Ukraine By Nazar Nysak 7 Topics Greetings Eye

Ukraine By: Nazar Nysak

7 Topics • • Greetings Eye contact Personal space and touching Dress Gift giving Socializing Class Rules

Information NAME: Ukraine LOCATION: Europe GOVERNMENT: Republic OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% includes small Romanian and Hungarian-speaking minorities • MAJOR RELIGION(S): Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 19%, Orthodox (no particular jurisdiction) 16%, Ukrainian Orthodox Moscow Patriarchate 9%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 1. 7%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38%. • MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: Ukrainian 77. 8%, Russian 17. 3%, Belarusian 0. 6%, Moldovan 0. 5%, Crimean Tatar 0. 5%, Bulgarian 0. 4%, Hungarian 0. 3%, Romanian 0. 3%, Polish 0. 3%, Jewish 0. 2%, other 1. 8%. • •

Greeting • Man: Hand shake with right hand. • Women: One kiss to the cheek if they know each other. • Men and women: Shake hands , head nod.

Eye contact • Direct eye contact is normal and expected. It is rude to stare at someone and noticeably avoiding eye contact might cause kind of suspicion.

Personal space and touching • Stand close to each other in conversations. There is no touching during conversations.

Dress Men: Suites are normal or dark colors. Women: Standard business attire. For special occasions it’s a white dress.

Gift giving Most common is giving flowers and a box of chocolate or candy.

Socializing • Most People socialize in parties and clubs. Men are expected to remember all special dates, and to give gifts, and to pay for everything, and even to choose the woman’s meal at a restaurant. The most popular sporting event is football (soccer), there is a Ukrainian student football league as well.

Class Rules • The university school year begins in September and ends in June. • Ukrainian students usually dress in casual style jeans, t-shirts, hoodies. • The most common form of teaching are multiple lectures combined with several workshops.

Reflection • I think it’s a good project because you can learn more about your favorite country. Its cool to find out how your country greets and has eye contact and how they dress etc. You should change the “students” column because some country's don’t have anything

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