Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine declared independence on August 24. The map below shows when ... the seventh-largest in Europe. The country comprises 24 regions ...

The leaders of a former Eastern Bloc nation and four former Soviet republics showed support for Georgia in its conflict with Russia at a massive rally in Georgia's capital Tuesday night. The ...

The past 100 years have seen another world war and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, but much of present-day Europe is based ... right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 ...

After the fall of the Soviet Union ... by Ukraine was required to protect from probable Russian attack, since Ukraine being geopolitically situated half-way between Russia and Europe.