History

Which Soviet-era policy debunks the narrative that Ukraine's borders were arbitrary 'gifts' from Soviet leaders rather than historic ethnic regions?

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Correct answer

The 1920s Korenizatsiya (Ukrainization) commissions

Explanation

During the early 1920s policy of Korenizatsiya ('indigenization'), border commissions delimited the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic based explicitly on regions where ethnic Ukrainians formed the majority of the population.

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Question added 2026-10-26