... Congress)xii ■ UKRAINE than eastern Ukraine, but cooler in the summer. The climate in the farsouth is Mediterranean. Precipitation is much higher in the north than in the south.A Proud People Ukraine ... dominated Ukraine for the next 500years, setting up a noble ruling class.By about A.D. 500, various Slavic tribes, wandering the land in thewake of the Scythians, settled in southern Ukraine ... Rus-sia apart quickly enveloped Ukraine. The Poles, Czechs, and Romaniansjoined in the fray, hoping to take a chunk of rich Ukraine for themselves.For four years, Ukraine saw little but devastation....