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Show Ukraine of Russia The Ukrainians are Russians, and they have a republic of their own which is a constituent member mem-ber of the Union of Socialist Soviet So-viet Republics. By origin, however, how-ever, they differ from the "Great Russians," and "they have their own language. Their land is one ! of the most fertile in the world; ; hence the German desire to conquer con-quer it. Ukrainians were often in conflict with the Czars of Russia, but the disappearance of their native aristocracy aris-tocracy has demolished most of their nationalism. |