From: "Coates, Nicholas" <Nicholas.Coates-AT-corpmail.telstra.com.au>
Subject: RE: Ukraine Hystery...
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:25:44 +1100



This is from the cia's world factbook 1999 edition.
its more straight up dry stat data. but no history.

Factbook Homepage...
 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
& to save you time is the factbook page for the ukraine
 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/up.html


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	danceswithcarp [SMTP:dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us]
> Sent:	Friday, February 18, 2000 12:57 AM
> To:	The Usual Suspects
> Subject:	Ukraine Hystery...
> 
> 
> Does anyone have any hand information on the Ukraine--like the hystery of
> the place?   Has it ever been a country of it's own or has it been a
> Russian colony always?
> 
> Any good urls?
> 
> 
> 
> carp