Claim: The 1709 Ukraina, a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter, was discovered by G. Shajn in Simeiz Obs. on August 16, 1925.
Evidence: 1709 Ukraina, provisional designation 1925 QA, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 August 1925, by Soviet astronomer Grigory Shajn at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. 
G. Shajn Simeiz Obs. 16 August 1925 1709 Ukraina, provisional designation 1925 QA, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter.