Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in southeastern Europe.

Ukraine in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Ukraine was part of the Greater German Reich. During World War Two, the Reich committed genocide against the Slavic Ukrainians. The remaining handful of Ukrainians were enslaved by the Reich while the Ukraine was made part of the Ostlands and was settled by Germans.

Ukrainians, along with Russians, Poles, Serbs and Arabs, were used as slave laborers by German industry for "dirty" or dangerous work. An industrial accident in the Ruhr was reported on TV as having caused the deaths of "Twelve Aryans and an unknown number of Untermench".

Ukraine in Southern Victory
Formerly a Russian province, Ukraine was taken from Russia by Germany at the end of the Great War. It was subject to a brutal German occupation during the confusion of the Russian Civil War. With the outbreak of the Second Great War, Ukraine became a major battlefield. Though nominally allied with the Central Powers, the Ukrainians' allegiances were divided, and during 1942-43 the country was ravaged by partisan bands aligned with one side or the other.

By the end of 1943, Germany had successfully liberated Ukraine from Russian forces.

Ukraine in Worldwar
The Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of the republics making up the Soviet Union, which was of course dominated by Russia. During World War II, German forces had stirred up a Ukranian seperatist movement, and twenty years later the movement was still active, commiting acts of violence against Soviet officials and agencies. The rebels were still supported by Germany, which smuggled weapons to them via Romania, as well as by the Race, which smuggled weapons across the Polish border.

Nikita Khruschev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukranian SSR and its chief political executive official.