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/Lohrenswald Southway Apr 04 '17

I want to become hetman when I grow up

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u/ThrungeliniDelRey Ukraine Apr 04 '17

Your dreams can come true! After all, as the Ukrainian saying goes, "there are three hetmans for every two Ukrainians". As in, it's a country where everyone wants to be in charge and everyone knows how to do everything much better, and as a result the whole place is still a giant shithole not that awesome to live in.

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u/Idiocracy_Cometh ⚑ For the glory of Chaos ⚑ Apr 04 '17

One good side effect of that is that Ukraine is unlikely to get any sort of long-term Supreme Leader.

Even when things are bad, people do not miss the strong hand; even if they do, they can't agree which one.

More than one Hetman at once, or the same one being replaced/elected again repeatedly were rather normal in history.