Ukrainian irredentism
Ukrainian irredentism or Greater Ukraine refers to claims made by some Ukrainian to territory outside of Ukraine which are considered part of the national homeland. History. Rise of nationalism. The 10 commandments of the Ukrainian People's Party (1902–1907) were developed by Ukrainian nationalist, the leader of UPP Mykola Mikhnovsky in 1904. These commandments were a kind of honor code for the party. They called for a "one, united, indivisible, from the Carpathians to the Caucasus, independent, free, democratic Ukraine – a republic of working people." Claimed regions. Since Mikhnovsky the idea of ‘Ukrainian Independent United State’ ( "Ukrainska Samostiyna  Soborna Derzhava") has been a key nationalist slogan, but many would argue that the ‘unification’ (соборність "sobornist’") of Ukrainian lands was partially completed in 1939–45. Today’s would-be "Ukraina irredenta" is mainly in the east, on the territory that is now part of the Russian Federation: In the west, some radical nationalists would also cover the following territories: Ukraine seriously claiming territories of neighbouring states is not considered possible. (Foreign claims against Ukrainian territory have been acted on in the Russian Federation's 2014 annexation of Crimea, its covert military support of separatism in the Donbas region, and aggressive  rhetoric by the Russian government.) In the case of Russian–Ukrainian conflict, radical Ukrainian nationalists could try to take advantage in the north Caucasus or elsewhere. Kuban. Ukrainians first settled the Kuban in 1792 and until the mid-twentieth century the majority of the population there identified themselves as Little Russians or Ukrainians, however the percentage of those who identified themselves as Ukrainians dropped from an official 55% (1926) to 0.9% (2002).