Today, Ukraine is very ethnically heterogeneous. It has a significant Russian population in its eastern provinces, and many of these Russians wish to secede and either become self-governing or join Russia. Ukraine also has less significant but still notable Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Rusyn populations in its southern and western provinces. The disputed territory of Crimea was once populated by Crimean Tatars, but their presence was drastically reduced due to the genocidal policies of [[Joseph Stalin]]. | Today, Ukraine is very ethnically heterogeneous. It has a significant Russian population in its eastern provinces, and many of these Russians wish to secede and either become self-governing or join Russia. Ukraine also has less significant but still notable Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Rusyn populations in its southern and western provinces. The disputed territory of Crimea was once populated by Crimean Tatars, but their presence was drastically reduced due to the genocidal policies of [[Joseph Stalin]]. |