history of the Ukrainian people is complex and spans thousands of years. It includes various groups that have settled in the region now known as Ukraine. Around 700 BC, the Scythians, a semi-nomadic Iranic people from the Eurasian region known as Scythia, settled on the Ukrainian steppes.56 In the 3rd century AD, the Goths, a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia, began migrating towards Eastern Europe and settled in the area of modern Ukraine.5 The Goths were later displaced by the Huns around AD 370.5