CONTENTS // FOREWORD (Boris E. Paton-E. Sylvester Vizi)...7 // UKRAINE IN EUROPE (Káraly Kocsis-Leonid Rudenko-Ferenc Schweitzer)...9 // SPECIFIC FEATURES OF HISTORICAL EVOLUTION (ValeriiSmolyi)...19 // NATURAL CONDITIONS AND RESOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT // (Oleksandr Marynych-ValentynaPalienko-Ferenc Schweitzer)...25 // POPULATION // Ethnicity, Language and Religion (Alla Bochkovs’ka-Károly Kocsis-Leonid Rudenko).53 // Demographic Features (Alla Bochkovs’ka-Zoltán Dävényi-Károly Kocsis-Leonid Rudenko)... 65 Settlement System (Alla Bochkovs’ka-Dávid Karácsonyi-Zoltán Kovács-Leonid Rudenko).81 // ECONOMY // General Characteristics of Economy (Káraly Kocsis-Tamara Kozachenko-Leonid Rudenko)... 91 // Industry (Tamara Kozachenko-Leonid Rudenko)...99 // Energy (Káraly Kocsis-Tamara Kozachenko-Leonid Rudenko-Tibor Tiner)...109 // Agriculture (Dávid Karácsonyi-Tamara Kozachenko-Leonid Rudenko)...117 // Transport and Telecommunication (Tamara Kozachenko-Leonid Rudenko)...125 // Science and Innovations (Tamara Kozachenko-Leonid Rudenko)...133 // Recreation and Tourism (Alla Bochkovs’ka-Gábor Michalkó-Leonid Rudenko)...137 // REFERENCES...143 // LIST OF FIGURES...145 // LIST OF TABLES...147 // 5