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Western Ukraine and Ukraine out of the Western part are two different lands mentally, ethnically, genetically, culturally, religions differs in most of cases too. Western Ukrainians are the mix of Rusyn population and some mountain tribes like Hutsuls, Boyki, Lemki and few others, Hutsuls are of Vlach origin. Yep, I agree that Western Ukrainians are someway similar to Croats, not the Dalmatian and Istrian ones, but from Slavonia, Baranja, Medjimurje. Whole other Ukraine has nothing in common with Croatia. Sovetoids in Kiev who got Ukraine in 1991 decided to base their patriotism and nationalism on Western Ukrainian version which is totally alien for whole Ukraine out of the West. Personally, I consider 1939 when Stalin stole those regions to be the tragedy and one of numerous time bombs created by Communists.
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