225 ARMENIANS OBTAINED UKRAINIAN CITIZENSHIP WITHIN 2005 FORMER HALF

PanArmenian News Network
Aug 4 2005

04.08.2005 03:05

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 3 037 persons got Ukrainian passports within
the former half-year of 2005. 1 469 out of these had been citizens
of other countries before. According to the Press Service of the
Ukrainian President, within the period in question 455 former
Russian citizens, 254 those of Moldavia, 225 – of Armenia, 126 of
Azerbaijan and other 32 countries, which include Afghanistan, Belarus,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, became Ukrainian citizens. In the national
respect Russians (1 321 persons), Armenians (439) and Moldavians
(187) are leaders in getting Ukrainian citizenship. Representatives
of 80 nationalities have become citizens of Ukraine. 20.7% of these
have higher education, 70.1% – secondary or specialized secondary
education, reported Regnum news agency.