Its name translates as "land on the edge", and this year Ukraine may be on the edge of discovery for budget travelers in search of rich history.

这个国家的名字在乌克兰语中意为“边境之地”，而今年乌克兰或许成为许多热爱历史的“穷游族”的旅行首选。

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And Mr Yanukovych believes that taking Ukraine closer to Europe would earn him a place in history and redeem his past.

并且亚努科维奇相信，让乌克兰更接近欧洲将为他在历史上赢得一席之地并弥补他的过去。

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In a protest against him on Monday in the city of Lviv, Ukraine's Congress of Young Nationalists collected old Soviet history books to turn them into pulp.

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"It's the biggest political and social project in the 18-year history of independent Ukraine, " he adds.

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And Russia is merely one border--and a lot of overlapping, dark history--away from Ukraine.

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Though few in Ukraine share Mr Simonenko's interpretation of history, there is some sympathy with his view that the commemoration has been politicised, and that the campaign could damage relations with Russia.

BBC: Ekaterina Marchenko is insistent.