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/[deleted]]

It's basically impossible to talk about Polish history without mentioning Ukraine one way or another. It was a symbol of our rivaly with the Russians, and thus peace wasn't something that blessed these lands for a very long time... which stays true even nowadays.

That said I feel that politically our countries have drifted apart quite a bit after the 90ties. Your people seem to be keen on fixing that little historical anomaly with the recent immigration wave though :)

Like many in this thread, I also hope the conflict with Russia finally reaches its quick resolve, hopefully without any additional territorial losses on Ukraines side.