Ukrainians

Ukrainians ({{lang-ua|????????}}, Ukrayintsi) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine.

Origin

Ukrainians are the descendants of several peoples who inhabited the vast area extending from north of the Black Sea to the borders of Russia, Poland, Moldova, Belarus and Slovakia. These people included numerous nomadic tribes such as Persian-speaking Scythians and Sarmatians ; Germanic-speaking Goths and Varangians as well as Turkic-speaking Khazars, Pechenegs and Cumans. However, Ukrainian origins are overwhelmingly Slavic and non-Slavic nomads mostly lived in the steppes of southern Ukraine and had little influence on the ancestors of modern Ukrainians. The Ukrainian language is an East Slavic language and Ukrainian people are closely related to Russian and Belarusian ethnic groups.

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Black Sea - Russia - Poland - Moldova - Belarus - Slovakia - Scythians - Sarmatians - Goths - Varangians - Khazars - Pechenegs - Cumans - Slavic - Ukrainian language - East Slavic language - Russian - Belarusian

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Early East Slavs inhabited modern-day lands of Ukraine since the ancient times and by the 6th century A.D. became dominant there and founded the city of Kiev?later capital of a powerful state known as Kievan Rus'. Kniaz Volodymyr of Kievan Rus accepted Christianity in 988.

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Early East Slavs - Kiev - Kievan Rus' - Kniaz - Volodymyr - Christianity - 988

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