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The point i was making, was that Ukraine existed as a unitary state simply because it was part of the much larger USSR.
The USSR suppressed nationalism and forced different ethnicities and religions to live together.
Once Ukraine gained independence, the cracks began to show, the overthrow of the democratically elected government by pro EU/US nationalists in W. Ukraine triggered the uprising by ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine was a country while part of the USSR, Ukraine is no longer part of the USSR.can you try to express that as a sentence, in English?
The point i was making, was that Ukraine existed as a unitary state simply because it was part of the much larger USSR.
The USSR suppressed nationalism and forced different ethnicities and religions to live together.
Once Ukraine gained independence, the cracks began to show, the overthrow of the democratically elected government by pro EU/US nationalists in W. Ukraine triggered the uprising by ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine.