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Definizione

Location: Eastern Europe, bordered in 2000 by Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and the Black Sea Capital city: Kiev History: Ukraine's capital city of Kiev was the seat of a Slavic kingdom, Kievan Rus in the 9th century. Over the centuries, Ukraine was administered by the Mongolians, the Lithuanians, the Poles, and finally the Russians. Under Polish rule Ukrainians who fled to the Dnieper River came to be known as the Zaporizhska Sich, or the Cossacks. In 1775, Ukraine lost its autonomy and was annexed by Russia and the Jewish population lived in the Pale of Settlement in the western part. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Ukraine declared its independence. However, Soviet troops occupied Ukraine in 1919 and by 1922 it was incorporated into the Soviet Union (USSR). The Germans occupied Ukraine from 1941 to 1944 and 1.5 million Ukrainian Jews perished at the hands of Einsatzgruppen at mass execution sites such as Babi Yar. The Transnistrian territory was ceded to Romania. After the war, Ukraine remained a republic in the USSR. Ukraine gained its independence from the USSR in August 1991 and became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. (en-US)

Fonte

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of the World. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. pp. 3262-3263

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• Europa

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• Ucraina 1991 (26 dicembre) - 2000 (1 gennaio)