[mova] 'the' Ukraine ?

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<http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/64631-ukraine.html>Ukraine
By norwolf
country names normally have zero articles but the USA, the 
Newtherlands, and so on.i can understand it. but the Ukraine, why 
does it have a the? was Ukraine a historical country? was the Ukraine 
a historical region? ...
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