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'''Ukraine''' is an [[Eastern Europe]]an country that was part of [[Russia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]] and became a founding member of the [[Soviet Union]] 1922.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080418030322/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-30078/Ukraine Interwar Soviet Ukraine], ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref> It was previously independent from 1917 to 1918, a German puppet state in 1918, again independent from 1918 to 1920, and again a German puppet state from 1941 to 1944.
'''Ukraine''' is an [[Eastern Europe]]an country that was part of [[Russia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]] and became a founding member of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1922.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080418030322/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-30078/Ukraine Interwar Soviet Ukraine], ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref> It was previously independent from 1917 to 1918, a German puppet state in 1918, again independent from 1918 to 1920, and again a German puppet state from 1941 to 1944.
Ukraine is very ethnically heterogeneous. It had a significant Russian population in its eastern provinces, and many of these Russians have declared independence to become self-governing or wish to ultimately re-join Russia. Ukraine has less significant but still notable Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Rusyn populations in its southern and western provinces. Throughout its historry Ukraine has been the site of some of the worst [[human rights]] atrocities in history. The former territory of Crimea was once populated by Crimean Tatars, but their presence was drastically reduced by the de-population policies of [[Joseph Stalin]].
Ukraine is very ethnically heterogeneous. It had a significant Russian population in its eastern provinces, and many of these Russians have declared independence to become self-governing or wish to ultimately re-join Russia. Ukraine has less significant but still notable Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Rusyn populations in its southern and western provinces. Throughout its historry Ukraine has been the site of some of the worst [[human rights]] atrocities in history. The former territory of Crimea was once populated by Crimean Tatars, but their presence was drastically reduced by the de-population policies of [[Joseph Stalin]].