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Q1. Why is Ukraine listed as the second-largest country in Europe? France is. (Or alternately, Denmark is.)

It's an ambiguous statement, and depends on whether you include non-European territories or not, and whether you include disputed territories or not. The totality of France (which includes French Guiana) is larger than Ukraine, but the European part of France (Metropolitan France) is smaller than Ukraine. Although Denmark is in Europe, Greenland is in North America.

Q2. Kyiv or Kiev?

This is a topic for discussion at Talk:Kyiv. The current transliteration is based on the Ukrainian spelling of the name: "Kyiv" (pronounced "KEE-ev"). The Russian version is "Kiev" (pronounced "KEE-ef") is associated with the Russification of Ukraine. Source:."Slownik geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego i innych krajow slowianskich". Druk „Wieku” Nowy Świat. 1883. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022.

Ukraine was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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January 26, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
July 12, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
August 8, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
July 30, 2013	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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Section sizes

Section size for Ukraine (54 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	17,414	17,414
Etymology and orthography	3,609	3,609
History	43	79,758
Early history	8,202	8,202
Golden Age of Kyiv	5,923	5,923
Foreign domination	5,049	5,049
Cossack Hetmanate	7,342	7,342
19th and early 20th century	9,142	9,142
Inter-war period	6,467	6,467
World War II	12,643	12,643
Post–war Soviet Ukraine	6,865	6,865
Independence	18,082	18,082
Geography	7,155	18,151
Climate	3,362	3,362
Biodiversity	4,713	4,713
Urban areas	2,921	2,921
Politics	678	32,434
Constitution	2,159	2,159
Government	3,405	3,405
Courts and law enforcement	6,568	6,568
Foreign relations	8,938	8,938
Military	7,545	7,545
Administrative divisions	3,141	3,141
Economy	6,127	19,974
Agriculture	2,745	2,745
Tourism	1,780	1,780
Transport	3,554	3,554
Energy	4,463	4,463
Information technology	1,305	1,305
Demographics	6,278	43,479
Language	9,495	9,495
Diaspora	2,823	2,823
Religion	4,256	4,256
Health	4,898	4,898
Education	6,306	6,306
Regional differences	9,423	9,423
Culture	6,895	31,163
Libraries	763	763
Literature	4,929	4,929
Architecture	2,261	2,261
Weaving and embroidery	2,653	2,653
Music	3,613	3,613
Media	3,087	3,087
Sport	5,079	5,079
Cuisine	1,883	1,883
See also	60	60
Notes	26	26
References	270	270
Print sources	21	6,244
Reference books	429	429
Recent (since 1991)	2,020	2,020
History	2,416	3,774
World War II	1,358	1,358
External links	1,736	1,736
Total	254,318	254,318

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Can you add a romanization in the infobox add Ukraina in the infobox Depotadore (talk) 06:08, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Please use the form "please change X to Y". Rsk6400 (talk) 06:10, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 14:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Formation of Ukraine

Why is the Soviet Union on the list? This is a strange list. Is it possible that Wikipedia now lists periods of occupation as formations? If so, please add other periods of occupation, such as the Reichskommissariat Ukraine, which is also a state entity. It is very strange that for some reason Poland does not have the Soviet Union in its formations in 1939, but they decided to list the period of occupation of Ukraine by the Soviet Union as a Ukrainian state.This is a double standard. In addition, for some reason I did not see a list of really important periods: West Ukrainian People's Republic or Unification Act. It is necessary to supplement and change! Нестеріна (talk) 01:23, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t have an opinion on that but I see History of Ukraine is a long article. If you are interested and have time you could start by improving that and the more detailed articles you mention. After that you will likely have done enough editing to be able to change this article. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:16, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we should change this article: Reichskommissariat was never internationally recognized, but Soviet Ukraine was. The West Ukrainian People's Rep. (or Nestor Makhno's entity) was too short-lived to be relevant here. Rsk6400 (talk) 07:22, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

De jure, Ukraine is the legal successor of the Ukrainian SSR. This is how it happened historically. At the same time, Ukraine, maintaining its historical relationship with the Ukrainian People's Republic of Ukraine, held a succession ceremony for the government in exile of the Ukrainian People's Republic of Ukraine (but without legal consequences). The Soviet Union is definitely an occupation of Ukraine. Therefore, there is no legal basis to exclude the Soviet Union from the formation, but it is also not entirely correct to leave the Soviet Union in the list. Regarding this issue, it is at the discretion of the community. I apologize for the excessive comparisons and emotionality, but I am concerned about this problems. Regarding other issues, such as the Western Ukrainian People's Republic, it is worth supplementing the article. There is nothing more to add Нестеріна (talk) 16:08, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Early history para tagged for 2 years as needing quote to verify cite

In the 5th and 6th centuries, the Antes, an early Slavic people, lived in Ukraine. Migrations from the territories of present-day Ukraine throughout the Balkans established many South Slavic nations. Northern migrations, reaching almost to Lake Ilmen, led to the emergence of the Ilmen Slavs and Krivichs. Following an Avar raid in 602 and the collapse of the Antes Union, most of these peoples survived as separate tribes until the beginning of the second millennium.^[1]^{[need quotation to verify]} Chidgk1 (talk) 14:02, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can download a PDF copy from... Wondering why we need to put in a quote?

https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/8750/file.pdf

... Don't forget PDF page numbers and actual book numbers aren't the same....looking for book page number I would assume. Pages 39 to 48 cover the period.Moxy🍁 00:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Magocsi, Paul Robert (16 July 1996). A History of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802078209. Retrieved 16 July 2018 – via Google Books.

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Military ranked 6th, not 5th. As per link provided 2600:1700:7D00:A30:C46:9721:AEC4:7DA2 (talk) 23:39, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 13:10, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Magocsi, Paul Robert (16 July 1996). A History of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802078209. Retrieved 16 July 2018 – via Google Books.

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