SergiyY

In the Russian Empire and later - in the Soviet Union, a policy of gradual Russification was carried out in relation to Ukraine, which proceeded with different intensity in different periods. Therefore, those who graduated from a Russian school and whose parents were already Russified are forced to switch to Ukrainian. And for some, this is quite a difficult problem, especially with age and in the absence of sufficient incentive, since Ukrainian speakers will understand you anyway. But in fact, the transition of the majority of Ukrainians to the Ukrainian language and separation from the language and culture of the occupiers is simply vital.
The very name "Dance With the Wolves" reminded me of Aurora's song "Running with the wolves", which I first heard in the wonderful Irish animated film "Wolfwalkers". At first I thought that you were recommending some foreign artist for me until I realized what kind of song it was And the lyrics of the song are quite similar to Aurora's song, but that's another story.
Of course I know this artist and this song. This is Ruslana (Ruslana Lezhychko), she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 with the song "Wild Dances". Well, for several years I listened to her songs from the album "Wild Dances", which includes the song "Dance With the Wolves". It was back when I was a student, and during the Orange Revolution. By the way, you can see some footage from the events of this revolution in the clip, because Ruslana supported it then. At that time, the first personal computers began to appear in our home, and we visited each other with hard drives to exchange information and various curiosities, since not everyone had a recording disk drive for optical discs then. Around then I got her songs, including "Dance With the Wolves", although I didn't understand what that English-language song was about. Even earlier, I remember her song "The Ballad of the Princess" (I was still in school then), and another wonderful song she sang with the children for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. After that, I didn't particularly follow or listen to her work, but she also created a little. Thanks for reminding me)
Today I will share a few things from the Ukrainian punk rock band FliT from different periods of their work. Although they themselves call their direction of music "intellectual punk rock". Unfortunately, this group is not so well-known, because the peak of their activity did not fall on the best period for Ukrainian performers, and maybe the reason is different, but their work is still quite interesting.