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As world heavyweight boxing champions for more than a decade, Wladimir Klitschko and his brother Vitali helped establish Ukraine on the sports map.

Now that Ukraine and its capital city of Kyiv — where Vitali is mayor — are part of the United States’ daily news agenda, learning about the eastern European country’s place in the world is not so difficult.

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