The center of Europe is right to the west in Poland, Ukraine used to be for centuries at least partially a part of Poland-Lithuania or the Austrian Empire (south of the Prussian Mitteleuropa). And Kiev began as a Viking colony.

The center of Europe is right to the west in Poland, Ukraine used to be for centuries at least partially a part of Poland-Lithuania or the Austrian Empire (aka the Mitteleurope). And Kiev began as a Viking colony.

The center of Europe is right to the west in Poland, Ukraine used to be for centuries at least partially a part of Poland-Lithuania or the Austrian Empire (very much the Mitteleurope). And Kiev began as a Viking colony.

The center of Europe is right to the west in Poland, Ukraine used to be for centuries at least partially a part of Poland-Lithuania or the Austrian Empire. And Kiev began as a Viking colony.

The center of Europe is right to the west in Poland, Ukraine used to be for centuries at least partially a part of Poland-Lithuania or the Austrian Empire.