G'day,
I come from two different communities one being Ukraine and the other would be England, both countries have different lifestyles and cultural differences. Although my connection with England is much stronger, I prefer to introduce myself as a Ukrainian as it is slightly more uncommon and a conversation starter. While having conversation many untrue statements come into context for example.
“Is that in Russia? ”
“Do you speak Russian? ”
“Isn’t it radioactive there? ”
Is it in Russia?
Although this is a reasonable misunderstanding, it still happens a lot. Ukraine joined the U.S.S.R (Union of Soviet Socialist republics) in 1922 under believe its people would benefit from its rapid industrial growth. After 49 years Ukraine decided they did not want to follow the communist way. This I believe is the major reason Ukraine is so often related to Russia, because we were once part of it.
Do you speak Russian?
A large part of cultural misunderstanding come from a language aspect mainly because people feel specific languages are not needed to be learned as English is a “universal language” (depending on your continent), Almost 40% of the world have it as their mother tongue. Russian and Ukrainian are two different languages but share a lot of similarities, the alphabet and grammar structure being one, despite this being the case are languages are believed to be as close as American and English, but only 20% of the words are the same.
Is it in Radioactive?
A debatable Miss conception to do with a failure in a power plant, Although It is somewhat true it is slightly insensitive. Now you are able to enter into town where the disaster happened as well as almost no cases of radiation have been reported in the country.
I come from two different communities one being Ukraine and the other would be England, both countries have different lifestyles and cultural differences. Although my connection with England is much stronger, I prefer to introduce myself as a Ukrainian as it is slightly more uncommon and a conversation starter. While having conversation many untrue statements come into context for example.
“Is that in Russia? ”
“Do you speak Russian? ”
“Isn’t it radioactive there? ”
Is it in Russia?
Although this is a reasonable misunderstanding, it still happens a lot. Ukraine joined the U.S.S.R (Union of Soviet Socialist republics) in 1922 under believe its people would benefit from its rapid industrial growth. After 49 years Ukraine decided they did not want to follow the communist way. This I believe is the major reason Ukraine is so often related to Russia, because we were once part of it.
Do you speak Russian?
A large part of cultural misunderstanding come from a language aspect mainly because people feel specific languages are not needed to be learned as English is a “universal language” (depending on your continent), Almost 40% of the world have it as their mother tongue. Russian and Ukrainian are two different languages but share a lot of similarities, the alphabet and grammar structure being one, despite this being the case are languages are believed to be as close as American and English, but only 20% of the words are the same.
Is it in Radioactive?
A debatable Miss conception to do with a failure in a power plant, Although It is somewhat true it is slightly insensitive. Now you are able to enter into town where the disaster happened as well as almost no cases of radiation have been reported in the country.
I believe understanding these cultural markers will distance the independence of Ukraine from the U.S.S.R. This is important due to recent heated movements in Ukraine which Russia have been reportedly been involved in. As well as Ukrainian people take pride in their independence and individuality.
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