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Just a small challenge. I've posted a song in Ukrainian right above. Here is is the same song in Russian - will you find a difference? ;)
I swill post the Ukrainian version yet again here just to make it easier for you to compare. This the same song is being singed in Ukrainian by a native Russian youtuber:
Can you non-Russians find any difference in Russian and Ukrainian versions?
The thing I want to explain is that Russians and Ukrainians are same nation. The Ukrainian language is an ancient Russian and Kiev is a first Russian capital (it has never been Ukrainian). As a Russian I have to admit that the Ukraine is in fact more Russian than Russia. Sounds strange but it's true. They keep the ancient language while we have mixed it with the Western European words. So the modern Russian culture is more Western European (French, German and English), while the Ukraine still keeps the ancient Russian culture.
For example. Ocotober in Russian sounds like Oktiabr. In Ukrainian it sounds like Zhovten. November in Russian sounds like Noyabr. In Ukrainian it sounds like Listopad. May in Russian sounds like May. In Ukrainian it sounds like Traven. So their language keeps the ancient Russian words, while the modern Russian uses Western European words.
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