Available data is inconclusive as the Soviet government actively denied the existence of the famine. Therefore, precise calculations and estimates vary.

1946–1947 Holodomor in Ukraine (Ukrainian)

Bellaby, Mara D.. "Thousands urge new elections in Ukraine", Chicago Tribune, April 1, 2007. Retrieved on 2007 April 4.

Waldoch, Marta and Katarzyna Klimasinska. Poland Banks on Ukraine as Ex-Soviet State Looks West. Bloomberg.com. 11 January 2007.

Ethnical composition of the population of Ukraine according to the 2001 Census

^{a b} According to the official 2001 census data [1][2] approximately 75% of Kiev's population responded 'Ukrainian' to the native language (ridna mova) census question, and roughly 25% responded 'Russian'. On the other hand, when the question 'What language do you use in everyday life?' was asked in the 2003 sociological survey, the Kievans' answers were distributed as follows: 'mostly Russian': 52%, 'both Russian and Ukrainian in equal measure': 32%, 'mostly Ukrainian': 14%, 'exclusively Ukrainian': 4.3%.
"What language is spoken in Ukraine?", Welcome to Ukraine, 2003/2.

"[As of 2006, in Kiev] Ukrainian is used a home by 23% the respondents [to a survey]; while 52% use Russian and 24% switch between both"
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Roman Woronowycz, Ruling on pre-eminence of Ukrainian language stirs controversy, The Ukrainian Weekly, February 27, 2000

The Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Numerical composition of the population of Autonomous Republic of Crimea by All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001.[3]

Numerical composition of the population of Autonomous Republic of Crimea by All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001[4]

Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy

Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, Украина

Andrew Gregorovich, "Ukraine or 'the Ukraine"