r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Apr 03 '17

What do you know about... Ukraine?

This is the eleventh part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Ukraine

Ukraine is the largest country that is completely on the european continent. The Ungarian people's republic was founded in 1917, the ukrainian state in 1918. It later became part of the soviet union and finally got independent in 1991. Currently, Ukraine is facing military combat with russia-backed rebels and the crimean peninsula was completely annexed by Russia. Ukraine will host the next eurovision song contest.

So, what do you know about Ukraine?

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u/Derzelaz Romania Apr 04 '17

The neighbors from upstairs that we rarely see or talk to, and because of that our opinion of them is completely neutral.

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u/UnbiasedPashtun United States of America Apr 04 '17

Do any Romanians care about losing Bukovina and Bujak to them?

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u/Derzelaz Romania Apr 04 '17

Very few. Plus, when it happened, we lost it to russians, not to ukrainians; if you get what I'm trying to say.

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u/RammsteinDEBG България Apr 04 '17

we lost it to russians

Soviets. you lost it to Russians/Georgians/Armenians/Belorussians/Ukrainians/Kazakhs/Turkmens...

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

All those were occupied by Russians, so it's fair to say Russians. It's like saying Germans/Austrians attacked Soviet Union in 1941 because they were one country

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

I've seen people being said about loosing Bukovina. Especially people in moldova. Or perhaps I hear more about it, because my grandmother was from there....?

But Bujak? No, never heard anyone say anything about it. Doubt many know we used to own it...

And anyway, as someone else already said, we blame the Russians not Ukrainians