Is Ukraine multicultural or just Ukrainian with influences from another cultures?

The ability of Ukrainians to embrace their country’s diversity not only enriches their own knowing of the country but besides allows them to showcase this richness to future visitors. As a nation that was itself historically subordinated to others, Ukrainians tend to be more empathetic and do not treat their own minorities with an imperialistic mindset.

Ukraine, as 1 of the republics of the erstwhile russian Union, inherited from it many stereotypical ideas that it has struggled with for decades. These include the thought that “more than 100 nationalities live on our territory,” so meaning that the population is inherently tolerant of others and otherness. In the russian times, nations and cultural groups were mixed. Initially this was done by harsh methods of deportations of full nations, specified as Chechens, Ingush, Crimean Tatars, Germans of the Northern Black Sea coast and Volga region, or Poles from the erstwhile Polish national region, etc.