THE PROBLEMS OF THE
UKRAINE.
CHAPTER I.
THE ETHNIC QUESTION.
The Ukrainian people occupy a large territory of more than 500,000 sq. miles,[1] that is to say, an area greater than that of France.
The purely Ukrainian population comprises some 37 million inhabitants.
This population is distinguished fro:n the neighbouring peoples in all respects: anthropological, ethnographical and as regards folk lore. The anthropological mensurations show very clearly the type and national individuality of the Ukrainian people, which differs in a very marked manner from that of the people of Great Russia. The ethnic frontier of these two races !s easy to trace. Even superficial observations show the existence of this frontier. On one side are found villages designed and built in the Ukrainian style; on the other, the plans and constructions are of Russian style. In the Ukrainian villages the little white cottages have thatched roofs which slope on four sides, and always have a garden in front. The villages give the impression of being lost in foliage. On the other hand, the Great Russian villages are impressions of sadness, as are the countries of the North. They are usually
- ↑ The Ukraine ethnographically comprises the Governments of Kiev, Poltava, Podolia, Volhynia, Tchernigov, Ekaterinoslav, Kharkov, Kherson, Cholm, Eastern Galicia, Ukrainian Bukovina, Ukrainian Hungary, Ukrainian Bessarabia, and some districts of the Governments of Grodno, Minsk, Taurida, the Don, Kursk, Voronege, Kuban, Stravropol, and Tchernomore.
