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what was the ukrainians early history like?
The ethnonym Ukrainians became widely accepted only in the 20th century after their territory obtained distinctive statehood in 1917.
how did it obtain distinctive statehood?
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Question: what else did they do in their early history?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides obtaining distinctive statehood, what else did Ukrainians do in their early history?