Thread:PolishRapidFire-Mapper/@comment-27573652-20160603115700/@comment-30574470-20160606055724

It was owned by Russia more recently, so...

You could say that Ukraine is Mongolian because it used to be owned by Mongolia. But in terms of culture and ethnicity, that's complete rubbish.

It's the same here. the USSR owned those nations most recently, so they get to have them.