Ukraine

annex a sovereign nation in the name of “protecting its legitimate security interests” (Daly 2014). Russia claims that they had a legitimate claim to Crimea, over NATO, and that they’re nation’s “behavior towards Ukraine is actually a reasonable response to Western attempts to wrest Ukraine from Russia’s sphere of influence” (Motyl 2015). The annexation of Crimea by the Russian federation along with their subsequent strengthening of the black sea fleet was purely a way for Russia to further…

Since the split up of the Soviet Union in the early 90's, Russia has been fighting to claim back many of its old territories in Asia, Europe and the Far North. The world has seen this in March's annexation of Crimea, and multiple invasions of Ukraine and Georgia in the last two years. What the world hasn't seen, however, is the military movements that Russia has kept under wraps since: the militarization and potential annexation of Arctic seas and lands. These claims and occupations of UN…

affected millions of people in Ukraine between the years of 1932 and 1933. It all started when Joseph Stalin tried to create a new policy, the collectivization policy. The end goal of this new policy was to increase the productivity of farmers by removing them from small farms and relocating them to much larger farms and using mass agricultural policies. The government began seizing privately owned farms and livestock, which had a horrendous effect because a majority of Ukraine was traditional…

As an American, what I have seen and heard about Russia, I think Russian citizens are strong and very independent. From the news on the other hand, they may be a strong country but they are very homophobic and weirdly set in their ways. "Russian culture has a long and rich cultural history, steeped in literature, ballet, painting and classical music." (Bradford) The country is a collectivist culture which places high value on their homeland and family. After soviet rule, citizens had a deep…

By the end of year 1933, three million children, along with 25% of the population of Ukraine, became deceased (The History Place Staff). Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Stalin mistakenly thought that the people of the Soviet Union wanted to start a revolution against him. Stalin took offence to this and deprived food from his own people. Stalin was a very feared man. If he felt like his people wanted to rebel against him, he sent them to labor camps.…

In a treasury of the world history, there are many prominent political leaders, who contributed significantly or changed the world. Every day we encounter names of those who preserved or betrayed nations. One of most widely discussed is notorious historical leader, Joseph Stalin, Russian soviet politician. Although Stalin’s contribution to industrialization of Soviet Union was immense, usually the name of this person elicits associations with war, hunger, and tyranny. In memories of millions of…

population terrorized. Stalin maintained political terror in the form of periodic waves of arrests until he died. Lenin, the first leader of the Soviet Union, took over Ukraine in 1921 after 4 years of fighting. The Soviets immediately began shipping massive amounts of grain from Ukraine. After that, a drought occurred in Ukraine, resulting in widespread starvation and a surge of resentment against Lenin and the Soviets. To lessen the hatred, Lenin relaxed his grip on the country, stopped…

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…

The policy of collectivisation was one of the key agricultural policies of Joseph Stalin in the late 1920s and throughout the rest of his reign. Stalin 's policy intended to consolidate individual farms, including farmers lands, equipment and labour, into collective farms called called kolkhozy and sovkhozy. They were owned by the state and paid peasants farmers as hired labour (sovkhozy) or volunteer cooperative collective farms(kolkhozy). The policy of collectivisation was significant because…

In recent decades, people have always wondered what exactly happened at the Chernobyl power plant and why the media consistently brings it up. The tragedy began in Soviet Ukraine, near the abandoned city of Pripyat, which suffered immediate consequences from the nuclear reactor's explosion. The colossal blast released radiation into the atmosphere which ended up spreading and killing many organisms. This spontaneous accident was recorded all over the world and alarmed many European nations.…