![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What changed is not the Ukrainians’ talent and creativity but the international awareness of and interest in Ukrainian culture. These achievements should not be seen as mere signs of wartime solidarity Ukrainian performers have won Eurovision contests in the past and Ukrainian writers can boast of literature awards prior to 2022. “Stefania,” a song combining rap music with traditional western Ukrainian instruments and costumes, triumphed at the Eurovision contest. In 2022, Serhiy Zhadan, a Ukrainian writer and poet whose masterpiece novel “ The Orphanage” centers on the early stages of Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2014, won two prestigious literary prizes, including the German Peace Prize. The vibrant Ukrainian culture has also received increased recognition from both award committees and the public. The language learning app Duolingo found that over the last year, 1.3 million people began learning Ukrainian on that platform alone, with Germany and Poland registering a whopping 1,600% increase in Ukrainian learners. Worldwide, the number of people interested in learning Ukrainian has skyrocketed. In Ukraine, Russian speakers whom the Kremlin propaganda ostensibly seeks to liberate increasingly abandon the language of the invader and switch to Ukrainian. The war also spurred the growth of the Ukrainian language, the traditional target of Russia’s attempts to suppress Ukraine’s independence. A year of brutal war, heroic resistance and genocide shattered the Kremlin’s narrative that Russians and Ukrainians are the same. But, in contrast to Putin’s goals, the war has also strengthened Ukrainian identity and caused many people worldwide to discover and appreciate Ukraine and its diverse multicultural history. Russia’s war is inflicting untold damage on Ukraine’s culture, monuments and historical sites. ![]()
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