Exploring Ukraine

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🌟 Games of Thrones, Ukrainian Edition: The World of Kyivan Rus

Step into the fascinating world of medieval Ukraine with the first Ukrainian Heritage Course by Language Lab — an immersive journey through the legends, power struggles, and cultural treasures of Kyivan Rus.

📅 4 Live Zoom Lectures: September 13 • September 20 • September 27 • October 4
🎙 Hosted by a philologist, art critic, and sociologist of culture
💬 Interactive format with live Q&A
📂 Recordings, additional materials, and exclusive opportunities available to participants based on their chosen plan

Uncover epic tales, legendary rulers, and the cultural legacy that continues to shape Ukrainian identity today.

👉 Book your spot now: lngglab.com/ukrainian-heritage-course

Register: https://lngglab.com/grammar-workshop

🇺🇦Ukrainian Cases Workshop

Did you know Ukrainian has 7 cases? Each one changes the form of a word depending on its function in a sentence.

Want a clear, structured explanation of all 7 cases?
Join our free online workshop!

Details:
• When? August 31, Sunday, at 5:00 PM (Kyiv time)
• Where? Zoom (you will get the link after registration)
• For Who? A0–B1 level students
• Fee? Free — sign up below

SIGN UP:
https://lngglab.com/grammar-workshop

Feel free to bring friends, partners, or anyone who’d enjoy the adventure!

I am happy and proud to share with you our Free Ukrainian Language Course for Volunteers! 🇺🇦💙💛 Join Us and Help Spread the Word!

We at Language Lab - Ukrainian Language School have been working on this idea for quite some time, but it was only on August 24, 2024 (quite symbolic, ha?) that we, in partnership with Ukrainer , finally launched it! Now, anyone assisting in the ongoing conflict can learn how to get around & communicate in Ukraine for free.

The course is designed to equip volunteers with essential vocabulary crucial both for their work and daily interactions.

Topics: Emergency situations, safery, greetings, ordering food, and more!

Format:
✔️Video lessons followed by practical tasks
✔️3 parts, 6 lessons each, 6-8 most necessary phrases and words in each lesson
✔️Self-study with opportunities for feedback from our team and community interaction

SIGN UP: https://languagelab.ua/ukrainian-courses -course-for-volunteers

We’re offering it for free as a token of our gratitude, and we encourage you to share it with your networks 💫

Thank you for your likes and shares!

Nice to meet you. Ukraine!
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🇺🇦 A Geographic Centre Of Europe with a population of around 41 million people

🇺🇦The largest (!) country of Europe in terms of total area– spanning 603.55 square km (or 233 square miles – twice the size of Italy!)
The state is divided into 24 oblasts (counties)

🇺🇦With such a large area, Ukraine has a lot to offer. From the beautiful Carpathian mountains that offer picturesque landscapes of forests, rivers, and valleys, to beaches and vibrant cultural cities like Kyiv, Odessa, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Donetsk, etc

🇺🇦Inhabitation of Ukrainian territories back to the 5th century BC

🇺🇦Kyiv is the capital and largest city

🇺🇦Seven UNESCO World Heritage sites in Ukraine Ukraine is home to seven sites protected by the UNESCO World Heritage List. More about them in the next post

🇺🇦The Ukrainian language is the only official language in Ukraine. Interestingly, the Ukrainian language was rated the 3rd most beautiful language, in 1934, behind French and Persian; it was also rated the 2nd most melodious, behind Italian

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What to expect from this blog?

Interesting posts, stories, reels, interviews, tips, quizzes about Ukraine 🇺🇦 falling under the following categories:
- History
- Culture
- Mentality
- Traditions & Holidays
- Must-see & must-do in 🇺🇦
- Cuisine
- Fun Facts
- Made in Ukraine - famous Ukrainians and inventions
- Interviews with locals and expats
- Buy Ukrainian - Ukrainians goods and designers worth checking out

All the posts will be accompanied by 🇺🇦 hashtag and one of the category hashtags for your convenience

Ukraine is definitely in the spotlight now but, unfortunately, for the saddest possible reason. My idea is not to focus on war and politics connected topics in this blog, as there's so much more to our beautiful country that the world should learn about! And the more awareness there is, the more people care, appreciate, respect, want to support, explore, help, invest, etc, etc, etc.
And once we win the war, a lot of people from all over the Earth will 100% have Ukraine on their travel lists, and that's when this blog will come in handy having all the necessary information, tips, itineraries, recommendations.

🌼 If you have some ideas what to add/change/improve, let me know! Would appreciate your feedback a lot!

Все будет Україна 💙
Everything will be Ukraine 💛

With this post I'm officially saying I'm changing the topic (and the name) of this blog, and from now on, it all will be about our beautiful country! Let's raise awareness and attract attention to 💙Ukraine💛 The world needs to know more about our culture, history, mentality, traditions, destinations, cuisine ... And I do hope many of you will fall in love with 🇺🇦 and we will definitely meet there REALLY soon!

And it's kind of symbolic that the first post falls on July 7, a very peculiar holiday to Ukraine - Ivana Kupala, also called Kupala night (July 6-7). Picturesque, unusual, distinctive, authentic 🌿

Some history:
Initially, before the spread of Christianity, the pagan holiday of Ivana Kupala was associated with the summer solstice (the birth of the summer sun – Kupalo). With adoption of Christianity, the ritual of the holiday got dedicated to the birthday of John the Baptist which is on June 24 in Julian calendar and falls on July 7 in more modern Gregorian calendar.

🌿On Kupala day, young people jump over the flames of bonfires in a ritual test of bravery and faith
The failure of a couple in love to complete the jump, while holding hands, is a sign of their destined separation

🌿Girls float wreaths of flowers (often lit with candles) on rivers, and attempt to gain foresight into their romantic relationship fortune from the flow patterns of the flowers on the river

🌿Men may attempt to capture the wreaths, in the hope of capturing the interest of the woman who floated it

🌿There is an ancient Kupala belief that the eve of Ivan Kupala is the only time of the year when ferns bloom. Prosperity, luck, discernment, and power befall whoever finds a fern flower.
Therefore, on that night, village folk roam through the forests in search of magical herbs, and especially, the elusive fern flower

🌿Traditionally, unmarried women, signified by the garlands in their hair, are the first to enter the forest. They are followed by young men. Therefore, the quest to find herbs and the fern flower may lead to the blooming of relationships between pairs within the forest

Guys! Inviting you to our first language exchange this year today!

When: January 15, 2 pm
Where: "Friends and Lovers" (Yaroslaviv Val 9, separate room

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2022 is here but winter holidays are not over for Ukraine, lots is still ahead! 🎄🥳🎅

Here are some useful phrases you can use during this festive period🎉

Russian:
- Поздравляю!
- С Новым Годом!
- Всего наилучшего в новом году!
- С рождеством!
- Счастливого рождества!

Ukrainian:
- Вітаю!
- З новим роком!
- Всього найкращого в новому році!
- З різдвом!
- Щасливого різдва!

English:
- Congratulations/best wishes
- Happy new year!
- All the best in the new year!
- Merry Christmas!
- Merry Christmas

With these cozy home style photos I welcome 2022 and want it to be quietly fascinating, homely warm, full of wishes come true and love given and received 💕
2022, you'll be just great, you have no choice 😁

Happy New Year to everyone! 🎁🎄🎅🥳🎉