Ukraine I.H.T. Industries: coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and UKRAINE transport equipment, chemicals, food-processing (especially sugar) Currency: 1 hryvna = 100 kopiykas Railways: total: 23,350 km, broad gauge: 23,350 km 1.524-m gauge (8,600 km electrified) Highways: total: 176,310 km, paved: 170,139 km (including 1,770 km of expressways); note - these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel-surfaced, unpaved: 6,171 km (1998 est.) Waterways: 4,400 km navigable waterways, of which 1,672 km were on the Pryp'yat' and Dnistr (1990) Ports and Harbors: Berdyans'k, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson, Kiev (Kyyiv), Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni Airports: 706 (1994 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 163, over 3,047 m: 14, 2,438 to 3,047 m: 55, 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34, 914 to 1,523 m: 3, under 914 m: 57 (1994 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 543, over 3,047 m: 7, 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7, 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16, 914 to 1,523 m: 37, under 914 m: 476 (1994 est.) Visa: required by all. Duty Free: 200g of cigarettes or cigars or tobacco; 1 litre of spirits and 2 litres of wine; goods for personal use; gifts up to the value of US$210. Health: All water should be regarded as a potential health risk. 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A DONBASS PALACE ,80, Artyoma Street, Donetsk, 83001, Ukraine,Phone: short-lived independence from Russia (1917-1920) was followed by brutal Soviet rule +38 062 343 43 33,,fax: +38 062 343 43 34, [email protected] that engineered two artificial famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million http://www.donbasspalace.com died, and World War II, in which German and Soviet armies were responsible for PARK INN BY RADISSON DONETSK, Phone:38 062 380 20 00, Fax:38 some 7 million more deaths. Although independence was attained in 1991 with the 062 380 20 01,[email protected], dissolution of the USSR, true freedom remains elusive as many of the former Soviet https://www.parkinn.com/hotel-donetsk elite remain entrenched, stalling efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civic RAMADA DONETSK,t.38 062 388 79 59, f.38 062 388 79 89 , liberties. 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Output in 1992-99 fell to less than 40% the 1991 11 MIRRORS DESIGN HOTEL,Kiev,Tel:00 380 44 581 1111, level. Loose monetary policies pushed inflation to hyperinflationary levels in late 1993. [email protected], http://www.11mirrors-hotel.com Since his election in July 1994, President KUCHMA has pushed economic reforms, AMBASSADOR PLAZA,Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel:38 050 072 18 42, maintained financial discipline, and tried to remove almost all remaining controls over [email protected], http://ambassador-hotel.com.ua/en prices and foreign trade. The onset of the financial crisis in Russia dashed Ukraine's ALFAVITO HOTEL,Kyiv,Ukraine,Phone:380 44 220 45 75, fax:380 44 220 45 hopes for its first year of economic growth in 1998 due to a sharp fall in export revenue 72,[email protected], http://www.alfavito.com.ua/en and reduced domestic demand. Output continued to drop, slightly, in 1999. 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