Eastern Europe

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Ukraine:

• capital: Kiev
• area:  0.6m sq.km
• pop:  49.2m (2000)
• govt: constitutional republic (USSR disbanded in 1991)
• currency: hryvna
• language:  Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
• religion:  Orthodox Christian 76%, Ukrainian Catholic 13%, Muslim 8%
• geography:
• History of Ukraine

Belarus / Belorussia:

• capital: Minsk
• area:  0.2m sq.km
• pop:  10.4m (2000)
• govt: republic (USSR disbanded in 1991)
• currency: Belarusian ruble
• language: Belorussian, Russian
• religion: Eastern Orthodox Christian 80%
• geography:
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Moldavia / Moldova:

• capital: Kishinev
• area:  33,843 sq.km
• pop:  4.4m (2000)
• govt: republic
• currency: Moldovan leu
• language: Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian
• religion: Orthodox Christian
• geography:

Romania:

• capital: Bucharest
• area:  237,500 sq.km
• pop:  22.4m (2000)
• govt: democratic republic 
• currency: leu
• language: Romanian, Hungarian, German
• religion: Romanian Orthodox Christian 80%, Catholic 6%, Protestant 6%
• geography: