Ukraine Economy and Politics

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.

It started in 1920 when Ukraine tried to break away from the Soviet Union, but it was unsuccessful because Stalin wouldn’t let them. Stalin then at the end of the 1920s, wanted to shut down Ukraine’s autonomy. He does so by having individuals arrested, sent to prison, and even executed (Sebag, 2008). Ukraine used to be the bread basket of Russia. That was until Stalin and his crew took over and held over ¾ of Ukraine hostage. While he was having people imprisoned and executed, he also ordered the collectivization of agriculture. Most of Ukraine were peasants and farmers. The majority of these people owned a good amount of land, and some even owned livestock. There were people who were against collectivization. These people were called Kulaks, which are rich peasants. Thousands of people were thrown out of their homes and even deported. (Bohdan, 2013)

Russia’s economy has been becoming tight on public finances but they believe that it’ll help their economy. The reason they think it’ll help their economy is because it help keep inflation under control. They are also trying to get interest rates cut down to a smaller amount which will also help out the economy. The Russian government has been preparing for big unemployment rises due to the monopolies. The monopolies are saying it’ll help people find new jobs but it really won’t because now they’ll be on the unemployment list and will be having the government paying them until they find a new job. By having more people on the unemployment list it adds to the country's debt.

Ukraine’s hope and will was in the hands of the dictator Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin instilled a totalitarian government into Ukraine’s society. Moreover, Stalin tried to cut any threats that would affect his plan in making Russia a communist utopia, by using the secret police. But according to document 1, the Ukrainian’s were independent, rebellious people who believed strongly in their culture and traditional ways consequently, this caused much controversy with Joseph Stalin and the Ukrainian’s, such as Ukrainian’s not being able to speak up about the collectivization and not being able to practice different religions because of Russification. Likewise, Stalin used propaganda for in an effort of gaining support for collectivization, this

How significant was war in bringing about political change in Russia in the year 1856-1964?

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%

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.

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

Starting out with the differences the first things that I realized was the size of the population, Ukraine has 42.3 million people, while the US has 325.4 million people. I believe the U.S. has a bigger population because there are more opportunities in this country and you can have a better quality of life. The other major differences between these two countries is that Ukraine has a higher mortality rate almost double the U.S. rate. Also the life expectancy in the U.S. is about ten years higher for males and females than in Ukraine. I believe these differences exist because there is currently a war going on between Ukraine and Russia and a lot of people die in wars. Also there are lower life

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 job of the government was improved their people's life and not take benefit from the people. The policies and laws were made to protect the citizen's rights. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union government proposed to enforce its policies of collectivization and grain quotas by forcing people working together in the collective farm. Because Ukrainian didn't follow the directives from Moscow. Therefore, the Soviet Union established a policy specific against the people don't follow the direction from the Soviet Union government. This affected a lot of people in Ukraine. According to document 2," Immediate question of delivery of goods, completes the suspension of corporate and states in the village..." This piece of textual evidence demonstrates that the people that disobey the orders from the Soviet Union

Throughout their shared history, Russia had been the leader, Ukraine the submissive follower. The two nations had shared much of their history and culture, constantly entwined, and Russia was determined to keep it that way. With the increasing need to industrialize, Stalin ordered the collectivization of farms throughout the USSR and forced them to meet impossibly high quotas. With the Ukrainians’ failure to meet the quotas, they were forced to go without food for the winter and spring of 1931-1932, causing the deaths of millions. Then and now, the people of Ukraine struggle to grapple with the tragedy and the effects of it (Birg & Vanik, 2015).

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).

Russia is a country that is known for their strong sense of cultural traditions and vast natural resources. However, during the last ten years the country has been rapidly changing. In some cases, these transformations have helped to improve the standard of living and increase tax revenues. While at other times, these shifts are signaling a regression back to many of the policies that were used by communist regimes. To fully understand what is taking place requires: assessing the nation's economic performance during the last 10 years, discussing factors that are contributing to this change, analyzing the culture of the county and studying other areas that are relevant to running a business. Together, these elements will provide the greatest insights as to how Russia has changed from 2002 to 2012.