Ukraine city telephone code of 977 or 978 -- what city or oblast?

[Journeyman]

Does anybody know a city or oblast in Ukraine that has a telephone code of either 977 or 978? 

We are trying to locate on a map of Ukraine a very small village (of about 300 people where distant Ukrainian relatives live), and the only information we have apart the villiage being in "western Ukraine" is their city/oblast telephone code of 977 or 978.  We think that if we can learn the general geographic region (near a recognizable city) we might be able to further pinpoint the village thereafter.

I have tried to find a "city code map" of Ukraine online -- without any luck. 

Any ideas?   Thank you.

Journeyman

[ConnerVT]

97 is a mobile telephone carrier's code.

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:BLz_xe73SjwJ:business.mci.com/small_business/intl_mobile.jsp+ukraine+city+code+977+978&cd=25&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[SANDRO43]

97 is a mobile telephone carrier's code.

Conner, that's partial and irrelevant. Furthermore, according to your list, the FULL codes work for Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nepal and Norway, so that's hardly a meaningful source of info, and I'd assume the codes refer to a public network.

I'd say more relevant is www.countrycallingcodes.com/country.php?country=Ukraine, where nothing looks like the codes given by Journeyman.

So I'd guess we're on a rather wild-goose chase here, unless more specific information is provided .

[ECOCKS]

Journey:

You need to check your codes. 097 and 098 are both mobile number prefixes in Ukraine. I've never seen a 977 or 978 + 7 more digits.

[Journeyman]

Actually, we are fairly sure that the city code is accurate.  Also, as seems to be the case with a number of local exchanges in Ukraine, after the city code is dialed, the remaining land line number consists of only 6 digits, rather than 7 (as with most mobile phones and land lines a number of other cities, such as Kiev, etc.).

011-380-977-XXX-XXX. 

Dialing that number actually works, and connects to residence there.  However, it might also be a party line.  So far, we have not been able to connect with the particular individuals we are trying to contact.

This could be a tough question to answer.

Journeyman

[ECOCKS]

Journey:

My home phone to our Kyiv apartment is 3-8-044-XXX-XXXX with 044 being the "area code". The last number in your sequence is not being picked up. Just like in the states if you dial one too many digits it just ignores the last one.

[Muddy]

U k r a i n i a n   C i t y c o d e s
Ukraine code: (+380)
  City   Region Citycode
Akymivka Zaporizhia (+380) 6131
Aleksandrivka Kirovohrad (+380) 5235
Alexandria(Olexandria) Kirovohrad (+380) 5235
Alushta Crimea (+380) 6560
Amvrosiyivk Donetsk (+380) 6259
Anayiv Odessa (+380) 4863
Andrushivka Zhytomyr (+380) 4136
Antratsyt Luhansk (+380) 6431
Apostolove Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5656
Arbuzynka Mykolaiv (+380) 5132
Artemivsk Donetsk (+380) 6274
Artsyz Odessa (+380) 4845
Avdiivka Donetsk (+380) 6236
Bakhchesarai Crimea (+380) 6554
Bakhmach Chernihiv (+380) 4635
Balakliya Kharkiv (+380) 5749
Balta Odessa (+380) 4866
Bar Vinnytsia (+380) 4366
Baranivka Zhytomyr (+380) 4144
Barvinkove Kharkiv (+380) 57572
Baryshivka Kyiv (+380) 4476
Bashtanka Mykolaiv (+380) 5158
Berdianske Zaporizhia (+380) 6153
Berdychiv Zhytomyr (+380) 4143
Berehove Zakarpatye (+380) 3141
Berezanka Mykolaiv (+380) 5153
Berezhany Ternopil (+380) 3548
Berezivka Odessa (+380) 4856
Berezne Rivne (+380) 3653
Bereznehuvate Mykolaiv (+380) 5168
Bershad Vinnytsia (+380) 4365
Beryslav Kherson (+380) 5546
Bilatserkva Kyiv (+380) 4463
Bilhorod-Dnistr Odessa (+380) 4849
Biliaivka Odessa (+380) 4852
Bilohiria Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3841
Bilohirsk Crimea (+380) 6559
Bilokurakyne Luhansk (+380) 6462
Bilopillia Sumy (+380) 5443
Bilovodsk Luhansk (+380) 6466
Bilozerka Kherson (+380) 5547
Blyzniuky Kharkiv (+380) 5754
Bobrovytsia Chernihiv (+380) 4632
Bobrynets Kirovohrad (+380) 5257
Bohodukhiv Kharkiv (+380) 5758
Bohorodchany Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3471
Bohuslav Kyiv (+380) 4461
Bolhrad Odessa (+380) 4846
Borodyanka Kyiv (+380) 4477
Borova Kharkiv (+380) 5759
Borschiv Ternopil (+380) 3541
Boryslav Lviv (+380) 32483
Boryspil Kyiv (+380) 4495
Borzna Chernihiv (+380) 4653
Bratske Mykolaiv (+380) 5131
Brianka Luhansk (+380) 6443
Brody Lviv (+380) 3266
Brovary Kyiv (+380) 4494
Buchach Ternopil (+380) 3544
Burshtyn Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3438
Buryn Sumy (+380) 5454
Busk Lviv (+380) 3264
Chaplynka Kherson (+380) 5538
Chechelnyk Vinnytsia (+380) 4363
Chemerivtsi Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3859
Cherkasy Cherkasy (+380) 472
Cherniakhiv Zhytomyr (+380) 4134
Chernihiv Chernihiv (+380) 4622
Chernivtsi Chernivtsi (+380) 3700
Chernyhivka Zaporizhia (+380) 6140
Chervonoarmiisk Zhytomyr (+380) 4131
Chervonoarmiisk Rivne (+380) 3633
Chervonohrad Lviv (+380) 3249
Chop Zakarpatye (+380) 3137
Chornobai Cherkasy (+380) 4739
Chornobyl Kyiv (+380) 4493
Chornomorske Crimea (+380) 6558
Chornukhy Poltava (+380) 5340
Chortkiv Ternopil (+380) 3552
Chudniv Zhytomyr (+380) 4139
Chuhuyiv Kharkiv (+380) 5746
Chutove Poltava (+380) 5347
Chyhyryn Cherkasy (+380) 47302
Debaltseve Donetsk (+380) 6249
Derazhnia Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3856
Derhachi Kharkiv (+380) 5763
Dniprodzerzhynsk Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5692
Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 562
Dniprorudne Zaporizhia (+380) 6175
Dobropillia Donetsk (+380) 6277
Dobrovelychkivka Kirovohrad (+380) 5253
Dokuchaievsk Donetsk (+380) 6214
Dolyna Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3477
Dolynska Kirovohrad (+380) 5234
Domanivska Mykolaiv (+380) 5152
Donetsk Donetsk (+380) 622
Drabiv Cherkasy (+380) 4738
Drohobych Lviv (+380) 3244
Druzhkivka Donetsk (+380) 6267
Dubno Rivne (+380) 3656
Dunaivtsi Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3858
Dvorichna Kharkiv (+380) 5750
Dybrovytsia Rivne (+380) 3658
Dykanka Poltava (+380) 5351
Dzershynsk Donetsk (+380) 6247
Dzerzhnsk Zhytomyr (+380) 4146
Dzhankoi Crimea (+380) 6564
Enerhodar Zaporizhia (+380) 6139
Fastiv Kyiv (+380) 4465
Feodosiia Crimea (+380) 6562
Frunzivka Odessa (+380) 4860
Hadyach Poltava (+380) 5354
Haisyn Vinnytsia (+380) 4394
Haivoron Kirovohrad (+380) 5254
Halych-if Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3431
Henichesk Kherson (+380) 5534
Hlobyne Poltava (+380) 5365
Hlukhiv Sumy (+380) 5444
Hlyboka Chernivtsi (+380) 3734
Hnivan Vinnytsia (+380) 4361
Holaprystan Kherson (+380) 5539
Holovanivsk Kirovohrad (+380) 5252
Horlivka Donetsk (+380) 6242
Horniak Donetsk (+380) 6237
Hornostaivka Kherson (+380) 5544
Horodenka Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3430
Horodnia Chernihiv (+380) 4645
Horodok Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3851
Horodok Lviv (+380) 3231
Horodysche Cherkasy (+380) 4734
Horokhiv Volhynia (+380) 3379
Hoscha Rivne (+380) 3650
Hrebinka Poltava (+380) 5359
Huliaipole Zaporizhia (+380) 614
Husyatin Ternopil (+380) 3557
Hyliapole Zaporizhia (+380) 6145
Ichnya Chernihiv (+380) 4633
Ielanets Mykolaiv (+380) 5159
Illintsi Vinnytsia (+380) 4377
Ilovaisk Donetsk (+380) 6257
Irpin Kyiv (+380) 4497
Irshava Zakarpatye (+380) 3144
Ivanivka Kherson (+380) 5531
Ivanivka Odessa (+380) 4854
Ivankov Kyiv (+380) 4491
Ivano-frankivske Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3422
Ivanychi Volhynia (+380) 3372
Iziaslav Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3852
Izium Kharkiv (+380) 5743
Izmail Odessa (+380) 4841
Kafianka-buzka Lviv (+380) 3254
Kagarlyk Kyiv (+380) 4473
Kakhovka Kherson (+380) 5536
Kalanchak Kherson (+380) 5571
Kalush Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3472
Kalynivka Vinnytsia (+380) 4396
Kamianka Zaporizhia (+380) 6138
Kamianka Cherkasy (+380) 4732
Kam-kashyrskyj Volhynia (+380) 3357
Kam-podilskyi Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3849
Kaniv Cherkasy (+380) 4736
Karlivka Poltava (+380) 5346
Katerinopil Cherkasy (+380) 4742
Kazanka Mykolaiv (+380) 5164
Kehychivka Kharkiv (+380) 5755
Kelmentsi Chernivtsi (+380) 3732
Kerch Crimea (+380) 6561
Kharkiv Kharkiv (+380) 572
Khartsyzk Donetsk (+380) 6257
Kherson Kherson (+380) 5500
Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3822
Khmilnyk Vinnytsia (+380) 4395
Khorol Poltava (+380) 5362
Khotyn Chernivtsi (+380) 3731
Khristinovka Cherkasy (+380) 47452
Khust Zakarpatye (+380) 3142
Kilia Odessa (+380) 4843
Kirovohrad Kirovohrad (+380) 522
Kirovsk Luhansk (+380) 6446
Kirovske Crimea (+380) 6555
Kirovske Donetsk (+380) 6250
Kitsman Chernivtsi (+380) 3736
Kivertsi Volhynia (+380) 3365
Kobelyaky Poltava (+380) 5343
Kodyma Odessa (+380) 4867
Kolomyia Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3433
Kominternivsk Odessa (+380) 4835
Kompaniivka Kirovohrad (+380) 5240
Komsomolsk Poltava (+380) 5348
Komunarsk Luhansk (+380) 6442
Konotop Sumy (+380) 5447
Konstantinovskii Donetsk (+380) 6272
Korets Rivne (+380) 3651
Koriukivka Chernihiv (+380) 4657
Korolevets Sumy (+380) 5453
Korop Chernihiv (+380) 4656
Korosten Zhytomyr (+380) 4142
Korostyshiv Zhytomyr (+380) 4130
Korsun-Shevchen Cherkasy (+380) 4735
Kosiv Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3478
Kostopil Rivne (+380) 3657
Kotelva Poltava (+380) 5350
Kotovsk Odessa (+380) 4862
Kovel Volhynia (+380) 3352
Kozelets Chernihiv (+380) 4646
Kozelschyna Poltava (+380) 5342
Koziatyn Vinnytsia (+380) 4371
Kozova Ternopil (+380) 3547
Kramatorsk Donetsk (+380) 6264
Krasniokny Odessa (+380) 4861
Krasniiluch Luhansk (+380) 6432
Krasniilyman Donetsk (+380) 6261
Krasnoarmiisk Donetsk (+380) 6239
Krasnodon Luhansk (+380) 6435
Krasnohrad Kharkiv (+380) 57442
Krasnohvardiiske Crimea (+380) 6556
Krasnokutske Kharkiv (+380) 5756
Krasnoperekopsk Crimea (+380) 6565
Krasnopillia Sumy (+380) 5459
Krasyliv Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3855
Kremenchuk Poltava (+380) 5366
Kremenets Ternopil (+380) 3546
Kreminna Luhansk (+380) 6454
Krivyirih Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 564
Krynychky Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5617
Kryveozero Mykolaiv (+380) 5133
Kryzhopil Vinnytsia (+380) 4374
Kuibysheve Zaporizhia (+380) 6147
Kulykivka Chernihiv (+380) 4643
Kupiansk Kharkiv (+380) 5742
Kurakhove Donetsk (+380) 6212
Kuznetsovsk Rivne (+380) 3636
Kyiv Kyiv (+380) 44
Ladyzhyn Vinnytsia (+380) 4364
Lanivtsy Ternopil (+380) 3549
Lebedyn Sumy (+380) 5445
Lenin Crimea (+380) 6557
Letychiv Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3857
Lityn Vinnytsia (+380) 4370
Liubar Zhytomyr (+380) 4147
Liubashivka Odessa (+380) 4864
Liubeshiv Volhynia (+380) 3362
Liuboml Volhynia (+380) 3377
Lokachi Volhynia (+380) 3374
Lokhvytsia Poltava (+380) 5356
Lozova Kharkiv (+380) 5745
Lubny Poltava (+380) 53615
Luhansk Luhansk (+380) 642
Luhyny Zhytomyr (+380) 4191
Lutske Volhynia (+380) 33
Lutuhyne Luhansk (+380) 6436
Lviv Lviv (+380) 322
Lypovadolyna Sumy (+380) 5452
Lypovets Vinnytsia (+380) 4372
Lysianka Cherkasy (+380) 4749
Lysychansk Luhansk (+380) 6451
Mahdalynivka Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5611
Makariv Kyiv (+380) 4478
Makariv Kyiv (+380) 448
Makiyivka Donetsk (+380) 6232
Malavyska Kirovohrad (+380) 5258
Malyn Zhytomyr (+380) 4133
Manevychi Volhynia (+380) 3376
Mankivka Cherkasy (+380) 4748
Marhanets Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5665
Mariyinka Donetsk (+380) 6212
Mariyupil Donetsk (+380) 629
Markivka Luhansk (+380) 6464
Mashivka Poltava (+380) 5364
Melitopil Zaporizhia (+380) 6142
Mena Chernihiv (+380) 4644
Mezhova Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5670
Milove Luhansk (+380) 6465
Mizhhiria Zakarpatye (+380) 3146
Mlyniv Rivne (+380) 3659
Mohlyiv-podilskyi Vinnytsia (+380) 4369
Monastyrische Cherkasy (+380) 4746
Monastyryska Ternopil (+380) 3555
Mostyska Lviv (+380) 3234
Mukacheve Zakarpatye (+380) 3131
Murovanikuryli. Vinnytsia (+380) 4375
Myhyryn Cherkasy (+380) 4730
Mykhailivka Zaporizhia (+380) 6132
Mykolaiv Mykolaiv (+380) 510
Mykolaivka Odessa (+380) 4872
Mykolayiv Odessa (+380) 4857
Mykolayiv Lviv (+380) 3241
Myrhorod Poltava (+380) 5355
Myronivka Kyiv (+380) 4474
Nadvirna Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3475
Narodychi Zhytomyr (+380) 4140
Nedryhailiv Sumy (+380) 5455
Nemyriv Vinnytsia (+380) 4391
Nesterov Lviv (+380) 3252
Nikopol Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5662
Nizhyn Chernihiv (+380) 4631
Nosivka Chernihiv (+380) 4642
Novakakhovka Kherson (+380) 5549
Novaodessa Mykolaiv (+380) 5167
Novaushytsia Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3847
Novavodolaha Kharkiv (+380) 5740
Novhorodivka Donetsk (+380) 6247
Novhorodka Kirovohrad (+380) 5241
Novhorod-svverski Chernihiv (+380) 4658
Novisanzhary Poltava (+380) 5344
Novoaidar Luhansk (+380) 6445
Novoarkhanhelsk Kirovohrad (+380) 5255
Novoazovsk Donetsk (+380) 6296
Novohrad-volyn. Zhytomyr (+380) 4141
Novomoskovske Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5612
Novomykolaivka Zaporizhia (+380) 6144
Novomyrhorod Kirovohrad (+380) 5256
Novopskov Luhansk (+380) 6463
Novoselytsia Chernivtsi (+380) 3733
Novotroitsk Donetsk (+380) 6214
Novotroitske Kherson (+380) 5548
Novoukrainka Kirovohrad (+380) 5251
Novovolynsk Volhynia (+380) 3344
Novovorontsovka Kherson (+380) 5572
Novyibuh Mykolaiv (+380) 5151
Novyirozdil Lviv (+380) 3261
Nyzhnisirohozy Kherson (+380) 5540
Nyzhnuihirskyi Crimea (+380) 6550
Obukhiv Kyiv (+380) 4472
Ochakiv Mykolaiv (+380) 5154
Odessa Odessa (+380) 482
Okhtyrka Sumy (+380) 5446
Oleksandrivka Donetsk (+380) 6269
Olenivka Donetsk (+380) 6214
Olevsk Zhytomyr (+380) 4135
Olshanka Kirovohrad (+380) 5250
Onufriivka Kirovohrad (+380) 5238
Orativ Vinnytsia (+380) 4379
Ordzhonikidze Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5667
Orikhiv Zaporizhia (+380) 6141
Orzhytsia Poltava (+380) 5357
Ostroh Rivne (+380) 3654
Ovidiopol Odessa (+380) 4851
Ovruch Zhytomyr (+380) 41483
Pavlohrad Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5672
Perechyn Zakarpatye (+380) 3145
Peremyshlyany Lviv (+380) 3263
Perevalsk Luhansk (+380) 6441
Pereyaslav-khmel. Kyiv (+380) 4467
Pershotravensk Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5673
Pershotravne Crimea (+380) 6997
Pershotravneve Donetsk (+380) 6297
Pervomaisk Luhansk (+380) 6455
Pervomaisk Mykolaiv (+380) 5161
Pervomaiske Crimea (+380) 6552
Pervomaiskii Kharkiv (+380) 5748
Petropavlivka Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5671
Petrove Kirovohrad (+380) 5237
Pidvolochysk Ternopil (+380) 3543
Pischanka Vinnytsia (+380) 4368
Pohrebysche Vinnytsia (+380) 4378
Pokrovske Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5678
Poliske Kyiv (+380) 4492
Polohy Zaporizhia (+380) 6165
Polonne Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3843
Poltava Poltava (+380) 532
Popasna Luhansk (+380) 6474
Popilnia Zhytomyr (+380) 41372
Priazovske Zaporizhia (+380) 6133
Pryluky Chernihiv (+380) 4637
Prymorske Zaporizhia (+380) 6137
Prypiat Kyiv (+380) 4499
Pustomyty Lviv (+380) 3230
Putyla Chernivtsi (+380) 3738
Putyvl Sumy (+380) 5442
Pyatykhatky Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 56510
Pyriatyn Poltava (+380) 5358
Radekhvv Lviv (+380) 3255
Radomyshl Zhytomyr (+380) 4132
Rakhiv Zakarpatye (+380) 3132
Rakytno Kyiv (+380) 4462
Ratne Volhynia (+380) 3366
Reni Odessa (+380) 4840
Reshetilivka Poltava (+380) 5363
Ripky Chernihiv (+380) 4641
Rivne Rivne (+380) 3622
Rodynske Donetsk (+380) 6239
Rohatyn Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3435
Rokytne Rivne (+380) 3635
Romny Sumy (+380) 5448
Rovenky Luhansk (+380) 6433
Rozdilna Crimea (+380) 6553
Rozdilna Odessa (+380) 4853
Rozhniativ Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3474
Rozhyshche Volhynia (+380) 3368
Rubizhne Luhansk (+380) 6453
Ruzhyn Zhytomyr (+380) 4138
Sakhnovschyna Kharkiv (+380) 5762
Saky Crimea (+380) 6563
Sambir Lviv (+380) 3236
Sarata Odessa (+380) 4848
Sarny Rivne (+380) 3655
Savran Odessa (+380) 4865
Selydove Donetsk (+380) 6237
Semenivka Chernihiv (+380) 4659
Semenivka Poltava (+380) 5341
Seredyna-buda Sumy (+380) 5451
Sevastopol Crimea (+380) 690
Shakhtarsk Donetsk (+380) 6255
Sharhord Vinnytsia (+380) 4376
Shepetivka Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3840
Shevchenkove Kharkiv (+380) 5751
Shiroke Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5657
Shors Chernihiv (+380) 4654
Shostka Sumy (+380) 5449
Shpola Cherkasy (+380) 4741
Shriaieve Odessa (+380) 4858
Shumske Ternopil (+380) 3558
Shyshaky Poltava (+380) 5352
Sieverdonetsk Luhansk (+380) 6452
Simferopol Crimea (+380) 652
Siversk Donetsk (+380) 6274
Skadovsk Kherson (+380) 5537
Skole Lviv (+380) 3251
Skvyra Kyiv (+380) 4468
Slavuta Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3842
Slavutich Kyiv (+380) 4479
Slovianohirsk Donetsk (+380) 6262
Slovianoserbsk Luhansk (+380) 6473
Sloviansk Donetsk (+380) 6262
Smila Cherkasy (+380) 4733
Sniatyn Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3476
Snihurivka Mykolaiv (+380) 5162
Snizhne Donetsk (+380) 6256
Sofiivka Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5650
Sokal Lviv (+380) 3257
Sokyriany Chernivtsi (+380) 3739
Solenoe Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5616
Sosnytsia Chernihiv (+380) 4655
Sovietskyi Crimea (+380) 6551
Sribne Chernihiv (+380) 4639
Stakhanov Luhansk (+380) 6444
Stanichno-Lugansk Luhansk (+380) 6472
Staravyzhivka Volhynia (+380) 3346
Starasniava Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3850
Starobesheve Donetsk (+380) 6217
Starobilsk Luhansk (+380) 6461
Starokostiantyniv Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3854
Staryjsambir Lviv (+380) 3238
Stavysche Kyiv (+380) 4464
Storozhynets Chernivtsi (+380) 3735
Stryi Lviv (+380) 3245
Sudak Crimea (+380) 6566
Sumy Sumy (+380) 5400
Svaliava Zakarpatye (+380) 3133
Svatove Luhansk (+380) 6471
Sverdlovsk Luhansk (+380) 6434
Svitlovodsk Kirovohrad (+380) 5236
Synelnykove Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5615
Talalayivka Chernihiv (+380) 4634
Talne Cherkasy (+380) 4731
Tarascha Kyiv (+380) 4446
Tarutyne Odessa (+380) 4847
Tatarbunary Odessa (+380) 4844
Telmanove Donetsk (+380) 6299
Teofipol Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3844
Teplyk Vinnytsia (+380) 4367
Terebovlya Ternopil (+380) 3551
Ternopil Ternopil (+380) 3522
Tetiyiv Kyiv (+380) 4460
Tiachiv Zakarpatye (+380) 3132
Tlumach Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3479
Tokmak Zaporizhia (+380) 6178
Tomakivka Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5668
Tomashpil Vinnytsia (+380) 4392
Torez Donetsk (+380) 6254
Troitske Luhansk (+380) 6456
Trostianets Sumy (+380) 5453
Trostianets Vinnytsia (+380) 4397
Truskavets Lviv (+380) 3247
Tsarychanka Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5610
Tsiurupynsk Kherson (+380) 5573
Tsuman Ternopil (+380) 3553
Tulchyn Vinnytsia (+380) 4360
Turiisk Volhynia (+380) 3363
Turka Lviv (+380) 3269
Tysmenytsia Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3436
Tyvriv Vinnytsia (+380) 4373
Ulyanovka Kirovohrad (+380) 5259
Uman Cherkasy (+380) 4744
Ustinivka Kirovohrad (+380) 5239
Uzhhorod Zakarpatye (+380) 3122
Valky Kharkiv (+380) 5753
Varva Chernihiv (+380) 4636
Vasilkivka Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5679
Vasylivka Zaporizhia (+380) 6175
Vasylkiv Kyiv (+380) 4471
Velykayanovosi. Donetsk (+380) 6213
Velykiburluk Kharkiv (+380) 5752
Vel.bahachaka Poltava (+380) 5345
Vel.bereznyl Zakarpatye (+380) 3135
Vel.mykhailivka Odessa (+380) 4859
Vel.pysarivka Sumy (+380) 5457
Vel.Oleksandrivka Kherson (+380) 5574
Verkhnodniprovsk opetrovsk (+380) 5618
Verkhovyna Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3432
Vesele Zaporizhia (+380) 6136
Veselynove Mykolaiv (+380) 5163
Vilianske Zaporizhia (+380) 6143
Vilnovakha Donetsk (+380) 6214
Vinkivtsi Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3846
Vinnytsia Vinnytsia (+380) 4322
Volchanske Kharkiv (+380) 5741
Volochysk Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3845
Volodarka Kyiv (+380) 4469
Volodarsk Donetsk (+380) 6216
Volodarsk-Volyn. Zhytomyr (+380) 4145
Volodymyrets Rivne (+380) 3634
Volodymyr-volyn Volhynia (+380) 3342
Volynsk Volhynia (+380) 3342
Voznesensk Mykolaiv (+380) 5134
Vradiivka Mykolaiv (+380) 5135
Vynohradiv Zakarpatye (+380) 3143
Vyshhorod Kyiv (+380) 4496
Vysokopillia Kherson (+380) 5575
Vyzhnytsia Chernivtsi (+380) 3730
V-lepetykha Kherson (+380) 5543
V.rohachyk Kherson (+380) 5545
Yahotyn Kyiv (+380) 4475
Yalta Crimea (+380) 654
Yampil Sumy (+380) 5456
Yampil Vinnytsia (+380) 4362
Yaremcha Ivano-frankivsk (+380) 3434
Yarmolyntsi Khmelnytskyi (+380) 3853
Yasynuvata Donetsk (+380) 6236
Yavoriv Lviv (+380) 3259
Yemilchyne Zhytomyr (+380) 41494
Yenakiyeve Donetsk (+380) 6252
Yevpatoriya Crimea (+380) 6569
Yunokomunarivsk Donetsk (+380) 6252
Yuzhoukrainsk Mykolaiv (+380) 5136
Zachepylivka Kharkiv (+380) 5761
Zaleschiki Ternopil (+380) 3554
Zaporizhia Zaporizhia (+380) 612
Zarichne Rivne (+380) 3632
Zastavna Chernivtsi (+380) 3737
Zbarazh Ternopil (+380) 3550
Zboriv Ternopil (+380) 3540
Zdolbuniv Rivne (+380) 3652
Zhashkiv Cherkasy (+380) 4747
Zhmerynka Vinnytsia (+380) 4396
Zhovtivody Dnipropetrovsk (+380) 5652
Zhydachiv Lviv (+380) 3239
Zhyrivka Kyiv (+380) 4470
Zhytomyr Zhytomyr (+380) 412
Zinkiv Poltava (+380) 5353
Zmiiv Kharkiv (+380) 5747
Znamianka Kirovohrad (+380) 5233
Zolochiv Kharkiv (+380) 5764
Zolochiv Lviv (+380) 3265
Zolotonosha Cherkasy (+380) 4737
Zvenyhorodka Cherkasy (+380) 4740

[Journeyman]

Journey:

My home phone to our Kyiv apartment is 3-8-044-XXX-XXXX with 044 being the "area code". The last number in your sequence is not being picked up. Just like in the states if you dial one too many digits it just ignores the last one.

Ed,

Thanks for your reply.  However, I'm not so sure that the 7-digit format for Kiev and other larger Ukrainian cities will also always apply to every other town.  For example, my wife's family lives in Sumy, and their local land line numbers there are always only 6 digits.  380-542-XX-XX-XX.   I do recall 7-digit land lines in the larger cities of Kiev, Odessa, and Dnepropetrovsk.   However, Sumy has only had 6-digit numbers since I first visited there in 2003.  I am fairly sure that I also noticed that in Poltava and other smaller cities also.

Therefore, I think it is entirely possible that the 6-digit format will also apply to a very rural area, including a village of only 300 people. 

I'll look through Muddy's amazing list to see if that helps.  Muddy, I hope you didn't stay up all night typing in all those city codes.  If so, thanks!

Journeyman

[SANDRO43]

Muddy, I hope you didn't stay up all night typing in all those city codes.

I think he got them from www.brama.com/ukraine/citycode.html or www.ukraine.org/db/Citycodes.html .

I've added those links to the RWDpedia (www.russianwomendiscussion.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Telephone_Directories) for future reference, along with those for other major FSU countries.

[ConnerVT]

Conner, that's partial and irrelevant. Furthermore, according to your list, the FULL codes work for Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nepal and Norway, so that's hardly a meaningful source of info, and I'd assume the codes refer to a public network.

I'd say more relevant is www.countrycallingcodes.com/country.php?country=Ukraine, where nothing looks like the codes given by Journeyman.

So I'd guess we're on a rather wild-goose chase here, unless more specific information is provided .

[mendeleyev]

Another reminder of the former and long friendship between Russia and the USA with Ukraine being one of Russia's subjects. When Ma Bell established phone service in Russia their exchange capacity in 1882 had room for 800 numbers and at the end of the year had managed to convince 26 households, all in Moscow, to try putting a telephone in their homes. At the end of year two, growth had swelled to 3,000+ Russian households.

I did a piece a few years back on the 100th anniversary of what is today the Moscow Telephone company. Ma Bell sold Russia's original phone company to a Danish/Swedish company in 1901. Denmark's King Christian IX was Tsar Nicholas II's maternal grandfather and the Tsar's cousin, Sweden's Princess Marie, was it's primary shareholder. A few years later the stock was sold to family and friends of the Tsar and it became a wholly owned Russian Telephone company.

How old are the numbers you have in question?

In 1968 Russian (and by virtue, Ukraine) made vast modifications, following the USA's 1955 example of dropping alpha numerics in favour of all numbers, and adopting city codes (we call ours area codes). Anything prior to 1968 would be a long shot in the dark at best.

In the early 2000's, Russia and it's former republics committed to global compability--a standardization by which all systems can "talk" to each other by means of automation. That mean a further restructuring of phone numbers across the FSU. It could be that those numbers simply no longer exist, or in the words of that annoying pre recorded announcement, "we're sorry, but this number is no longer assigned or is in a different area."  Literally. Maybe even in a different country given changing boundaries.

The first step in global compability was 10 digit standardization. FSU numbers could have been 7, 8, 9 or 10 letters. So over time numbers have been changing. Russia is ahead of most of the other FSU in making the changes and most of the others aren't too far behind.

Perhaps knowing how FSU numbers work may help you understand how to trace them. We'll use Russia as an example since they modernized ahead of their neighbors. Large cities in Russia have 3 digit "city codes" and 7 digit local numbers just like the USA for example. Thus a Moscow number could look like this: 7 495 123-45-67. As you notice FSU numbers are grouped by two's starting from the right. An odd number remaining on the left is stuck with the two closest to it. So, 7 is Russia's international code followed by ten digits of which three are the city code (495) and then 7 local digits.

In general (cause there's always an exception) medium sized cities are assigned a 4 digit city code and 6 local numbers and small towns are given 5 digit region codes and 5 digit local numbers. All adding up to 10.

If the numbers you have don't fit in Ukraine, don't despair just yet. The boundaries of Ukraine are very different from even the recent past. Moldova, a Soviet creation, was carved out of other republics with a large chunk coming out of Ukraine. Part of today's Russia was yesterday's Ukraine and part of today's Ukraine was yesterday's Poland. Cast your nets a little wider and see what happens.

Finally, one of the best places to begin a search for long list relatives could by thru the many Jewish genealogy groups who work to trace the hundreds of thousands of lost Ukrainian Jews during and then following the war years. Their data can be extensive, covering more than just ethnic Jews. Do a Google or 2 and they'll appear.

Good luck!

[ECOCKS]

Thanks for that explanation Mendeleyev. I remember something about 6 digit numbers in the provincial towns a couple of years ago. When I first glanced at Journey's display it was late and I thought there were seven X's there. The thing is that now the 097 and 098 numbers that the expat community and I are aware of were all cell phones. I know 098 is Kievstar and think 097 is also.

[mendeleyev]

That sounds correct, Ed.

A decade or so ago when cell service begin to take off in the FSU there were debates on whether these numbers should be inlays or overlays and while I can write a media story and get away with it, I'm no expert on phone technology and I think that the overlay theory (simply adding new area codes over top existing service) won the day because it meant more roaming and more money for the telephone services.


Kyivstar information for travelers: http://www.kyivstar.net/en/roaming/information/