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UKRAINE is a
republic in eastern
Europe which borders
Russia to the east,
Belarus to the north,
Poland,
Slovakia and
Hungary to the west,
Romania and
Moldova to the southwest and the
Black Sea to the south.
The territory of present-day
Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture in the
Middle Ages before being divided between a variety of
powers, notably
Russia,
Poland,
Lithuania and the
Ottoman Empire.
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A brief period of independence following
the
Russian Revolution was ended by Ukraine's absorption into
the
Soviet Union, and the republic's present borders were only
established in 1954.
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The Ukraine became independent once more following the
fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. |
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