The Territorial Evolution of Ukraine

An interesting map I found on the internet, it shows Ukraine is an amalgamation of various, unrelated territories that were mostly gathered together under the USSR. Ukrainians are a completely modern nation with no historical antecedent. This is not to say it has no legitimacy, all nations are a result of political imagining to a degree but their legitimacy is acquired through sound politics, which takes into account the internal makeup and external forces. Ukraine fucked up at both departments…