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yeah it was “just Ukraine”, not “Ukraine”
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Due to the excellent reputation of their justice system
Actually it was The Ukraine meaning something like borderlands ( on Wikipedia ). When USSR fell and Ukraine gained its state independence, the term to describe the territory was depreciated by the state and adapted as its name.