[Solon]

You just don't get it. Those churches are not Catholic.

And that attempt lasted what 8 years?

The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church at the beginning of the 1930s was liquidated.

Now go read a book.

[Destro]

The Uniates were at first courted by the Communists until Stalin came along and he was afraid that this was creatinga national movement in Western Ukrain so he ended it. Stalin used one group against the other.