One of the most enjoyable aspects of travelling to a new country is trying their local cuisine. Ukraine has a wonderful variety of foods, adopting aspects of Russian, Romanian, Tatar, and Middle Eastern cuisine, and infusing it with their own local tastes and specialties.
Much of Ukrainian cuisine greatly resembles Russian dishes, and they are often called similar names, with a few exceptions. The centerpiece of a good Ukrainian meal is always some kind of meat. Ground beef cutlets, breaded fried chicken, and grilled fish are common main dishes. Don't expect anything spicy - at most, a dish will be accentuated with salt, cream, and dill, which are meant to help enrich the meat's own flavor. One Ukrainian specialty you might get to try is holodets, a concoction of chicken and vegetables trapped in a jelly made from the chicken's own bone marrow.
Language
The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian, an East Slavic language which is the native language of 67. 5% of Ukraine's population. Russian is the native language of 29. 6% of Ukraine's population and the rest (2. 9%) are native speakers of other languages. Ethnologue lists 40 minority languages and dialects; nearly all are languages of the former Soviet Union.
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The National Currency of the present-day Ukraine is Hryvnia (abbreviation: UAH), it replaced the Coupon in 1996. Ukrainian coins are called Kopiyka. 1 Hryvnia equals 100 Kopiyok (the plural of kopiyka).
