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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Ukraine means "окраина". E.g. "На окраине". So it's the.
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Wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine
Russian language rules do not apply to English language.
It was The Ukrainian SSR (Like The United Kingdom or The United states). And now it is just Ukraine.
"The Ukraine" even sounds strange, not sure how native English speaker would not have the feeling that something is wrong here.