Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the largest country entirely within Europe. Wikipedia

Capital: Kiev

President: Petro Poroshenko

Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia

Population: 45.59 million (2012)

National anthem: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina

Prime minister: Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Destinations

1 Karbovantsiv 1991

Front: Libyd (Figurehead) - Viking sister of the founding brothers
Back: Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev
First banknote issued after Declaration of Independence in 1991

Banknote World - Bank notes of 1991 Ukraine

1 Hryvnia 2006

Front: Portrait of Volodymyr the Great (c. 958 - 1015), the Grand Prince of Kyiv (Kiev), also known as Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great, the Prince of Novgorod
Front: Coat of arms of Ukraine
Back: Diorama of Volodymyr’s Burg in Kyiv (Detynets; Citadel) with the Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (built by the order of Volodymyr the Great) in the front. Artistic composition depicting a battle axe, a fullered arming sword, a cross, a flail and an eagle as elements of design from the times of Volodymyr the Great. Logo emblem of the National Bank of Ukraine.

Banknote World - Bank notes of 2006 Ukraine 

Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster

Named after the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Google Map: Pripyat (Ukrainian: При́п'ять, Pryp’yat’; Russian: При́пять) is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.