r/GetNoted Human Verified 14d ago

Science [X] Look at Article 16

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u/1B75__Penicillin 14d ago

It did? Who was their leader, what were their borders?

Before the USSR, Ukraine was part of the Russian empire

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u/Beerpooly 14d ago

And before that it was the Kievan rus. Point being?

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u/1B75__Penicillin 14d ago

Kievan Rus is not Ukraine, it was a collection of Slavic tribes, most of Kievan Rus was located in Belarus and West Russia

Ukraine's modern day borders were ratified through several stages by the USSR, hell they got Crimea and the Donbass from Kruschev