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Ukrainian irredentism orGreater Ukraine refers to claims made by someUkrainian nationalist groups to territory outside ofUkraine which they consider part of the Ukrainian national homeland.
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The 10 commandments of the Ukrainian People's Party (1902–1907) were developed by Ukrainian nationalist, the leader of UPPMykola Mikhnovsky in 1904. These commandments were a kind of honor code for the party. They called for aone, united, indivisible, from the Carpathians to the Caucasus, independent, free, democratic Ukraine – a republic of working people.[1][failed verification]
Since Mikhnovsky the idea of ‘Ukrainian Independent United State’ (Ukrainian:Українська Самостійна Соборна ДержаваUkrainska Samostiyna Soborna Derzhava) has been a key nationalist slogan, but many would argue that the ‘unification’ (соборністьsobornist’) of Ukrainian lands was partially completed in 1939–45.
Today's would-beUkraina irredenta is mainly in the east, on the territory that is now part of the Russian Federation:[2]
In the west, some radical nationalists would also cover the following territories:[2]
Ukraine seriously claiming territories of neighbouring states is not considered possible.[2] Foreign claims against Ukrainian territory[2] have been acted on in the Russian Federation's 2014annexation of Crimea, its covertmilitary support of separatism in the Donbas region, aggressive rhetoric by the Russian government, and ultimately the2022 invasion.[3] In the case of Russian–Ukrainian conflict, radical Ukrainian nationalists could try to take advantage in thenorth Caucasus or elsewhere.[2]
