http://claritaslux.com/blog/ukraine-not-the-ukraine/ Learning, languages, EU, citizenship Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:11:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://claritaslux.com/blog/ukraine-not-the-ukraine/comment-page-1/#comment-27340 Bart Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:50:25 +0000 http://www.claritaslux.com/blog/?p=610#comment-27340 "The Ukraine" is improper. It was a term used to describe a region of the Soviet Union, when it was a Union. I am not sure whether it was ever used internally to USSR, but I know the people of Ukarine do not use it. Other terms that are along the same lines are 'the "stans" referring to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and "the Baltics". “The Ukraine” is improper. It was a term used to describe a region of the Soviet Union, when it was a Union. I am not sure whether it was ever used internally to USSR, but I know the people of Ukarine do not use it. Other terms that are along the same lines are ‘the “stans” referring to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and “the Baltics”.

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