With the power vacuum created with the end of Hunnic and Gothic rule, , possibly emerging from the remnants of the Kiev culture, began to expand over much of the territory that is now Ukraine during the 5th century, and beyond to the Balkans from the 6th century.
History of Ukraine in two volumes.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine became an independent state, formalised with a.
The Ukrainophile school promotes an identity that is mutually exclusive of Russia.