Editing Ukraine (section)

==== Ukrainian Jewry ====
Ukraine was the main residence of the Jews in the Pale of Settlement, but as a result of pogroms, many Jews emigrated from Ukraine.

Until World War II, the Jewish population was about 5% of the population. Before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Jewish population in Ukraine numbered about half a million. Today, as a result of negative migration, the number has dropped to about 200,000. Most of Ukrainian Jewry emigrated in the 5700s (1940s) to Eretz Yisrael.

Today, the number of Jews stands at less than one percent (0.2%). On the other hand, at the end of the second decade of the 21st century, both the president of the country and the prime minister of Ukraine are Jewish.