Ukrainian culture is composed of the material and spiritual values of the Ukrainian people that has formed throughout the history of Ukraine. Strong family values and religion, alongside the traditions of Ukrainian embroidery and folk music are integral aspects of the country’s culture. It is closely intertwined with ethnic studies about ethnic Ukrainians and Ukrainian historiography which is focused on the history of Kyiv and the region around it.
Ukrainian Baroque, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv
A Zaporozhian Cossack playing a bandura, a traditional Ukrainian instrument
Ukrainian folk dance group in traditional clothing
Gold Pectoral from Tovsta Mohyla
Prehistoric Ukraine, as a part of the Pontic steppe in Eastern Europe, played an important role in Eurasian cultural events, including the spread of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages, Indo-European migrations, and the domestication of the horse.
Cucuteni-Trypillia pottery
A gold stater of Bosporan king Tiberius Julius Sauromates II, his bust depicted on the obverse with the Greek legend "BACΙΛΕΩC CΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ", and on the reverse the heads of Roman emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla, dated 198 or 199 AD
The goddess Demeter in a Greek fresco from Panticapaeum in the Bosporan Kingdom, 1st century AD, Crimea
Overseas Guests by Nicholas Roerich, 1901