":Then they would have came from the Central Rada, the Hetmanate, the Directorate, the Ukrainian People's Republic or the West Ukrainian People's Republic.  Either way it's deprecated usage that originally contained ""the"".  Regardless people usually refer to it in its present form (much like Beijing is now used instead of Peking) and proper English declares it without 'the'.  8:31, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

"