Some people used to refer to it as such, and some still do, but this is linguistically wrong. The name of the country is simply Ukraine.So it is grammatically right to write 'Ukraine' not 'the Ukraine.'Using "the" is a holdover from when Ukraine was under Russian domination. Both the czars and the Soviets denied the nationhood of Ukraine, and tried to force the people to assimilate. This was done by banning the usage of the Ukrainian language and by trying to get people to believe that Ukraine was merely a region of RUssia, and that the Ukrainians were merely "Little Russians."The correct usage (and that preferred by the current government) is simply "Ukraine." The other usage was preferred by the Russian and Soviet overlords in Ukraine's past; they denied the separate nationhood of Ukraine, and considered it merely a region of Russia. Thus the usage.
Invasion of the USSR was Hitler's biggest mistake.
When Ukraine was invaded by the nazis they originally collaborated with them because they thought of them as liberators from the ussr but eventually they became oppressive and when the Russians invaded ukraine, the Ukrainians thought them as liberators , so to conclude it They helped the axis side as auxiliary police and ss units but there was also the Ukrainian insurgent army which hated the soviets , nazis, polish partisans, they just wanted to defend Ukraine and make it independent though most axis collaboration there was also resistance movement.
It's pretty straightforward; the Nazis were whomping the Russians in 1942 and '43, and Stalin was desperate for something - ANYTHING - to take the heat off of his troops. He figured if the Allies (the Americans and British) were to re-invade western Europe, the Germans would need to transfer a lot of their forces to France and take the heat off of the Russians.
Ukraine has never been a province. It was part of USSR, but Ukraine has been independent since 1991.
Russians and Americans
No. Although many ethnic Russians now live in Ukraine.
Russians
Russians
1941
Russians, at 17.3%.
The Ukraine was a Soviet territory, and it was on the way to badly-needed oil reserves.
Poland, the USA and many other countries are Ukraine's allies. The Russians definitely aren't.
yes
Russia is home to the highest percentage of ethnic Russians, with over 80% of the population identifying as ethnic Russians.
The Brest-Litovsk Treaty resulted in the Russians surrendering the Ukraine, Finland , the Baltic provinces, the Caucasus and Poland .
Ethnic Russians are part of what you call the Russian Diaspora. These are Russians that were born in Russia, or have parents or grandparents that still live there. Ethnic Russians can be found outside of Russia, including Ukraine, the United States, Canada, and other countries across the globe.