Ukraine has its own special culture and language.The Ukrainian people managed to preserve their identity, despite the fact that their territory was torn apart by different empires throughout history.
For many years, Ukrainian culture was oppressed by the Russian Empire and the USSR. The Ukrainian language was restricted and even banned. It was falsely considered a dialect, a variety of the Russian language.Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian languages share some similarities, as they all belong to the Slavic language group, along with Czech, Polish, Slovenian, and other languages.
