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/Vidmizz Lithuania Apr 04 '17

Was Kievan Rus', then part of the Golden Horde, then part of us, then Zygimantas Augustas gave it away to Poland and formed the Commonwealth. After some time they were part of russia, briefly had independence after ww1 then russia again, and then free again. They are now one of our main buddies.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

They also seem to love our president Dalia GrybauskaitÄ—. Or it looks like that under her facebook photos!

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u/Ted_Bellboy Ukraine Apr 04 '17

yeah, she is one of few modern politicans who has balls