Ukrposhta

Ukrainian Postal Service (Public Joint Stock Company "Ukrposhta")

Ukrposhta logo[1]
Type	Public company (since 2015)
Industry	Postal and public services
Founded	1947[2] (member of Universal Postal Union and Soviet Post)
Headquarters	22 Khreshchatyk st, Kyiv, Ukraine; Post code: 01001
Key people	Ihor Smilianskyi (Director)[3]
Services	Mail, express mail, parcel post, commercial delivery, freight forwarding, third-party logistics, transfer payment (utilities payments, subscriptions and pensions distribution, other money transfers)[4]
Revenue	UA₴ 1,831 million (the first 6 months of 2015)[5]
Number of employees	73 000 (including: mail carriers – 32 000; operators – 13 700; sorters – 2 600;) [6]
Website	ukrposhta.ua

JSC Ukrainian Postal Service or Ukrposhta (Ukrainian: Укрпошта) is a public company of Ukraine with 100% state ownership due to its strategic importance. In 1999–2015 it was a unitary enterprise of the government of Ukraine. Ukrposhta is a member of Universal Postal Union since 1947 and owner of national stamp issuing enterprise "Ukraine Stamps" (Ukrainian: Марки України).

History[]

Logo in 1992–2009

Logo 2009 to 2017

Seal used on some stamps and mailboxes

A postal service in Ukraine has been a member of Universal Postal Union (UPU) since 1947. It operated within the Soviet Ministry of Telecommunications (Administration of Postal Communication, Russian: Управление ��очтовой связи) as its republican branch on territory of the Ukrainian SSR and was centered in Moscow. The Ukrainian SSR did not have a separate system of telecommunications and was completely integrated within the Soviet system of telecommunications. As part of the Gorbachev reforms (perestroika and decentralization, see Union of Sovereign States), in 1991 in Soviet Ukraine was created Ukrtelecom which took over administration of all means of communication such as postal and signal.

In 1994 Ukrposhta started to operate as a separate business entity following the restructuring of Ukrtelecom, after which Ukrposhta is providing postal service, while Ukrtelecom is providing telephone and telegraph services.

In July 1998 "Ukrposhta" was reformed again on a government request.

Now it is managed by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decrees.

The "Ukrposhta"'s activities are regulated by the Law of Ukraine "On Postal Service" (in force since 4 October 2001) and other laws including regulations of the UPU.

Structure[]

In 2016 "Ukrposhta" revealed company overview and statistics of 2015:

• 27 Regional administrative directories;
• 12 000 post offices (including 9 000 in rural areas);
• 73 000 employees (Postmen – 32.0; operators −13.7; Sorters – 2.6)
• 200.9 million of postal items annual processing and delivery, including:

15.4 million insured items;

11.1 million orders;

74.0 million pensions delivered;

• Direct fetching to 15 million subscriber mailboxes;
• Subscription distribution: 500.7 million copies a year;
• Transporting 31 tons annually; total vehicles mileage covering 72 million km;

See also[]

• Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine
• Donbass Post - the postal administration of the unrecognized self-declared Donetsk People's Republic
• Post of Crimea - the postal administration that covers the territory of Crimea, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but it is annexed by Russia in 2014.

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website
• Google Maps location
• Online tracking system
• Fee calculator (in Ukrainian)
• Chrome Tracking extensions
• Branch Locator List (in English)
• Branch Locator Map (in Ukrainian)
• bulk Online tracking system

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