How Brazil's 'Little Ukraine' community is getting bigger every day


By AGENCY
  • People
  • Sunday, 19 Jun 2022

Ivanova recently arrived in Prudentopolis with her mother and two sisters, after they decided to leave Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Photos: Henry Milleo/dpa

There is a small piece of Ukraine in the lush greenery of Brazil's deep south.

You can find Prudentopolis thanks to a sign with a dome-like tower typical of Ukrainian churches, the town's name written in Latin and Cyrillic.

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