Culture of Ukraine

cultural traditions of Ukraine

public holiday in Ukraine

filmmaking in Ukraine

The Sixtiers () were а new generation of young intellectuals who reawakened literature and a sense of Ukrainian nationalism within the Soviet intelligentsia. The Sixtiers entered the cultural and political life in Ukraine during the Soviet era of late 1950s and 1960s and expressed elements of humanism, embracing Western literature, while stressing universal socialism by returning to values of Leninism.

thumb|right|200px|Stanisław Antoni Szczuka in Sarmatian attire, wearing a [[kontusz]] thumb|"Treatise about two [[Sarmatia Asian and European and about their composition" by Maciej Miechowita (1517)]] thumb|200px|Sarmatian-style Karacena armor Sarmatism (or Sarmatianism; ; ) was an ethno-cultural identity within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was the dominant Baroque culture and ideology of the nobility () that existed in the time from the Renaissance to the early 18th century. Together with the concept of "Golden Liberty", it formed a central aspect of the Commonwealth social elites’

Ukrainization or Ukrainisation ( ) is a policy or practice of increasing the usage and facilitating the development of the Ukrainian language and promoting other elements of Ukrainian culture in various spheres of public life such as education, publishing, government, and religion. The term is also used to describe a process by which non-Ukrainians or Russian-speaking Ukrainians are assimilated to Ukrainian culture and language, either by individual choices or forcibly, as a result of social processes or policies. == Background == From the second half of the 15th century through the 16th centu

one of forms of fine arts in Ukraine

Christmas celebrations and traditions in Ukraine

seven historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine

Mavka ( ) or Nyavka ( ) is a type of female spirit in Ukrainian folklore and mythology. The Mavka is a long-haired "Soul of the Forest", typically depicted as a temptress figure who lures men to their deaths.

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'''''' (; For example, in the title of Adam Mickiewicz's drama ''The Forefathers' Night) is a term in Slavic folklore for the spirits of the ancestors and a collection of pre-Christian rites, celebrations, rituals and customs that were dedicated to them. The essence of these rituals was the "communion of the living with the dead", namely, the establishment of relationships with the souls of the ancestors, periodically returning to Earth to their headquarters from the times of their lives. The aim of the ritual activities was to win the favor of the deceased, who were considered to be caretaker

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220px|thumb|alt=Titushky|Titushky at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, November 24, 2013 The Titushky (plural; ; ; ; ) were mercenary agents in Ukraine who supported the Ukrainian security services during the administration of Viktor Yanukovych, often posing as street hooligans in sports clothing with the purpose of serving as provocateurs at pro-European and anti-Yanukovych political rallies that would incite violence in order to get protestors arrested. Their role grew more prominent in the wake of Euromaidan, where they were involved in numerous clashes and acts of violence during the mo

state holiday in Ukraine

Holiday in Ukraine

thumb|Musicians and skomorokhs. An outline of a fresco from [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, 11th century]] thumb|Skomorokhs in a village, , 1857 A skomorokh (, Russian: , , ) was a medieval East Slavic actor, who could also sing, dance, play musical instruments and compose for oral/musical and dramatic performances. The term has an unclear etymology.

Axe-like weapon use by shepherds for centuries

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international holiday of Ukrainian ethnic embroidered clothes

play by Ivan Kotliarevskyi

state holiday of Ukraine

a former national holiday in Ukraine commemorating victory in World War II

270px|thumb|Konstantin Makovsky, Sunday evening in a Ukrainian village (1879) Vechornytsi (), also known as dosvitky (Ukrainian: досвітки) is a Ukrainian tradition of youth gatherings accompanied with music, songs, jokes and rituals. Historically, such gatherings would be organized in a house owned by a childless widow (known as a mother), with food and other expenses being bought through a joint fund established by the participants, in a scheme similar to potluck.

mountain in Ukraine

first professional theatre in Ukraine

social and political movement in Ukraine, from the late eighteenth to the end of the nineteenth centuries

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types of Ukrainian art

thumb|250px|Painter and playwright Stanisław Wyspiański, self-portrait with peasant wife Teofilia Pytko, 1904 Chłopomania () or Khlopomanstvo ( ) are historical and literary terms inspired by the Young Poland modernist movement and the Ukrainian Hromady. The expressions refer to the intelligentsia's fascination with, and interest in, the peasantry in late-19th-century Galicia and right-bank Ukraine.

national holiday in Ukraine dedicated to the memory and victory in World War II

may refer to a mythological or actual species of flowering plants in the rue genus of the citrus family, Rutaceae, or the rhododendron genus of the heath family, Ericaceae

Movement in Ukrainian arts

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Ukrainian folk clothing

Ukrainian folk and filharmonic musician, folk instruments constructor, and museum founder

Ukrainian holiday

Ukrainian publisher, record label

former synagogue in Berehove, Ukraine

honorary title in Ukraine