Ukraine

European dependence of Russian energy exports has left them with little room for imposing meaningful sanctions, and ties not bounded by a NATO alliance with Ukraine left military action improbable. In President Barrack Obama’s address to the Kremlin, he essentially echoed the ‘do little now and hope that Russia doesn’t act again’ response of the European Union, “An attack on one is an attack on all. So if, in…

The Russian Civil War was a common war battled from November 1917 until October 1922 between a few gatherings in Russia. The principle battling was between the Red Army and the White Army. The Red Army was a multitude of communists. The White Army restricted the communists. Different powers battled against both these gatherings or now and then helped one against the other. The Red Army won this war on the grounds that their armed force was better-composed and they held the best domain. After…

Many Ukrainians immigrated to the United States seeking freedom and the opportunity to achieve success. They were also striving to build more prosperous lives for their families. Since 1877, about 976,000 Ukraine’s have migrated to the united states and that number is still going up. Moving to America presented the Ukrainian Americans with many challenges. The immigrant’s lack of English-language skills prevented them from having favorable jobs. Imbolo Mbue’s novel Behold the Dreamers reveals…

Types of War Stories: Civilians vs. Combatants Although the effects of war permeate society as a whole, civilians and combatants have very different experiences of it. In general, the most common problems civilians can face in wartime are grappling with a loved one being deployed to war or being displaced from their homes due to the outcome of war; most civilians do not directly encounter the threat of death on a daily basis as soldiers do. However, my parents’ retelling of my grandparents’…

The balkanization that caused Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union to break up is caused by Nationalism and the different ethnicities that existed within Austria-Hungary and then Yugoslavia later. Austria-Hungary's primary culture was Austrian, part of the German Cultural branch, yet most of the empire was Slavic Balkan. The breakup of Austria-Hungary created Yugoslavia, and while the ethnicities were part of the same cultural group, the different ethnicities trying to gain power would lead to its…

understand real events because this was life during the war there was no time for thought about losing or death you just had to push through and fight. The poem was written about a charge by British forces across open terrain in Ukraine. British troops were in Ukraine because Russia was taking over Dardanelles. This was bad because it affected Britain's sea routes. Britain's sea routes were important for the to get goods from other countries. The…

Russian royalty of the Dark Ages, the Byzantine Empire, the United Socialist States of Russia. Its current nation-states include: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The similarities in these countries are seen most clearly in their language, religion and cuisine. Russian is the most widely used language of most eastern European…

Bedtime Stories for Kids Description: This is a short folktale from Ukraine that tells the story of a clever and smooth talking peasant and a greedy and haughty chief. Keywords: The peasant, chief, poor peasant, farmer, poor farmer, Ukraine, short stories for kids, folktale, short moral stories for kids, kids world fun Text: This is a folktale from Ukraine, rewritten for Kids World Fun Once upon a time in a village in Ukraine, there lived a rich landlord. He owned many farms, fields and…

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…

Since the founding of our nation on July 04, 1776, we have interacted with different countries to carry out our nations’ daily functions. At the same time, relations with Russia can be described as a labyrinthine imbroglio. In other words, the social and economic connections between the two countries have resulted in a complicated as well as confusing situation. Valentina Matviyenko embodies the United States and Russia relationship perfectly by stating, “[o]f course the United States and Russia…