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Ukrainian Culture

Ukrainian culture is centered around Kiev, with Ukrainian as the primary language. Major holidays include Christmas, New Year, Easter and Independence Day, which are typically celebrated through traditional foods. The top health issues are cardiovascular disease and cancer, which can be linked to risk factors like high blood pressure, BMI and cholesterol. Staple foods include potato pancakes, chicken Kiev, beet soup, smoked pork fat, stuffed cabbage rolls and dumplings, often served with sour cream.

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Ukrainian Culture

Ukrainian culture is centered around Kiev, with Ukrainian as the primary language. Major holidays include Christmas, New Year, Easter and Independence Day, which are typically celebrated through traditional foods. The top health issues are cardiovascular disease and cancer, which can be linked to risk factors like high blood pressure, BMI and cholesterol. Staple foods include potato pancakes, chicken Kiev, beet soup, smoked pork fat, stuffed cabbage rolls and dumplings, often served with sour cream.

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Ukrainian Culture

Capital: Kiev Language: Ukrainian Government: Republic President: Viktor

Yushchenko Prime Minister: Yulia Tymoshenko Population: 46,000,000

Health Statistics:

Life Expectancy: women-75; men-64

Major illnesses in Ukraine:


1. Cardiovascular disease
2. Cancer

Greatest risk factors:


1. High blood pressure
2. High BMI
3. High cholesterol

Traditions:

Christmas Holly night: 12 traditional Christmas dishes are served

Malanka: Usually January 13th, its to celebrate the New Year

Maslyana (February): celebrating the end of winter. Also can be part of Pre-Lenten

activities

Pascha: Also known as Easter

Kupala night (June): beginning of summer solstice, filled with the celebration of food,

family, and friends.

Independence Day: August 24th a day celebrating Ukrainian independence.

Usually traditional foods are made during holidays as a form of celebration.

Traditional Foods
These foods are Ukrainian staples and are also served during celebrations.

Deruny: potato pancakes that are usually fried or baked. Can add onions, mushrooms,

and sometimes meat.

Chicken Kiev: combination of chicken filet with butter

Borscht : soup that can be served hot or cold with seasonal vegetables traditionally

made with beets and beef.

Salo: pork fat (with small amount of meat) usually salted and sometimes smoked that is

eaten and usually chased with vodka.

Vareniki or pierogis: are dumplings that are often filled with cabbages and meat (or any

filling really!) usually served with sour cream.

Stuffed cabbage rolls: baked or stewed rolls that are usually stiffed with minced meat

with rice. Usually served with sour cream.

Okroshka: a refreshing cold soup made with kefir, cucumbers, greens, carrots, and

accompanied with sausages.

Banush: corn grits, fried pork fat, and cheese, that is cooked over fire in order to be

smoked. Sometimes served with mushrooms.

Holodets: meat broth, frozen in a “jelly-like” state with meat inside topped with pickles,

eggs, and onions.

Syrniki : cottage cheese, flour, eggs and sugar, it is gently fried and topped with jam and

sour cream

Homemade sausages: usually made with a traditional family recipe and certain spices.

Nalisniki: or crepes are usually served with cottage cheese, sour cream, and/or jam.

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