Archive for 'Ethnic Groups'
Bridge Opens to Romania
In mid-January, the new bridge between Solotvino, Ukraine and Sighet, Romania officially opened with Victor Yushchenko and the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, on hand for the ceremony.
The original bridge over the Tysa River was built when the area belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but it was later destroyed by the Germans during World War […]
Posted: January 19th, 2007 under Carpathians, Transport, Ethnic Groups, History, Romania.
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Ukraine’s Pagan Tradition
As the holiday season is nearing its end in Ukraine, it is always interesting to look at the pagan traditions that contributed to the present religious practices. It is not uncommon to have pagan origins for Christian holidays as the Christian events were often created as a substitute for an existing pagan tradition. Since Ukraine […]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under Carpathians, Religion, Events, Ethnic Groups, Kyiv, History.
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Dakota Ukrainians
I was searching the web and came upon this map on Wikipedia. It shows the distribution of Americans with Ukrainian heritage, and I thought some locations were a bit striking, such as the red areas in North Dakota and Alaska. I guess I always knew there would be clusters in New York and Pennsylvania, but […]
Posted: December 22nd, 2006 under Photos, Religion, Ethnic Groups, History.
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Is Homer Simpson Ukrainian?
I guess Homer is sort of Ukrainian by association. The creator of the Simpsons, Matt Groening, is of Ukrainian Mennonite heritage and in fact the namesake of Homer Simpson was Matt’s father, Homer Groening, who was Ukrainian Mennonite and spoke Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German). This was the language spoken by Mennonites in what was then […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2006 under Language, Ethnic Groups, Entertainment.
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David Duke in Ukraine?
So after years of not even hearing the name of David Duke in the US, it comes as a bit of an unfortunate surprise to see his name so frequently associated with Ukraine. Of course, the David Duke presence would be well-known by many in Ukraine, but it is largely off the radar in the […]
Posted: November 6th, 2006 under Religion, Politics, Ethnic Groups.
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Ethnic Ukraine
I ran into the Ethnologue site today, which I found quite interesting. It lists the various ethnic groups and languages of Ukraine, and though some of the statistics may be a bit dated, it is ultimately a useful reference if you are interested in ethnic and language issues.
For instance, I found the Greek portion of […]
Posted: October 31st, 2006 under Crimea, Politics, Society, Ethnic Groups.
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