Ukraine

The origins of Kievan Rus’ have been the subject of scholarly debate for some time. Mainly this has been framed under the Normanist question. This inquiry asks, did the Varangians organize political and social order in the Rus’ lands, or was there a sociopolitical infrastructure in place upon arrival? Eve Levin’s article “Childbirth in Pre-Petrine Russia: Canon Law and Popular Traditions” describes the connection between the Slavic pagan rituals and Orthodox Christian theology present during…

The Russian state has a very long history in correlation with religion. Christianity was first introduced to Russia by the Byzantine Empire. Trading ties between Russia and the Byzantine Empire was very strong. Through contact with Byzantines, Russians were influenced by their religion, government, architecture, and art. As a result Russians tried to imitate the Byzantines system of government and adopted Christianity. It was not until 988 that Christianity was the state religion as established…

The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) stems from a 1992 Department of Defense (DOD) desire to create and expand military security cooperation efforts in Eastern European countries. Sensitive to Russian concerns that US Active Duty military cooperation activities would appear threating, the DOD established the National Guard State Partnership for Peace program. Starting in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this program paired US National Guard soldiers and…

I stand before the United Nations Security Council representing the country of Sweden to discuss what we find is of great concern to our proud sovereign state. To initiate today’s proceedings, I wish to thank the Security Council and the United Nations on behalf of our country for allowing us to appear before you and to present our case. Our nation will argue that the threat the Russian Federation poses to our state is of utmost urgency and importance. Furthermore, we request assistance on this…

During the war against the Soviet Union, the Germans faced considerable resistance from the Soviet Partisans. The Soviet Partisans were an extension of the Red Army and the Soviet government, and waged guerilla warfare against the occupying German forces, with the ultimate goal of forcing a German retreat. When the Germans invaded, there were Partisan bands already in place however they still lacked strength due to Stalin’s purges. In January 1941, the partisans numbered around 30,000, and…

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder argues that in the geographic region that he entitles “Bloodlands”, the area between Germany and Russia, during 1933-1945 under the Stalinist and Nazi regime resulted in over 14 million deaths committed by brutal regimes. His hope in this book is to look at the two regimes and how they respectively killed so many citizens but also to give Eastern Europe the attention it has not yet received from a historical perspective and…

Hello name’s Cameron, Cameron sydnor and I used to work at a nuclear facility . The chernobyl nuclear disaster was a terrible event, yet very few people actually know the backstory of the plant. Despite the story being fairly interesting. For example did you before the meltdown the leader of the facility once said “the chance of a full scale meltdown is one in a million” clearly this man cannot see the future or else he would have said (scream this) “OH NO THE PLANT IS GOING DOWN WE ARE ALL…

Russia became a more powerful European state by exerting religious and military pressure on the Ottomans in order to conquer Constantinople. By taking control of Constantinople, Russia realized immediate economic power as it gained access to the city’s trade ports and opportunities to gain supplies. Russia's political focus was to become a stronger European state. They knew that Britain had a strong reputation for such a successful European state, and wanted to become bigger, and more…

Imagine that a nuclear power plant exploded in your town. What would you tell the press if you survived? Chernobyl survivors have different stories, and Yuri Korneev is one of them. The Soviets tried to cover it up, and more people were hurt. Lots of radiation polluted the air and many organizations tried to help. Many things can go wrong and because of that many people were hurt. Chernobyl should have never happened, but there are some survivors. Survivors of Chernobyl live on to tell…

The Chernobyl disaster occurred on an early morning on April 26, 1986. The accident caused an entire Ukraine city to be evacuated and abandoned. Do to the explosion, radioactive substances reached an altitude of 1.5 kilometers into the atmosphere. Being a windy day, all of the radioactive substances which formed a cloud were drifted above Scandinavia. The cloud then came back above the Ukraine. Research today shows us that radioactive clouds from the accident have made their way across the…