Ukraine, an independent nation

Editor: Russia and Ukraine can trace their ancestry back to the Vikings from Scandinavia, who loosely ruled over this area in Eastern Europe. Russia and Ukraine have a shared history, but Ukraine’s history is also intertwined with Poland, Lithuania, the Vatican, and many others. All of this history from different parts of the world created a unique blend of independent culture that is Ukraine today. Here are some examples of other countries having an intertwined history with Ukraine. In the 14th century, Lithuania and Poland conquered portions of modern-day Ukraine and was subsumed under the commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania....

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