Ukraine is one of the most strategic and fertile lands in the Western Hemisphere. It was however rarely a center of large Empires. It was inhabited by Scythians,Cimmerians,Caucasians and Uralic people. In this AHC,we need a significantly large Empire built by either Scythians,Caucasian peoples,Cimmerians, Finno-Ugric peoples and such people. POD range is 3000BCE till the Turkic expansion into Central Asia. The Empire can stretch through Ukraine,Central Asia,Afghanistan,Iran,Northern fringes of India,Eastern Europe,North Central Europe. So let's see what you've got to make.