History And Development Of Ukraine

The Ukraine and the U.S. Governments are similar and different in a lot of ways. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the two governments. The essay will begin with a breakdown of the countries’ governments. Then it will talk about each country’s history and culture. The essay will end with a summary of a current issue in each country.

With many new factors making the world globalized and as steps were taken toward modernization in the 1700s, the world underwent many changes, however still keeping some of its initial traditions. From 1700-1900 in Eastern Europe, the economy had switched from agricultural to manufacturing due to the growth of factories and industry in the 1800s and serfdom was abolished, however the tsars still remained the center of authority.

Ukraine is granted a market economy status by the EU and USA. The sharp economic decline in the 90s resulted in deteriorating living standards for most citizens and widespread poverty. However, during the 21st century, there has been some positive economic growth in Ukraine, as well as Eastern Europe as a whole. Ukraine’s currency, the Hryvnia, was introduced in September 1996 and has remained relatively stable. The unstable political situation in Ukraine hardly influences its economic development. GDP has been growing steadily since 2005 at an average growth rate of 7% and industrial production has been expanding by 12%. The Ukrainian economy was hit by the harsh effects of the global financial crisis but managed to attain a 4.2%

Summary: In “Russia and the Curse of Geography” by Tim Marshall, he begins by commenting about the lack of mountains in Eastern Ukraine. He then goes on to go into detail about the European Plains in Eastern Ukraine that have inflicted many invasions on the Russian border. Putin has to feel a need to protect this vulnerable border, just like the Russian leaders before him, although it is very difficult. Russia has been invaded by through the European Plains by Poland, Sweden, the French and the Germans- twice. This constant threat of invasion lead to Russians to invade Poland which has a much smaller border that is more easily protected which in turn protects Russia’s own border.

4. Three problems Odessa has faced during it's history were the plagues “ Weren't enough men well enough to dig the graves of those who had died “. Also his college was competing with a similar institution that the sister city had built. Another one was the first murder in odessa occurred late in the nineteenth century when a cowboy rode into a water-drilling camp one afternoon.

For my paper I’ve chosen Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk’s book “Ukraine. Birth of a Modern Nation”. For me as a Ukrainian it was interesting to see the history of my country and the process of formation of Ukrainian nation from the point of view of the Ukrainian Canadian historian. Initially the book was written in English and translated into Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, and Japanese. Surprisingly it was not translated to Ukrainian, so I had to read it in Russian. Having read some books on Ukrainian history, I can say that this one differs from others and I’ll try to describe, what surprised me the most.

Labor camps, executions, and starvation killed millions of Ukrainians. "The Ukrainian genocide remains largely unknown. After 76 years, the blood of the victims still cries for truth, and the guilt of the perpetrators for exposure”." Ukraine was the last place anyone would have expected a famine. Ukraine was known for their various foods and supply. "The Ukraine is the richest province of the Russian empire.... The soil is a black loam.... I think I have never seen such deep plowing as these peasants give their ground." who would have thought that in just a matter of time millions of people would die of starvation in Ukraine because of one man's orders. (Perloff,

Throughout the twentieth century, the city of Kiev was occupied by various governments, notably the Soviet and the Nazi regimes, during the Second World War. The German army successfully conquered Kiev on September 21st, 1941, after Soviet forces withdrew. Immediately upon German occupation, the planning for eliminating the Jewish population from Kiev began, and was shortly after conducted at the Massacre of Babi Yar, where it has been estimated that any number between 33,771 to 150,000 Jews were murdered. Despite Babi Yar’s involvement in the Holocaust, the events which occurred at Babi Yar were relatively neglected in the studies about the Holocaust. The novel Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel (1970) by A. Antoli (Kuznetsov) has acted as one of few resources which has addressed the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar, as well as the horrific Nazi occupation of Kiev during the Second World War. Kuznetsov was twelve years old upon the Nazi occupation of Kiev and recorded his experience, as well as the experiences of others who survived. The novel has brought light to the oppressive and barbaric nature of the Nazi rule of Kiev which lasted for 778 days. Furthermore, the uncensored version has disclosed how the people living within Kiev acted during the period of Nazi occupation. Prior to this release, Soviet rule had not allowed for any release of information disclosing the massacre of Jews within Kiev during the Second World War. However, due to the oppressive nature of

In this period of time, Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket of Europe.” It had many natural riches, such as fertile crop growing soil, natural coal, iron, and more. More than 70% of Ukraine’s population were traditional village

Ukraine, once a totalitarian state in the USSR, is now being ravaged by civil war. This war has been fought between Ukrainian Nationalist and Pro-Russian supporters in the Donbass region. This rising unrest can be traced back to the Russian ties that run deep in its Government. This Russian influence is being used by President Putin to incite Rebellion in the eyes of Ukrainians, and it all starts with Ukrainian politics of party groups Svoboda and The Party of Regions

The area that is now modern day Ukraine has been inhabited since around 32,000 BC. The country is 233,000 square miles of land and being bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland and Slovakia to the west, Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and finally the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Compared to other countries it is the 46th largest in the world and is ranked 32nd in population with around 44.5 million people. Out of all of those 44.5 million people the poverty rate is at about 24 percent. This means that around 10.8 million people are living in poverty in Ukraine. When looking at the different types of people living in Ukraine the vast majority, about 77 percent are Ukrainians, then 17 percent are Russians and then five percent are other or unspecified. The top two main languages spoken are Ukrainian, which accounts for about 67 percent of the population, and Russian, which accounts for around 30 percent. Also

The two countries, Russia and Ukraine, had different reactions towards the armed violence and impeachment of the Ukrainian president. Although the majority of the Ukrainians opposed Viktor’s decision to procrastinate the signing the EU-Ukraine integration agreement, all the ex-presidents accused for its interference with the affairs of Crimean. The former presidents of Ukraine, including Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma described the present crisis as Russia’s political interventions designed to interfere with the internal affairs of Ukraine and its relationship with the European Union (Hanschke 1). The people of Crimea have not been seeking for secession from Ukraine, but their interest is to have extended autonomy and rights to govern the Crimean affairs with minimum involvement of the government of Ukraine. Russia, on the other hand, have dismissed the accusation and stated that it is pursuing the interest of the people of Crimea to join the Federation of Russia. Russia holds that the people of Crimea have the power to decide the future of their territory and Russia will be ready to respect their decision. Study shows that about 90

The Ukrainian revolution of 2014 and the Russian takeover of the Crimean Peninsula presented the US with what appeared to be unique political challenges. On closer inspection, the Ukrainian crisis is actually quite similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the opponents in opposite positions. With these two crises in mind, the paper will discuss how the ability to understand one's enemies, gain public support, and effectively utilize nuclear weapons presents a significant challenge for the US to leverage its military power to accomplish its political objectives.

The conflict between the Ukraine and Russia is the Ukraine's most long-standing and deadly crisis; since its post-Soviet independence began as a protest against the government dropping plans to forge closer trade ties with the European Union. The conflict between Russia and the Ukraine stems from more than twenty years of weak governance, the government’s inability to promote a coherent executive branch policy, an economy dominated by oligarchs and rife with corruption, heavy reliance on Russia, and distinct differences between Ukraine's population from both Eastern and Western regions in terms of linguistics, religion and ethnicity (Lucas 2009).

The political relations between Ukraine and Russia as the two independent subjects of international relations were established in 1991 after the eighth December of the same year signed the Belavezha agreement between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, which marked the end of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as " subject of international law and geopolitical reality "and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. From that moment we can talk about the beginning of the existence of full political relations between Russia and Ukraine.