minorities are allocated Crimean Tatars, Belarusians and Poles.
In the Mykolaiv region Ukrainians share exceeded 75%.In the north-western regions of the number reaches 90%.Russian citizens are about 20%.Also, many are Moldavians and Belarusians living in the northern part of the region.
Odessa region has 55% of the Ukrainian population and 25% - Russian.Among other minorities need to allocate a few Bulgarians, Gagauz and Moldovan.Also, in the Odessa region there are Czechs, Greeks, Albanians and Poles.The indigenous population takes almost all its central and northern areas.
Crimea and Sevastopol city: on the ethnic composition of the land falls of 74.4% and 20.6% of Russian Ukrainians and the remaining 5% - Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Germans, Jews, Latvians, Poles, Koreans, Estonians, etc.. There is also inhabited by people of mixed nationalities, Tatars and Gypsies.
Right Bank
Volyn region - is Western Ukraine.The ethnic composition of the population of this area is almost uniform because of its geographical position.The bulk of the residents are Ukrainians (over 95%).There is also live Russians (4%), Poles (0.5%) and others. The same situation in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv, Poltava, Sumy, Ternopil and Cherkasy regions.
Census data in 2001 suggests that the territory of Chernivtsi region inhabited by representatives of 80 nationalities.Where virtually the entire population consists of Ukrainians (75%).They predominate in the north-eastern and western parts of the region.It should be noted that among the indigenous population isolated sub-ethnic groups such as Bessarabians, Hutsuls and Rusyns.The first live mainly in the north-eastern part, the second - in the western region, and the third - between the rivers Prut and Nistru.
second largest nationality of the Chernivtsi region - Romanians (10%).They are followed by Moldovans (about 9%), and only 7% of the population have Russian roots.
Transcarpathian region of Ukraine completes the various ethnic nationalities living in it.This, for example, Hungary (12.5%) and Slovakia (0.6%).Indigenous people - of course, the Ukrainians.And the total number of population, there are more than 80%.Besides these there live Russian (4%), Romanians, Gypsies, Germans, Belarusians, Italians and other peoples.
Population Regions
Ukraine consists of an impressive number of ethnographic lands.Each of them is characterized by an individual culture, traditions and ethnicities.Many of them included one land to another (for example, Pokut'a located in Galicia).All this is part of the national section of the modern Ukraine in the region, which still affects their structure and dynamics.It should be noted that the main ethnic minorities in the country, there are eight:
- Russian (8 334.1 thous.);
- Belarusians (275.8 thous.);
- Moldovans (258.6 thous.);
- Crimean Tatars (248.2 thous.);
- Bulgarians (204.6 thous.);
- Hungarians (156.6 thousand.);
- Romania (151.0 thous.);
- Poles (144.1 thous.).
The above minorities reside mostly in border areas of the country, but in the central regions dominated by Ukrainians.
