From February 10 to March 10, 2021, 817 new articles about Ukraine were added to Wikipedia as part of “Ukrainian Cultural Diplomacy Month”.

 

Thanks to the initiative of the Ukrainian Institute together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the NGO “Wikimedia Ukraine”, 172 users created and improved articles more than 1200 times, created no less than 817 new articles in Ukrainian and foreign languages.

 

For example, new articles “Mnohaya lita” and “Borsch” were written in Malayalam (India), and the article on the “Executed Renaissance” was written in Chinese. Articles about the Ukrainian brand – Ukraine NOW have been added to Wikipedia in many languages; about famous Ukrainian films of recent years – “Atlantis”, “Donbass”; Dzyga Vertov, Sofia Yablonska.

 

In total, the #UkraineEverywhere campaign covered 44 languages. Portuguese, English and French became leaders in the number of added and revised articles. The project aroused considerable interest in Asian countries, many edits were made in Persian and articles were added in Arabic, Japanese and Chinese.

 

The organizers are convinced that thanks to the project people all over the world will be able to learn new things about Ukraine, become interested in visiting it, studying in it or investing.