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Ukrainian CD-ROM
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Where does Ukrainian come from?
Ukrainian belongs, with Belarusian and Russian, to the East Slavic group of the Indo-European language family. The three languages are very close to one another and have a high degree of mutual intelligibility.

How many people speak Ukrainian?
There are about 46 million people who speak Ukrainian as their first language, with people from other language communities living in Ukraine speaking it as a second language

In how many countries?
Ukrainian is spoken by about 43.5 million people in Ukraine itself, by a further 1.5 million in Poland and by about 0.5 million Ukrainian migrants in each of Canada and USA.

Ukrainian Culture

Ukrainian Architecture
Church buildings dominate Ukrainian architecture. One unique genre is the wooden church, featuring gables and wooden-shingled onion domes and cupolas - all held together by complex joinery without nails.

Ukrainian Music and Dance
The bandura, a larger instrument with up to 45 strings, replaced the kozba in the 18th century. Bandura choirs were soon all the rage, and the instrument became a national symbol. Today, the Ukrainian Bandura Chorus performs worldwide.

Ukrainian Food and Drink
Ukrainian cuisine stems from peasant dishes based on grains and staple vegetables like potatoes, cabbage, beets and mushrooms. Meat is typically boiled, fried or stewed. Salo (pig fat) is the basis for the national dish.

Vodka (from voda meaning water) is the national drink.

Ukrainian Attractions
Kiev Founded in the 5th century, Kiev is the mother city of Ukraine but over the centuries has suffered Mongol invasions, devastating fires, communist urban planning and the massive destruction of WWII.

Yalta Yalta passed through many hands over the centuries until Russia took control in the late 18th century. It became the Black Sea's classiest resort when Tsar Alexander II made nearby Livadia his summer residence. Before the Russian Revolution the coast was peppered with aristocratic estates, and most became dachas for the Communist Party elite.

Odessa Odessa is famous for its role in the 1905 revolution, when the mutinous battleship Potemkin Tavrichesky supported rebellious workers. Today it's best known for its excellent collection of museums.

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