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3: Geography and Ancient History

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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What's the Difference Between Ukraine and Ukraine?

In Russian and in Polish you can say na ukarene. You're going to someplace which is not quite defined as opposed to v, right? It's a place that's like, if it's a v that means it can be contained. And the Ukrainians have very clear ideas about this too. The polls all switched over in the early 90s when people started saying "vukaryenia" instead of "Ukraine"

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