Ukraine-Related Links
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Practical information | travel | culture | news and commentary | business | work and study abroad | miscellaneous
Practical information |
| Kyiv Boryspil - site of Kyiv's international airport |
| KiyAvia - list of international and domestic flights from Kyiv, online order form (but without prices) |
| Die Bahn - great train link searcher than includes Ukraine |
| Poezda.net - Ukraine and CIS train timetable in English |
| Ukraine railway (in Russian and Ukrainian only) |
| AutoLux buses around Ukraine - Russian - English |
| Gunsel buses around Ukraine - Ukrainian - English |
| KievInfo - Kyiv and Kyiv oblast white pages, yellow pages, interactive maps of Kyiv and Odesa (Russian only) |
| Meta-Ukraine - best search engine for the Ukrainian Web (all sites in Ukrainian or Russian) |
| Wunderground - list of cities in Ukraine with current weather conditions |
| AccuWeather - weather forecasts in English available for most places in Ukraine |
| Currency converter - this one actually shows you the current exchange rate |
| Map of ski areas in Ukraine (Russian only) |
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News and commentary |
| KyivPost - renowned Ukrainian English-language publication with information on business, employment, and culture |
| Dzerkalo Tyzhnia - renowned weekly with political, business, and other news commentary - English - Ukrainian - Russian |
| Ukrainian Pravda - all the news about politics in Ukraine - English (some news) - Ukrainian - Russian |
| Zagranitsa - online newspaper with info on traveling abroad from Ukraine (in Russian) |
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Work and study abroad |
| EscapeArtist.com - tons of useful articles about living and prospering abroad; international job ads |
| GoAbroad.com - study abroad and internship programs and some jobs in the former Soviet Union |
| Travellersworldwide.com - work experience program in Ukraine |
U.S. organizations that sometimes hire student-age Americans for positions in the former Soviet Union:
IREX American Councils (also has study abroad and internship programs) Project Harmony |
| Idealist.org - NGOs around the globe (including Ukraine) who may be looking for volunteers |
| PeaceCorps.org - spend two years volunteering abroad (including Ukraine) with living expenses paid |
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Miscellaneous |
| Tom's site - description of how to work with free online Russian-English translators |
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