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    confirming illuminati again in Rostov na donu. You may ask, why are we using the U.S. bill? Well, Russia is now at war with Ukraine, and the U.S. The U.S. government promised weapons to Ukraine, which come from our biggest, most profitable weapon distributor, Lockheed Martin. Their projects have a 50% failure rate, and those failures are what the U.S. plans to send to Ukraine.

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    Olivia Rutherford Mrs. Smith Pre-AP English 10 19 October 2015 An Explosive Time in Ukrainian History INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH The Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded April 25-26, 1986, near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine. At the time of the incident, Chernobyl’s reactors were owned and operated by the Soviet Ministry of Power and Electrification. The design of the reactor was unique to the Soviets and was called an RBMK, which stands for Large Power Boiling Reactor. Like the reactors in the United

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    pay off at harvest time. Expansion into the bottom portions of Ukraine and Russia allowed for chernozem (some of the richest soil in the world) to be taken advantage of. The depth of the chernozem has been measured up to four feet, but is usually about a foot deep. Because it very fertile and does not require any fertilizer, it is considered some of the best soil in the world for growing grains. The "black earth" region of Ukraine extends throughout about two-thirds of the country and was very

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    On April 26th, 1986 at 1:23 (UTC +3) in the morning, the world’s worst nuclear accident occurred. Pripyat, Ukraine was the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and the incident that occurred there left those in the vicinity with a slew of medical conditions. In fact, the living children of those affected are still dealing with the mutations and other health problems associated with the radiation today. The entire city of Pripyat was abandoned, and is still considered uninhabitable due to the

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    expanded its territories westward. Czarist Catherine the Great encouraged Russian territorial expansion in 1772. She pushed the Border of Russia into the weak and under developed Commonwealth of Polish-Lithuania. Lithuania, Belarus, Poland and the Ukraine were all part of Polish-Lithuania. After acquiring new territory, the Russian nobility needed to decide how to deal with a new culturally diverse citizenry. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lands acquired in the 1700’s, contained significant populations

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    Havenland resides in Ukraine as it was in 2000 AD Havenland is located in Europe along the Black Sea. The capital of Havenland and the north province is Chernobyl, located along the Freedom River and near the northern border with Belarus. The capital of the west province is Rivno, located in the Viking Mountains. The capital of the south province is Sevastopol’, located in the Crimea on the black sea. The capital of the east province is Sumy, located on the northern border with Russia. The climate

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    Throughout history, several sovereign nations across the world have been subject to political corruption by government officials for illegitimate personal gain. Corruption used to be a low profile line item; however, today it has reached heights at which the government must get involved to try to cover it up to ensure its secrecy and avoid exploitation. This instance is referred to as Crony Capitalism, which is a theory that has evolved from corruption over a period of time. This idea involves more

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    In one week, the summer of 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, became history. The forces of reform unleashed by President Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid 1980’s generated a democratic movement. “Mr. Gorbachev may be revered for the democratic forces he unleashed- his policies of perestroika, or reconstructing, and glasnost, or openness. However, his failure to put food on Soviet tables and his reluctance to move boldly on economic reforms doomed him to be a failure'; (Sieff)

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    This is in context to the trade agreement between the European Union and Ukraine. The European Union has continued to expand eastward and this has been one of the causes of the reaction from Russia. Russia also has feared that the expansion of the European Union will cause NATO to expand into Ukraine as well (Higgins and Herszenhorn). In this even realist theory does an excellent job of explaining the actions taken by Russia. The annexation

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    Different Purpose First of all, in order to understand the purpose of an event, we should know its background first. The background of Stalin’s Forced Famine is that Ukraine obstructed a lot of policies which central government made and wanted to separate itself from the Soviet Union (Marples 506) However, the background of Nazi Holocaust is that almost all aspects of Germany were suffering from the unfairness which

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