Andreas Johansson scripsit Friday, November 23, 2001 8:14 PM
> Speaking of Ukraine, a question popped up in my head the other day - are
the
> names "Ukraine" and "Krajina" related? They don't look to disimilar, and
I'm
> told that "Ukraina" means "borderland", while Krajina used to be part of
the
> Austrian Militärgrenze ("Military Border" or whatever you call it in
> English). Anybody knows?
Dear Andreas,
to my mind you're right, although this idea is not pretty popular in Ukraine
itself :-))
Nobody wants to be just a "borderland".