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Ukrainian folk oral literature, poetry, and songs (such as the dumas) are among the most distinctive ethnocultural features of Ukrainians as a people. Religious music existed in Ukraine before the official adoption of Christianity, in the form of plainsong "obychnyi spiv" or "musica practica".
Andriy Livytskyi, President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1926–1954). Mykola Livytskyi, President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1967–1989). Vyacheslav Lypynsky, leader of the Ukrainian Democratic-Agrarian Party; Nestor Makhno, leader of anarchists
Following Ukraine's independence, significant migration occurred: 1991–1992: Over 1 million people moved into Ukraine, primarily from other former Soviet republics. 1991–2004: A total of 2.2 million immigrants arrived in Ukraine, with 2 million of these coming from other former Soviet Union states.
In 1880, the Ukrainian diaspora consisted of approximately 1.2 million people, which represented approximately 4.6% of all Ukrainians, and was distributed as follows: 0.7 million in the European part of the Russian Empire; 0.2 million in Austro-Hungary; 0.1 million in the Asian part of the Russian Empire; 0.1 million in the United States
Classification: People: By nationality: Ukrainian also: Countries : Ukraine : People This category is for people born in Ukraine , of Ukrainian descent , or who have a Ukrainian background.
Ukraine is the second-largest European country, after Russia, and the largest country entirely in Europe. Lying between latitudes 44° and 53° N, and longitudes 22° and 41° E., it is mostly in the East European Plain. Ukraine covers an area of 603,550 square kilometres (233,030 sq mi), with a coastline of 2,782 kilometres (1,729 mi). [45]
The 20th century began with a renewed struggle for Ukrainian statehood. Following the collapse of empires during World War I, the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UPR) was proclaimed in 1917 with Kyiv as its capital. Meanwhile, in the western territories, the West Ukrainian People’s Republic (WUPR) was established in 1918, centered in Lviv.
Around 700 BC, another group of people settled on the Ukrainian steppes: the Scythians, a semi-nomadic Iranic people from the Eurasian region known as Scythia. At the turn of the 4th century BC, a series of Nomadic tribes succeeded each other as the dominant force on the steppes, many of whom were Iranic in origin.