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Krajina is a Slavic toponym, meaning 'country' or 'march'. The term is related to kraj or krai, originally meaning 'land, country; edge' and today denoting a region or province, usually remote from ur
Krajina, oil painting by Croatian artist Oton Iveković (1901)
Ukraine
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Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slova
Krajina
…In Czech, kraj is used for the regions of the Czech Republic, a first-level subdivision. In Ukraine: In Ukrainian, krajina (країна) means 'country, land', while Ukrajina is the country's name. See also: Name of Ukraine…
Early Indo-European migrations from the Pontic steppes of present-day Ukraine and Russia
The furthest extent of Kievan Rus', 1054–1132
Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky established an independent Cossack state after the 1648 uprising against Poland
Polish troops enter Kyiv in May 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War. Following the Peace of Riga signed on 18 March 1921, Poland took control of modern-day western Ukraine while Soviets took control of eastern and central Ukraine