| Ask anyone what Ukraine's culture is.
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| | historical objects Kiev-Pecherska Lavra
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| Someone will mention Ukrainian folk songs
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| | Monastery and St. Sophia Cathedral dating
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| and dances. Another will remember
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| | from XI century were enlisted on the
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| Ukrainian language or national cuisine.
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| | UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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| Their answers will never be the same.
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| | More than 600 museums introduce
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| Why? There is nothing more intangible in
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| | remarkable facts and outstanding
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| this world than culture. It is impossible
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| | personalities of Ukrainian history and
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| either to describe it as a whole or to
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| | culture.
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| define its components. The culture of any
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| | More than 150 thousand monuments of
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| society includes too many aspects making
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| | culture, archaeology, history, reflect
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| any attempt to define it extremely
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| | memorable or heroic events in the life of
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| complicated.
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| | the Ukrainian state.
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| All of us have our memories. They save
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| | Ukraine culture absorbed the diverse and
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| information about our past experience,
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| | rich heritage of more than 110 ethnic
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| people we ever met, positive and negative
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| | nationalities which live in the country.
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| emotions we went through, etc. Our memory
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| | 77.8% of its population is Ukrainians,
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| warns us (never do it again!), educates,
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| | 17.3%-Russians, 0.6%-Byelorussians. The
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| helps us to adjust our social behavior to
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| | majority of Ukraine's people are
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| feel safe and comfortable in everyday
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| | bilingual. They don't need any
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| life. The same does culture for the
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| | interpreters to understand each other.
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| society being its historical memory.
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| | Very many regions of Ukraine have
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| Ukraine's culture is at least 1,500 years
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| | preserved their ethnic originality. You
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| old. Over the years it accumulated
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| | have a great opportunity to get
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| experience of many generations of people
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| | acquainted with national traditions, folk
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| who have lived in the area of present
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| | songs, dances, and to taste famous
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| Ukraine. They formed a base of modern
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| | Ukrainian meals: borsch, vareniky,
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| Ukrainian culture: moral and spiritual
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| | holubtsy, etc.
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| values, language and beliefs, literature
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| | For such a long period of its existence
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| and music, traditional holidays and
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| | Ukraine culture has accumulated a lot of
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| superstitions.
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| | treasures to demonstrate to researchers
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| Ukrainian culture has common historical
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| | or tourists who visit Ukraine. The
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| roots with Russian and Byelorussian
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| | numerous monuments, ancient defensive
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| cultures. All three nationalities
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| | fortresses, museums, and excavations of
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| originated from the same home - Kievan
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| | ancient towns will keep you busy for a
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| Rus. During its 1,500 - year turbulent
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| | long time while visiting Ukraine. But
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| history Ukraine culture experienced
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| | there are other not less curious and
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| considerable influences of other
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| | exciting parts of Ukrainian culture.
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| cultures. It came a long way from
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| | Over the centuries, generation after
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| Paganism to Christianity, suffered from
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| | generation has developed their own rules
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| invaders, survived collapse of the Soviet
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| | of social behavior, traditions, customs,
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| Union, which completely transformed the
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| | taboos, and superstitions. They are
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| lives of all those who once lived there.
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| | reflected in national folklore, songs,
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| In spite of a dramatic history, Ukraine
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| | dances, unwritten code of etiquette.
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| has preserved its cultural heritage from
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| | Through them you will be able to
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| the early times of its existence.
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| | understand the real soul of Ukrainian
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| About 80 % of the monuments of Kyevan Rus
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| | people. Just be attentive and gaze. It
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| epoch (IX - XII centuries) are located in
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| | will be opened to you.
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| the territory of Ukraine. In 1990 two
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