Banderstan
Mar. 26th, 2022 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, I've seen on various pro-Russian sites a tendency to describe Ukraine as "Banderstan." I didn't know why. Now I do. A Ukrainian figure of the WWII era who went by the name Bander fought at various times with the Germans and against the Communists. The history is complex - read the whole thing.