Tag: Zaporizhzhya Sich

Hopak is a Ukrainian folk dance. In Spain, there’s flamenco; in Poland, there’s the polonaise; in Ukraine, there is, of course, hopak. Quickly achieving the status of National Dance of Ukraine, without which no parties or festivities were possibl ...

Chumaks were merchants who transported a variety of goods to Ukraine from the Black and Azov Seas, including fish, wine, and the most important product, salt. They did business with the Turks, Serbs, Poles, Crimean Tatars, and Zaporizhzhya Sich, who ...

A Bulava is a kind of club/weapon in the form of a thick stick with a heavy end. There are several symbols of power that are given to the Ukrainian President on inauguration day: the Presidential Standard of the Ukrainian Flag, the Presidential Sign ...