one of the republics of the former Soviet Union. also one of the countries on a Risk board. Risk's Ukraine was immortalized by Seinfeld's Kramer when he yelled "The Ukraine is WEAK!" on a subway (eliciting the anger of a nearby ukrainian gentleman). The Ukraine is generally a difficult country to hold in Risk, because there are so many ways to attack it. The Ukraine must be heavily fortified to hold Europe. see risk.

a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century

AN = no change in English spelling in pre-Soviet, Soviet or post- Soviet translations UI = D014455

Kyvistar

Gryvna & Hryvnia UAH

PAL / SECAM D-K

An very unsteady political and economic environment could deteriorate an already bad payment record.