Ukrainian Community

Ukrainian Community in Hamilton | General Information about Ukraine

Ukrainian Community in Hamilton

• Population in Hamilton:

  Several thousand

• History of immigration:

  Immigration to Canada started more than 100 years ago.

• Major Languages:

  English, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

• Religions:

  Orthodox, Christian

Common Foods

Borsch (red beet soup), Fried Potatoes, Salo (bacon fat), Garden Salads, Pirogies

Traditional Clothing

For women, the typical clothing is sarafan yubka (long skirt). Mens clothing rubaha (long sleeve shirt, traditionally white) sharovari (wide legged pants, traditionally red or blue) sapogi (boots, traditionally red).

Children's clothing is the same as that of the adults.

Traditional Ukrainian men, who lived in the country, used to wear large mustaches. They are often portraid in pictures smoking tobacco from a pipe. Their heads are shaved except for a long flock of hair in the centre of the head.

Art and Culture

• Major sport activities:

  Soccer, tennis, badminton

• Art Festivals:

  The large Ukrainian community in toronto often puts on festivals of various kinds.

• Dance:

  Folk dance, ballroom modern, ballet, jazz.

• Theatre:

  There are many theatres in the city of Kiev alone. Theatre in Ukraine is very popular, and there are countless productions.

• Music:

  Ukrainian folk songs are usually about love, usually set in a country setting, and with a reverence for nature. There are also "chastushki" - joke songs in a familiar standard melody.

• Musical Instruments:

  Congolese instruments include drums, stringed instruments, flutes made from millet stalks or bamboo, animal tusk horns, rattles made from gourds,trumpets made from gourds, metal, shells or wood, and the sanzi, a small handheld wooden box with metal teeth that are plucked by the thumbs.

• Visual Arts:

  Paintings, Icons, Nature.

• Archaeological / Cultural sites:

  Sofievskii Sabor, Lavra.

• Literature:

  T. Schevchenko is the most famous Ukranian poet.

• Museums:

  Ukraine has countless museums. Kiev alone has a large number of really large museums, ranging in topics from historical to military to art.

• Musical Instruments:

  Bandoura, wind instruments, piano, guitar.

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• Popular visual arts:

  Painting, sculpture, weaving

• Music:

  Vopli Vidoplyasova, Okean El'zi.

• Visual Artists:

  Andrew Ostapenko , Painter.

• Success Stories:

  Elena Ostapenko was a physician in Ukraine, and now has her own clinic in Stoney Creek - the Stoney Creek Medical Walk in Clinic. She is one of the most popular physicians, wherever she works.
  www.ourclinic.ca.

• Name of popular dance:

  Hopak

• Ethnic businesses in Hamilton:

  Stoney Creek medical Walk-In Clinic, Grocery stores.

• Major occupations of the community members:

  Various. Teachers, Store Owners, Engineers, Doctors, Computer Programmers.

• Areas of residence of the community's members in Hamilton:

  Everywhere - Dundas, Downtown Hamilton, West Mountain

• Community Organizations/ Associations:

  Dance and Choir Group in East Hamilton.

• Organization's purpose:

  To promote awareness of Ukrainian Traditions.

  Person in charge: Mikhail Kovalko, Elena Krahotin

  Organization Address: 124 Thoroughbred BLVD Ancaster

  No. /Street: 11 Forest Ave	City: Hamilton	Province: ON
  Postal Code: L8N 1W9	Phone: (905) 540-1113	Fax:(905) 570-4093
  Website: www.elena'stravel.com	Email: elena@elenastravel.com	Established : 4 February, 2006

General Information about Ukraine

• Location:

  East Europe (Europe and Asia)

• Climate:

  Same as Canada

• Capital City:

  Kiev

• Policy and legislature:

  Federal, Presidential republic based on civil law system.

• Celebrations:

  March 8 - International Women's Day, May 9 - Victory day, celebrating WW2 veterans, Dates for Christmas celebrations vary January 1st - New Year

• Major Languages:

  Ukrainian, Russian

• National Symbols:

  
  

  Wheat, Tripod. Flag: Yellow and blue horizontal bands, symbolizing wheat fields and blue sky

• National anthem:

  "Ukraine's glory has not perished" (Ukrainian:Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy) listen