Quote Originally Posted by bytemare View Post
You really think that there aren't Jews living in Odessa, Uman, Kiev, and Dnipropetrovsk? Wow!
No, I don't, and I didn't say that. I was talking about Western Ukraine. Lvov and surrounding areas. The places you mention are not located there. And I am well aware that there are Jews scattered around most of Ukraine. I even saw Hasidim myself, in Odessa (to my surprise), and I am aware that Ukraine had millions of Jews at one time.

I understand Western Ukraine, is the most ethnically homogenous part of the country though. More rural and agricultural. Of course, correct me if I am wrong. But possibly the part of Ukraine where you'd be least likely to find lots of minorities, or? I guess that if somebody's going to play the "aryan"/white/ultra-nationalist game, that's the least contentious part of Ukraine to do it.

Not to say that I think ultra nationalism or nazism belongs anywhere in modern Europe. But it seems like a particularly bad idea in Southern Ukraine, i.e. Odessa, Crimea, and perhaps Eastern Ukraine - I understand it's quite a melting pot there.