
LVIV and DONETSK
● Culture eastern region of Ukraine is "more realistic and pragmatic, with a distinct advantage universalistic criteria, collectivist orientation, statism" . In Western Ukraine is the typical liberal system of political values within which freedom is accepted as an absolute value, which is complementary to the principle of individualism.
● Western Ukraine is a very specific area for several reasons. Western Ukraine,exception of Volyn oblast, was never part of Russian Empire. People in the West of Ukraine more religious and conservative than in the East of Ukraine. In addition, in all regions of Western Ukraine are dominated Catholics rather than Orthodox (with the exception of Volyn oblast)
● In Western Ukraine absolutely dominates Ukrainian language:
- Western Ukraine: 94,4% of population speak Ukrainian.
- South-Eastern Ukraine: less than 5% of population speak Ukrainian.
● The crime rate in Western Ukraine is lower than in the East. Among large cities, the highest crime rate in Zaporizhia, Luhansk and Krivoy Rog (all three cities are located in the East of Ukraine) and the lowest crime rate - in Lviv (is the capital of Western Ukraine).
Compared to Western Ukraine, South-Eastern Ukraine has:
- higher percentage of people with HIV / AIDS;
- higher crime rates;
- higher percentage of atheists and indifferent christians ;
- higher percentage of people who communicate in Russian;
- lower life expectancy;
- greater income inequality;
- higher wages;
- higher levels of air pollution;
LVIV - the capital of Western Ukraine:
and Donetsk - Eastern Ukraine: