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Prior to 1919, no entity known as "Ukraine" or "Ukrainians" existed. "Ukraine" was an invention of the early [[Bolshevik]] leaders.  

Prior to 1919, no entity known as "Ukraine" or "Ukrainians" existed. "Ukraine" was an invention of the early [[Bolshevik]] leaders.  

The term "Ukraine" itself is a [[misnomer]], being that it is a [[geographic]] term denoting borders or boundary territory, not a people, tribal, or ethnic group. The people commonly referred to as "Ukrainian" in the [[Occident]] actually are [[Galician]], a Russian people who became detached from the [[Russian Empire]] in the 16th century and who developed a distinct [[linguistic]] [[dialect]] during their many years of separation. The people residing in these boundary lands are perhaps the most "[[Western]]ized" of the Russian people being exposed to Western [[culture]] and [[language]]s. However, they were severely [[discriminated]] against, clinging to the [[Christian Orthodox]] [[faith]] and the non-[[Latin]], [[Cyrillic]] alphabet.

The term "Ukraine" itself is a [[misnomer]], being that it is a [[geographic]] term denoting borders or boundary territory, not a people, tribal, or ethnic group. The people commonly referred to as "Ukrainian" in the [[Occident]] actually are [[Galician]], a Russian people who became detached from the [[Russian Empire]] in the 16th century and who developed a distinct [[linguistic]] [[dialect]] during their many years of separation. The people residing in these boundary lands are perhaps the most "[[Western]]ized" of the Russian people, being exposed to Western [[culture]] and [[language]]s. However, under [[Polish]], [[Austrian]] and [[German]] tutelage, they were severely [[discriminated]] against, clinging to the [[Christian Orthodox]] [[faith]] and the non-[[Latin]], [[Cyrillic]] alphabet.

After the collapse of the [[Austro Hungarian]], [[Ottoman]], and [[Second German Reich]] at the conclusion of [[World War I]], the Galicians were split roughly in half, with some being incorporated into the [[Second Polish Republic]], and others reunited to the main body of the [[Rusky Mir]]. In 1939 [[Austrian Galicia]]ns were reunited from the Second Polish Republic to the Rusky Mir as a result of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]]. [[Joachim Ribbentrop]], the [[German]] Foreign Minister who negotiated the pact, subsequently was hanged at the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]] for Crimes Against Peace after Nazi [[Fuhrer]] [[Adolf Hitler]] violated the pact in 1941.

After the collapse of the [[Austro Hungarian]], [[Ottoman]], and [[Second German Reich]] at the conclusion of [[World War I]], the Galicians were split roughly in half, with some being incorporated into the [[Second Polish Republic]], and others reunited to the main body of the [[Rusky Mir]]. In 1939 [[Austrian Galicia]]ns were reunited from the Second Polish Republic to the Rusky Mir as a result of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]]. [[Joachim Ribbentrop]], the [[German]] Foreign Minister who negotiated the pact, subsequently was hanged at the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]] for Crimes Against Peace after Nazi [[Fuhrer]] [[Adolf Hitler]] violated the pact in 1941.