The location of the Ukraine has influenced the historical and present development of the state. Jewish life can be traced back to the 6th century, when the Khazar’s ruled the region, through today as the Ukraine stands as an independent state. In between these time periods, the Ukraine has been ruled by various powers and its boundaries have shifted depending on the ruler at the time.

• During the 10th and 11th centuries, Khazar Empire ruled the territory of Ukraine.
• In the 14th century, the Ukrainian territory was subjugated by Lithuania and Poland.
• During the 17th century, portions of the territory were lost to Russia.
• After the Russian revolution in 1917, the Ukraine was split between Poland and the Soviet Union.
• At the onset of World War II, in 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland and incorporated the western Ukraine into Ukrainian, SSR.
• After WWII, the borders of then Soviet Ukraine were extended to the west, uniting most Ukrainians under one political state.
• Independence was achieved in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The   Ukraine became a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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The Ukraine is a republic in Eastern Europe, which borders the Black Sea to the south, the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland and Slovakia to the West, Hungary to the south and Romania and Moldova to the west and south. The current territory of what is today the nation of the Ukraine was once the southern part of the first Eastern Slavic state, Kievan Rus. Its capital was Kiev, the capital of modern Ukraine.

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