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    George Skelton: Recalling a '90s Ukraine on the verge of hard-won independence

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Mar 01, 2022 3 minutes
    Hundreds of Ukrainian Americans and supporters of Ukraine rally to denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine along Santa Monica Boulevard in Westwood, California, on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thirty-two years ago, I saw something in Odessa, Ukraine, that still fascinates me.

    We were at a popular park on the Black Sea. A long line of Ukrainians — maybe 50 — were at a booth where T-shirts, snacks and newspapers were being sold. People were there for the newspapers.

    Even back then, this was a remarkable sight. Americans weren't lining up for newspapers three decades ago and certainly aren't these days.

    Ukrainians were grabbing up newspapers because their parliament had just — on July 16, 1990 — declared the nation's

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