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chris_gerrib ([personal profile] chris_gerrib) wrote2022-03-26 11:45 am
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Banderstan

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.
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