In 1939, under the terms of the [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]], [[Galicia]] and Polish Volhynia were annexed to Soviet Ukraine. Northern Bukovina, formerly part of [[Romania]], was incorporated into Ukraine in 1940, as was formerly [[Czechoslovakia]]n Subcarpathian [[Ruthenia]] (the Transcarpathian Oblast) in 1945. | In 1939, under the terms of the [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]], [[Galicia]] and Polish Volhynia were annexed to Soviet Ukraine. Northern Bukovina, formerly part of [[Romania]], was incorporated into Ukraine in 1940, as was formerly [[Czechoslovakia]]n Subcarpathian [[Ruthenia]] (the Transcarpathian Oblast) in 1945. |