Is Ukraine part of Russia?

Many consider Ukraine to be the birthplace of the region's Orthodox Christianity. Ukraine then became part of the Russian empire, and later part of the Soviet Union, where Ukrainian men were pivotal in the Soviet defeat of the German army in World War II. read more

For those fourteen decades Ukraine was “part of Russia,” the way Canada and Burma were once “part of Great Britain,” Korea was part of Japan, the Congo was part of Belgium, Madagascar was part of France, the Philippines were part of Spain, or New Guinea was part of Holland. read more

Kievan Rus' included the central, western and northern part of modern Ukraine, Belarus, far eastern strip of Poland and the western part of present-day Russia. According to the Primary Chronicle the Rus' elite initially consisted of Varangians from Scandinavia. read more

Ukraine then became part of the Russian empire, and later part of the Soviet Union, where Ukrainian men were pivotal in the Soviet defeat of the German army in World War II. (Ukraine was perhaps the most important Soviet republic after Russia). read more