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What does it mean to be Ukrainian?
Які вони, українці?
Troyeshchyna gymnasium principle Victor Safiulin says:
To be Ukrainian means to consider yourself attached to the Ukrainian people. Every nation should have its language, traditions, culture, faith. The majority of people who live in Ukraine think of themselves as Ukrainians, love their native land, language, traditions.
Geographically, Ukrainians are mostly located in Europe, but the hard times killed a big number of nationally oriented Ukrainians and blew the others like specks of dust all over the world. And now we have the last chance to come back to European civilization if we unite the efforts and do not let anybody divide us into better and worse people.
Troyeshchyna gymnasium school leaver 2005 Olia Yakovenko says:
Recently I have started thinking about my life, my country, its problems. I often ask myself - WHAT MAKES US A NATION?
Miss Ukraine contest participants say what it means to be Ukrainian to them personally...
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Brit Oresta
Ukraine is a lullaby! From my earliest childhood I’ve always felt a strong association with Ukraine.
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