Ukrainian cherry dumplings

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Not to be confused with Ukrani. Map of the Ukrainian Diaspora in the World. Ukrainian cherry dumplings Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine.

They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. Vladimir Vernadsky, a Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology. The ethnonym Ukrainians came into wide use only in the 20th century after the territory of Ukraine obtained distinctive statehood in 1917. The Ukrainian language is, like modern Russian and Belarusian, a descendent of Old East Slavic. In Western and Central Europe it was known by the exonym “Ruthenian”.

Several scientific theories attempt to explain the etymology of the term. In the last three centuries the population of Ukraine experienced periods of Polonization and Russification, but preserved a common culture and a sense of common identity. Ethnographical Map of Ukraine” printed just after World War II. Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine. Most ethnic Ukrainians live in Ukraine, where they make up over three-quarters of the population. The largest population of Ukrainians outside of Ukraine lives in Russia where about 1. Ukrainians said they had relatives living in Russia.