Ukraine - the state in the East Europe, in the south is washed Black and Azov by the seas. In the east, northeast and the north borders on Russia, in the north - with Belarus, in the West - with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, in a southwest - with Romania and Moldova.
The word "Ukraine" happens from an old russian word «оукраина», mattered, according to opinion of the majority of researches, « frontier district ».
Some Ukrainian scientists nowadays try to challenge this ethymology, approving, that a basis of the name "Ukraine", but the word "edge{territory}" actually served in value «украивания» (as though cuttings) as a part of slavic tribes of the grounds for residing.
In modern Russian correct word usage of pretexts "on" or "in" before the name of Ukraine sometimes consider as a question at issue. Professor Lopatin specifies, that the use « to Ukraine », « from Ukraine », « in Ukraine », but « in the state Ukraine » is historically normative. In D.E.Rosental's directory it is told, that it is necessary to write « to Ukraine », « from Ukraine », « in Ukraine » (and the given change has been brought in the directory already after D.Rozentalja's death).
As the help service specifies, « in 1993 on demand of the Government of Ukraine normative it was necessary to recognize variants „ to Ukraine “ and accordingly „ from Ukraine “. That, in opinion of the Ukrainian Government, broke off etymological communication{connection} of designs not arranging it{him} „ to Ukraine "and" on surburb “ ». The help service of Russian always recommends to use exclusively a variant with use of a pretext "on": « in Ukraine », « to Ukraine » (in any contexts).
Earlier (up to the announcement of independence of Ukraine) the form « in Ukraine ».
