Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 13, Number 21, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 April 1943 — Ukrainians Are Russians With Their Own Republic [ARTICLE]

Ukrainians Are Russians With Their Own Republic

The Ukrainians are Russians, and they have a republic of their own which is a constituent member of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. By origin, however, they differ from the “Great Russians,” and .they have their own language. Their land is one of the most fertile in the world; hence the German desire to conquer it. Ukrainians were often in conflict with the Czars of Russia, but the disappearance of their native aristocracy has demolished most of their nationalism.