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> but for the most part it was happy to be part of Russia/USSR until the USSR collapse.

All of the Ukrainian imigrants in North America would dispute that. See also, Holodomor.




My father is a Ukrainian immigrant in North America. He does not share your opinion. So you probably shouldn't speak for all of them.

As for Holodomor, it was caused by a bloody dictator who killed a lot more Russians than Ukrainians during the same period, so I'm not sure it proves anything about Russian/Ukrainian relationship. To him it would not make any difference if Ukraine was not part of Soviet Union (see how he treated Poland).




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