Political Correctness in Russia

[Maria Dmytriyeva]

> In the matter of v/na Ukraine, mentioned in another response, this is 
> quite literally a matter of  'political correctness', and is mirrored by 
> the insistence that we should in English refer to 'Ukraine' and not, as 
> formerly, 'the Ukraine'. The argument seems to be that in both cases the 
> old formulation implied that the Ukraine was a mere territory and not an 
> independent state (notwithstanding the analogy of 'na Rusi'). This has 
> been discussed here before, and I would still maintain that it is not 
> 'the' which implies marginality but 'Ukraine', for obvious etymological 
> reasons.
 
I would highly appreciate if you stated these _obvious_ etymological reasons that go at least a step towards science away from folk etymologies so wide-spread among advocates of Ukraine being perceived as an outskirt of the Great Russia.

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