What do you know about... Ukraine?

[u/MarktpLatz]

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?

[u/Putin-the-fabulous → u/[deleted]]

I keep placing the word 'the' infront of their name but I don't know why.

IIRC its because "Ukraine" in old Russian means borderland, thus "the borderland". Which is why many modern Ukrainians dont like it

[u/OlDer → u/Putin-the-fabulous]

"Ukraine" in old Russian means borderland

It's rather heartland. And word was used long before Russia or Russian language existed.

[u/OlDer → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't recommend using Russian wikipedia as a source of any information about Ukraine. They even renamed article on Kievan Rus' to "Old-Russian state" some time ago and if stayed like that for couple years.

[u/cookedpotato → u/[deleted]]

Often time such edits ate swiftly undone by bots of other users. Check the edit history.

[u/OlDer → u/[deleted]]

Nothing says "butthurt" and "revisionist" more than rename I mentioned.

[u/pipiska → u/[deleted]]

Strange, Russian wikipedia says Украина meant "inner borderlands" as opposed to Окраина which used to mean "outer borderlands"

It's because that's what it means.

[u/Zephinism → u/Putin-the-fabulous]

I see, I had no idea that was the case. It's just difficult to break the habit when I speak it, though I strangely never type 'The Ukraine'. Thanks!

[u/MotharChoddar → u/Putin-the-fabulous]

I just call it Kœnugarðr tbh