The procedure for signing an address on an envelope for a letter to Ukraine does not differ much from a similar dispatch across Russia. But there are some small features. There are fewer numbers in Ukrainian postal codes, and for some time now addresses have been written in a Western manner.
Necessary
- - envelope for postal items across the CIS;
- - a fountain pen.
Instructions
Step 1
In principle, it is not necessary to buy an international envelope for sending to Ukraine. The one intended for shipments within Russia will also do if you stick the missing stamps on it. They will help to solve this problem in any post office.
Step 2
In the past, in Ukraine, as well as throughout the USSR, six-digit indexes were in use: three digits for a city or region and three for the number of a post office. In Russia, this principle is still alive today. But the neighbors went their own way. Probably, they decided there: since the territory of the country is now much less than one-sixth of the land, there are not so many cities and regions, so two digits each will be enough for them.
So now there are five digits in Ukrainian indices. For example, the index of Kharkov in the past was 310, and now it is 61.
Therefore, when filling in the special field for the index in the lower left corner of the envelope, the cell on the left is left blank.
Step 3
Before writing the recipient's address, enter the word "Ukraine" in the field provided for this.
The addresses themselves in Ukraine are usually written in a Western manner: first, the house number is indicated, then the street name, then the apartment, if any, and then the city. Russians are already familiar with the principle of writing addresses from private to general, since this rule was introduced in 2010.
Step 4
If you know the Ukrainian spelling of the address, you can copy it. But in Russian, the local postmen will understand and bring them to their destination. Yes, and there are no special differences between the Russian and Ukrainian versions of addresses, with very rare exceptions.
