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• Ukraine Dance: Fancy Footwork the Ukrainian Way

  Energetic, fast-paced, boisterous, and exhausting, Ukrainian dance is as celebrated around the world as the pysanky Easter egg. Borrowed from pagan rites marking the passage of seasons, the ...

• Springtime in Ukraine

  High school graduation may be celebrated with pomp and circumstance and the tradition of tossing one's cap into the air after the formal ceremonies come to an end in many parts of the world, but ...

• Secrets of the Black Sea – Ukraine

  Shipwrecks, fragments of wars fought centuries ago, and the unmarked and watery graves of many have always been the purview of the sea, yet, hundreds of meters below Ukraine's southern border, ...

• Ukrainian Superstitions – Ukraine.com

  If you find yourself walking on a street in Kiev and a man in front of you turns to spit three times over his left shoulder, do not be alarmed - his deed is an effort to avoid jinxing himself ...

• Odessa, Ukraine – The Pearl of the Black Sea

  There are quite a few hotels to choose from if you're planning a visit to the port city of Odessa, but the aptly named Hotel Odessa is - in my humble opinion - the finest hotel in town. Built in ...

• Tracing the Origins of Ukrainian National Symbols

  Throughout history, armies around the world have raised flags in the name of military conquest, economic trade, and religious identity but in countries like Ukraine, the flag is tantamount to ...

• Visas and Passports: Ukraine’s new rules

  Once upon a time, traveling to Ukraine was a labyrinth of visas, required letters of invitation, and the prerequisite of mailing one's passport to a Ukrainian embassy prior to travel. Since the ...

• Telling the Stories of Ukraine With Music

  Long ago, blind minstrels traveled from village to village performing lyrical ballads and poems on an instrument called the kobza. Playing for food and a few coins, these musicians told ...

• Fun Facts about Ukraine: Wooden Churches

  While in some parts of Europe, men may have raised their first churches from stony rubbles knowing many would never see the climax of stone and mortar, early Ukrainian church builders chose ...

• Fun Facts About Ukraine: The Great Gate of Kiev

  Exalted by a suite of fifteen classical pieces by Russian composer, Petrovich Mussorgsky, the Great Gate of Kiev, is not actually a gate but a design submitted by artist Victor Hartmann to ...