Language

For me, the language environment in Luhans'k is a bit confusing.  Nearly everything is written in Ukrainian (This is Ukraine, after all), but nearly everyone speaks Russian.  It makes it harder to navigate here.  Fortunately, most people are patient and helpful.  People who speak Ukrainian do not take offense when I speak Russian.  This is definitely not Brussels where one has be extremely careful about when to speak  French and when to speak Flemish.  Here the linguistic environment appears to be fairly tolerant and relaxed.