Take the world back 100+ years. Baldwin Locomotive works was heavily involved, producing a steam locomotive for far eastern Europe. There was a revolution, the U.S. government stepped-in, to keep Baldwin solvent. MTH had done that locomotive model.
20+ years ago, when my family was in school, then college, there was a globe, I did a daily/weekly, ?? Find it ??. My guess, from my personal experience, most, would not know the location of Ukraine, or Russia, on a globe, or a map. IMO, Mike CT.
New word, ..... holodomor...... A quick google search, revealed a lot of information.