Not only do I play a mean game of Risk, but I also have a coworker from “the place.” I was shoot him an e-mail today and found myself using the name of “the place,” but wanted to get the proper usage.<br/><br/>A quick Google found me the following site: <a href=”http://www.infoukes.com/faq/the_ukraine/” target=”_blank”>http://www.infoukes.com/faq/the_ukraine/</a><br/><br/>The quick answer? Don’t use “the Ukraine.” “The” is a vestigial (can that be used for words?) article leftover from poor translation.<br/>