Posted: Apr 07, 2010 8:28 am
David M wrote: To a Ukrainian when talking pre-independence"Soviet citizen" would be acceptable in place of "Ukrainian", "Russian" would not.
Well yes, "pre-independence" is the key word. I think what ConnyRaSk was reacting to (and certainly what I was reacting to) is the idea of using the term "Soviet" now - the list linked to in the OP comes without an indication that it's outdated, as if it were still in use. I doubt that your Ukrainian relatives would be very happy if somebody referred to them as Soviet! (If anybody described me as Yugoslavian they would be in for a history lecture
).