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I think Ukrainian needs to be an official language in Russia. Why? I have had some Russians who are writing Russian should be an official language of Ukraine, because there are Russian speakers that live in Ukraine. Russian as the official language everywhere there are Russians Basically people should speak whatever language they want to [...]

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What is the percentage of Ukrainian citizens in Ukraine speak the Russian language? About 30% of the Ukrainians speak Russian as their primary language. However, most of the Russian speaking Ukrainian are in the Autonomous region republic of Crimea. About 50% of the people in this area are ethnic Russians and about 75% speak Russian.  [...]

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Origins of Kvass Kvass is a medieval drink which means ‘leaven’.  It is basically non-alcoholic drink fermented from rye and mixed with herbs or fruits like mint and strawberry.  If you have never tasted it your missing something.  It is popular in Ukraine and Russia and goes back 5000 years plus. It is also known [...]

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Ukrainian Russian gas dispute Wake up! Russia is a Empire. It always has been and they are not going to change soon.  I am an American in Poland and see that Russia has been an Empire for at least 500 years and why would they change. Putin is a Czar. Does anyone really think Russia [...]

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Russian, Ukrainian and Polish recipes I am an American who has live in Krakow for five years.  I grew up in America as did my parents. But my grandparents were from Lublin, Poland and Ternopil, Ukraine.  I love Polish cooking. I love Ukrainian cooking. Living in America I often had Polish and Ukrainian cooking but [...]

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Many people, including news anchors on the BBC refer to Ukraine as the Ukraine.  Would you say the France, the Russia, the Poland?  I have no idea how people started calling Ukraine, “the Ukraine”, but its mildly irratating.  I think it comes from thinking Ukraine is a region, like “the steppes” . Ukraine is the [...]

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Which is spoken in Kiev, Ukrainian or Russian? Which is the dominant language in Kiev, Russian or Ukrainian?  Ten years ago I would have said Russian without blinking an eye. But now with twenty years of linguistic revival in Ukrainian I would definitely learn Ukrainian if I was going to Ukraine. Ukrainian is not only [...]

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An advantage of learning a language – as opposed to acquiring a language My parents spoke Polish and Ukrainian. However, they did not teach these languages to me when I grew up. In the 1960s it was not in vogue to be anything than a WASP. I and my parents have often regretted the fact [...]

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Russia wants to takeover part of Ukraine Russia wants Crimea to be part of Russia not Ukraine. Why? Oil. Read my comment at the bottom, its really about oil. What does Russian say is the reason? There are many Russians that live in Ukrainian Crimea.   Why is this crazy that Russia wants Crimea? Because [...]

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Chief or Chef in Polish and Russian In Polish like in Russian, ‘Chef’ means ‘boss’. Many times Russian and Polish people will refer to their boss as their chief. Further it will be hard for them to distinguish the sound of ‘chef’ -someone who works as a cook and ‘chief’ – someone who is a [...]

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