Quote: (02-18-2014 11:37 PM)NY Digital Wrote:
Just curious, is there any chance or sense in Western Ukraine joining Poland as a type of commonwealth?
In the past, Ukraine was a part of the large country known as the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth.
I'd say practically no chance. Western Ukraine's history with Poland isn't a happy one...there was bitter fighting between Ukrainians and Poles at the end of WWI and I doubt it's been forgotten. Anyway, I think that if western Ukraine was going to break from the east, they'd absolutely want full independence and nothing less...coming into union with Poland would be seen by nationalists as a big step backwards from the status quo.