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3: Geography and Ancient History

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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Is There a Change in Meaning in Ukraine?

I was there during this last this Harakiv counter-offensive when the Ukrainians took back almost all of Harakiv. That means that Harakiv Oblast now means something different than it did a few days ago. And for the men and women who were involved in that offensive, it's going to mean something different to them as well. But I was really struck by how when people talked about all of this movement, whether it was the president himself or some of the soldiers I talked to. They had interpretations of it that like this in some way shows who we are, right?

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