The early 1930s represent some of the darkest years in Ukrainian history and was highlighted by a famine‚ that from 1932-1933‚ claimed the lives of up to six million Ukrainians. While it is counterproductive to declare that the sheer scale of devastation of the famine is greater than other massive twentieth century losses of human life‚ it is nonetheless strange why it is not as pervasive in the collective memory of humans as the Holocaust or Rwandan genocide is. Part of this is due to the fact that
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visited by many prominent historical figures and many important events took place here. It was the place where the famous Pereyaslavska Rada was summoned. It witnessed glorious battles and the rising of Ukrainian culture and art. Now it witnesses the national and cultural revival of the Ukrainian people. Our town is in itself a historical monument‚ and its old streets‚ churches will tell a great deal to an attentive person who is interested in the history of Ukraine. Its fame spreads beyond the
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disappearance to Russia‚ unmarked guards began appearing on the Ukrainian – Russian border. The unmarked military personnel were believed to be the Russian army carrying out military drills. The ‘unmarked soldiers’ quickly began to advance into Crimea. Before it was announced that a referendum will be held in Crimea concerning the peninsula becoming part of Russia once more‚ there have been a number of clashes between Russian and Ukrainian military. After an unsurprising outcome of the referendum in
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region three times a day. They say that couples who go through the tunnel and make a wish have their wish fulfilled. Klevan is an urban-type settlement in the Rivne Raion of Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its population is 7‚470 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Klevan is accessed via the T1B17 and H22 roads‚ and is located 28.3 km northwest of Rivne and 50.4 kilometres southeast of Lutsk along the H22. Klevan lies on the Stubla River. There’s a real place in the Ukraine that looks like this. This
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The Holodomor: An Attack on Ukrainian Nationalism The Holodomor: An Attack on Ukrainian Nationalism This year‚ 2013‚ marks the 81st anniversary of the most devastating event in Ukrainian history—the Holodomor‚ or the government induced famine of 1932-1933. Historian Robert Conquest uses Soviet census data to arrive at a death toll of around 5 million people throughout Ukraine and another 6.5 million deaths during dekulakisation—the
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1. SIMILARITIES OF CULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES This shift in mutual perceptions is backed up by a series of objective findings and generally accepted analyses which all challenge the fear of the Mediterranean partnersthat "intensive labor production will be shifted from the current EU Member States tothe new members‚ and no longer to the Mediterranean partner countries‚ in order tobenefit from salary differentials". The first of these findings is that‚ in trade relations‚ themost worrying
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Ukraine(urban area) * Lʹviv‚ one of the city in Ukraine(suburban area) * Density of 603‚628 km2 or 233‚090 sq mi d. Migration rates * Net migration rate: -0.08 migrant(s)/1‚000 population (2011 est.) e. Ethnic groups * 77.8% Ukrainians * 17.3% Russians * 4.9% others and unspecified B. Economic statistics and activity 1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a. Total * $165.560 billion b. Rate of growth * 5.2% (2011 est.) * 4.2% (2010 est.) * -14
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Ukraine Luhansk People’s Republic Russia Donetsk Oblast Attempts to seize the Donetsk Regional State Administration (RSA) building began since pro-Russian protests erupted in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine‚ in the wake of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Pro-Russian protesters occupied the Donetsk RSA from 1–6 March‚ before being removed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). On 6 April‚ 1‚000–2‚000 people gathered at a rally in Donetsk to demand a status referendum similar to the
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Under his leadership‚ the Soviet Union persecuted the Ukrainian people by denying them their basic needs. An estimated 7‚000‚000 people died in this genocide‚ which is also known as Holodomor‚ meaning “death by hunger.” The events that led up to Holodomor began in 1917 when the Bolsheviks‚ led by Vladimir Lenin‚ took power in Russia. He helped form the Soviet Union with the Ukraine as one of its republics. The Communists knew that Ukrainians were a people with nationalistic pride who could potentially
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Grand Princess Olga Kievan Rus from 912-945 was ruled under the Riurikid dynasty by Igor. Olga‚ a Viking‚ joined the Riurikid family when she married him. In 942‚ she gave birth to Igor’s son‚ Sviatoslav. In 945‚ Igor and his men extorted an unusually large tribute from the Derevlians‚ a Slavic tribe. Igor decided to return back for more but was ambushed and killed. From this‚ the Riurikid family’s control over Kievan Rus was on the brink of collapse as Sviatoslav was a mere toddler‚ necessitating
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