Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Ukrainian minority in Lithuania (Ukrainian: Українці Ukrayintsi Lithuanian: Ukrainiečiai) numbered 22488 persons at the 2001 census and at 0.65% of the total population of Lithuania (approximately 3350400). The Ukrainian national minority in Lithuania has deep enough historical and cultural relations. During ages in Lithuania the prominent figures of Ukraine such as T. H. Shevchenko Meletiy Smotritsky Yakiv Holovatsky St.