There is a fascinatingly (to some) detailed research article on this very subject,” notes Matt Coneys, “by a scholar named Heiko Motschenbacher, a wonderful name in itself.” Brilliant! Who’s up for a quick precis?

“Speaking of countries with articles,” says Chris Parker, “Ukraine was often referred to as ‘the Ukraine’ up until around 1993, when they asked for it to be officially dropped.”

Trudat, I remember is being said of the great Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko.

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