Crimea

presidency began in 2010 and lasted until the end of the Ukraine crisis in 2014. During his presidency, Yanukovych implemented several pro-Russian actions such as extending the lease of Sevastopol, the base where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is housed (in Crimea). He also very clearly expressed his favor for Russia and gathered more and more power while in office. Eventually, the time came for Ukraine to make a clear decision between the closer ties with the European Union (EU) or Russia.…

into military hospitals. There were no female nurses working at hospitals in the Crimea at the time because of their bad reputation. Despite the lack of female nurses, Nightingale received a letter from Secretary of War Sidney Herbert, requesting her to arrange a crew of nurses to care for the fallen and sick soldiers in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale quickly assembled a group of 38 nurses and sailed them to the Crimea a few days after receiving the letter. The troop went to Scutari, which was…

He asked if she could organize a group of nurses to help the sick and hurt soldiers. She gathered 34 nurses and they sailed to Crimea. The conditions there were horrible. Nothing could have prepared them for what they saw. The hospital was located on top of a cesspool that contaminated their water. The soldiers were lying in there own feces and had rodents and bugs crawling over…

After the Soviet Union broke apart, Russia decided to form a new government having elections in 1990. While many seats were being taken, Moscow ended up losing six elections which started to cause a war of laws against Moscow’s central government. This led to them refusing to pay taxes, control over their local economy, and rejection of union-wide legislation. This fight ended up having supply lines disrupted and had the Soviet economy decline further. The breakup of the Soviet Union had Russia…

There has been plenty of debate about who has the genetic claim to the Crimean Peninsula, and it is these debates that portray the conflict between the Crimean Tatars and the Russians. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has claimed that the Crimea peninsula has always been Russian soil, as the Russian people have always lived there. The Kremlin further claimed that the Crimean Tatars were just a group of settlers of Turkic origin, and thus they had no genetic claim to the land. In essence, they were…

Ukraine has underestimated the crucial role of nationalism in Crimea. Many Russians moved to Crimea in 1990 to escape the collapse of the Soviet Union but they couldn’t return to Russia after 1992 due to International Policy and Human Rights tariffs set by the European Union. Now the perspective has been an important weapon to understand…

Ukrainian revolution and new power. On Ukrainian informative direction in Russia the most widespread reception - "Nazis are guilty in everything." According to Russian MASS-MEDIA, people on Maidan were shot by opposition. Murder Ukrainian military in Crimea too, on the version of the Kremlin Medias, it is realized by the members of the Right sector - "hits from Western Ukraine". They never mention any military action going on from…

In the words of Ronald Reagan, one of the most respected US Presidents: “Republicans believe that every day is the fourth of July, but the democrats believe that every day is April 15”. This statement made by him implies that he believes that Republican conservatives believe that every day is the 4th of July which is the celebration of our independence, and Democrats believe that every day is tax day, which is a day where the government can come and seize your property. On that note, I am…

The Eastern Question is one of the defining aspects of the relationship between what is considered the West (today’s United Kingdom, Germany, France, etc., previously the British Empire, the French Empire, Austria-Hungary, and so on and so forth) and the East (Russia and its sphere of influence in Eastern and Central Europe). The central point of this Eastern Question was contention over the influence and degree of control these opposing powers would have over the slowly dying Ottoman Empire.…

Putin has had control over everything that happens in his country for more than a decade. He has control over the media, which is one of Putin's most powerful weapon when it comes to manipulating the population. Recently, he has started to control other countries in addition. One of these countries includes Ukraina, half of the population believes that they should be part of Russia and would like to be absorbed into the country to become one. The most popular topic that Russia journalists, media…