Ukrainians

East Slavic ethnic group
Intangible ethnic_group Q44806
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Ukrainians are an ethnic group whose native language is Ukrainian . The majority of Ukrainians practice Eastern Orthodoxy as their religion . These two defining characteristics—language and religious tradition—have shaped Ukrainian cultural identity throughout their history.

Ukrainians

Summary

Ukrainians is an ethnic group[1]. Ukrainians ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,545 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ukrainians held citizenship in Ukraine[3].
  • Ukrainian was Ukrainians's native language[4].
  • Ukrainians's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy[5].
  • Ukrainians's religion is recorded as Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church[6].
  • Ukrainians's religion is recorded as Protestantism[7].
  • Ukrainians's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[8].
  • Ukrainians's instance of is recorded as nationality[9].
  • Ukrainians's instance of is recorded as nation[10].
  • Ukrainians's instance of is recorded as human population[11].
  • Ukrainians is a type of Eastern Europeans[12].
  • Ukrainians is part of East Slavs[13].
  • Ukrainians's Commons category is recorded as Ukrainians[14].
  • Ukrainians's said to be the same as is recorded as Little Russians[15].
  • Ukrainians's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ukrainians[16].
  • Ukrainians's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Ukrainians's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Ukrainians's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Ukrainian[19].
  • Ukrainians's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Russian[20].
  • Ukrainians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'ucrainean'}[21].
  • Ukrainians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'ucraineană'}[22].
  • Ukrainians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'ucraineni'}[23].
  • Ukrainians's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'ucrainene'}[24].
  • Ukrainians's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'українці'}[25].
  • Ukrainians's different from is recorded as Little Russians[26].
  • Ukrainians's different from is recorded as Ruthenians[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ethnic group[8], nationality[9], nation[10], and human population[11]. Ukrainians is a type of Eastern Europeans[12].

Use and Application

Ukrainians is part of East Slavs[13].

Why It Matters

Ukrainians ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,545 views/month).[2] Ukrainians has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ukrainians is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship
    Different from Little Russians, Ruthenians, Ukrani
    Yle topic id 18-16059
    Native language Ukrainian
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10166, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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