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    Ukrainian folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Ukraine and among ethnic Ukrainians. The earliest examples of folklore found in Ukraine...
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    A Ukrainian fairy tale, "Kazka" (Ukrainian: казка), is a fairy tale from Ukraine. The plural of казка is казки (kazky). In times of oral tradition, they...
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    Hungarian folklore Montenegrin folklore Romanian folklore Slavic folklore Polish culture Czech folklore Russian folklore Ukrainian folklore Serbian folklore Bulgarian...
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    Mavka (category Ukrainian folklore)
    Mavka (Ukrainian: Мавка) also Nyavka (Ukrainian: Нявка) is a type of female spirit in Ukrainian folklore and mythology. The Mavka is a long-haired figure...
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    National symbols are the sacred attributes for Ukrainian people. In Ukrainian graphics there exist a number of symbols and images from national songs,...
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    Babay or Babai (Russian: Бабай) is a night spirit (Bogeyman) in Slavic folklore. According to beliefs, he abducts children who do not sleep at night or...
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    Saint Nicholas is a legendary figure in European folklore based on the Greek early Christian bishop Nicholas of Myra, patron saint of children. On Saint...
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    said that using "the Ukraine" implies disregard for Ukrainian sovereignty. The official Ukrainian position is that "the Ukraine" is both grammatically...
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    some scholars to the word volosy ('wool'), and to the god Volos. In Ukrainian folklore, the Pleiades are known as Stozhary (Стожари), Volosozhary (Волосожари)...
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  • Bald Mountain, also called Lysa Hora or Łysa Góra, (Polish: Łysa Góra, Ukrainian: Лиса гора, Lysa hora; Russian: Лысая гора, Lysaya gora) is a location...
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  • Berehynia in ancient Ukrainian folklore is a goddess spirit that guarded the edges of waterways, while today it is used as a symbol for Ukrainian nationalism....
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    Ukrainian culture is composed of the material and spiritual values of the Ukrainian people that has formed throughout the history of Ukraine. Strong family...
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    Cossack Mamay (category Ukrainian folklore)
    Mamay or Kozak Mamai (Ukrainian: Козак Мамай, in less significant variants also named as Cossack banduryst) is a Ukrainian folkloric hero, one of the standard...
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    Theatre of Ukrainian Folklore (Bereginya) (Ukrainian: Київський академічний театр українського фольклору «Берегиня») is a theatre in Kyiv in Ukraine. It was...
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    Incubus (category Sleep in mythology and folklore)
    An incubus (pl.: incubi) is a demon in male form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female...
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    The Mitten (folk tale) (category Ukrainian folklore)
    The Mitten (Ukrainian: Рукавичка) is a Ukrainian fairy tale. It remains popular in modern Ukraine and has been translated into other languages. Some of...
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    at all, or may be seen as engaging in vampirism long before death. Ukrainian folklore also described vampires as having red faces and tiny tails. During...
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    Kuma Lisa (category Russian folklore characters)
    Lysychka-sestrychka (Ukrainian: Лисичка-сестричка which means Fox-sister) is a character who is a fox from Macedonian, Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian folklore. She...
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  • musical folklore of Ukrainian villages", has an online archive of Ukrainian folk music. Rock Music in Ukraine Pop Music in Ukraine Ukrainian hip hop Ukrainian...
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    Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (category Ukrainian works adapted into films)
    features references to Ukraine, where Gogol spent the early years of his life. The stories are heavily laced with Ukrainian folklore and cultural references...
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    The Russo-Ukrainian War is an ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, which began in February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia...
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    Slavic dragon (category Ukrainian folklore)
    transforms into a dragon. In Ukrainian folklore the viper needs 7 years to metamorphosize into a dragon, while in Belarusian folklore the requisite time is 100...
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    Ghost of Kyiv (category Ukrainian folklore)
    after Ukrainian Force showed repeated ability to down Russian planes : « During a brainstorming session, it seems to me that Volodymyr Fityo (Ukrainian Ground...
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    Calling of the Varangians (category Ukrainian folklore)
    Varangians (Russian: призвание варягов, romanized: prizvaniye varyagov; Ukrainian: покликання варягів, romanized: poklykannya varyahiv) is a legend about...
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    Sineus and Truvor (category Ukrainian folklore)
    Sineus and Truvor (Russian: Синеус и Трувор) were the brothers of Rurik, a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who is traditionally considered to be the founder...
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    Bogatyr (category Ukrainian folklore)
    real medieval history with fantasy and folklore. Last Knight (2017), a comedy film that deconstructs Russian folklore. Baghatur Knight-errant Slavic mythology...
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  • Conversion of Vladimir the Great (category Ukrainian folklore)
    "Povest' vremennykh let": A Chiasmus of Stories". Harvard Ukrainian Studies. 28 (1–4). Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute: 567–580. JSTOR 41036982. Retrieved...
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  • realistic cinema, Ukrainian poetic cinema focused on visual expressiveness, surreal and ethnographic motifs. It was influenced by Ukrainian folklore and early...
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    Chumak (category Articles containing Ukrainian-language text)
    to areas in western Ukraine with the lowest levels of service. The chumak way of life had great influence on Ukrainian folklore, language, and overall...
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    Kurochka Ryaba (category Ukrainian folklore)
    in Sumy, Ukraine. A hotel in Krasnodar, Russia. Ukrainian fairy tale Russian fairy tale Rosenberg, Steve (27 April 2011). "Russia and Ukraine in bun fight...
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