Hidden Ukraines Inside Russia?

What if I told you there could've been other Ukrainian states on the world map today. Well, in wake of the Russian Revolution and start of the Russian Civil War, Ukrainians from all over Eurasia made a push - in varying degrees - for self-determination. Nearby modern Ukraine, the Kuban People's Republic sprang into being, while further east a WWI veteran became head of the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic (aka Green Ukraine); perhaps less well-known are the stories of Grey Ukraine - located in what is now southern Siberia / northern Kazakhstan - and Yellow Ukraine - situated along the banks of the mighty Volga River.

While the ongoing struggle between Moscow and Kiev (Kyiv) in the Russo-Ukrainian War continues to dominate headlines, join us for this look into a mostly forgotten chapter of Russian, Cossack, and Ukrainian history.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:49 Raspberry Ukraine and the Kuban People's Republic
04:21 Yellow Ukraine
05:05 Grey Ukraine
07:17 Green Ukraine
08:53 Outro

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SOURCES

Russian Empire Census (1897): https://archive.org/details/Statistic...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/...

Soviet Census (1926): http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ce...

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Intro Animation / Character Design: Emily Clearwater (iamprettyawesome.co.nz)