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.
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