Ukrainians

The culture of Ukraine is unique and different from each other, but among years it has been affected by its eastern and western neighbors, which is shown in its structure. The geographical conditions influenced the Ukrainian culture, curiosity of the historical procedure, as well as relations with other ethnic cultures. An important historical period in the Ukrainian culture was after independence. Ukrainian national identity exist from personal self-determination shared with others in the basis of common culture and family traditions. Ukrainian culture additionally experienced huge changes, commanded by the Eastern Standard Church and pre-Christian conventions. The impacts of the communist style of life are obvious in the locale as a consequence…

There has been an on-going battle in Ukraine for control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The United Nations has been informed about the growing number of civilian deaths but they have yet to do anything. Russia was accused of backing the Russian separatist on Ukrainian soil but they deny taking any part in that. Russia has gotten away with a lot of their activities and choices they made. They don’t take any accountability for what they have done, this just encourages them to do more. If…

(a peninsula in Europe) from Ukraine, there has been an on-going Russian-Ukranian conflict. Since April 2014, more than 6,500 people have died due to the atrocious and barbarous war. Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia, is the location of the controversial battle. The conflict began due to Russian-originated Rebels wanting to establish a self-governing, autonomous government, non-dependent of the Ukranian one, led by Petro Poroshenko. The Rebels dwell in Donetsk, one of the…

every other news cast, it is shocking that one of the worst cases of propaganda and fake news has yet to be totally publically accepted. Known as “Holodomor” the Ukrainian genocide continues to be one of Russian dirtiest, well kept secret. Starting in the late 20’s the with mass arrests and deportations, it culminated with a man-made famine from 1932-1933, it is believed that Stalin was able to kill between 7 to 14 million Ukrainian nationals. The Soviets propaganda machine blatantly lied…

become better; life has become more fun” (166). This is the chant that Stalin forced his people under his rule to proclaim…including the Ukrainians during the period of 1932-1933. During this time, the question of whether or not a mass starvation of an entire country of people would be considered as a true case of genocide? This has been the debate for the last half-century between the Communist Party in the Soviet Union and the Ukrainians.“The authorities of the period denied that a famine was…

In the Ukrainian case the Ukrainian language seems to be the most obvious identity marker, used by the government to create a stronger national identity in the country by introducing specific linguistic policies . Why is that?  National Identity in Ukraine First of all, it is essential to state the significance of the national identity issue in the context of the current conflict in eastern Ukraine, escalated, besides other reasons, because of the crisis within the country. After the period of…

Every resident of present Central and Eastern Europe has at least a basic understanding of communism, either from personal experience, or from history teachers and older relatives. But while the majority of Europe agrees that the Eastern Bloc’s socioeconomic system was fundamentally flawed, there are still many proponents of the Marxist-Leninist ideology. These advocates of the socialist state are the topic of the poem “Slavic gods” written by Andriy Bondar, a contemporary Ukrainian poet, who…

The Great Famine The Soviet Union thinks tense? of ways to take over the Ukraine to implement them in their everyday lives. The famine was also called Holodomor, which means a deliberately implemented starvation. The Ukrainian farmers were given chances to join collectivization yet, they instinctively decided to remain independent. People were evacuated and sent to different places such as Cuba, with death in their future. People were sent to concentration camps where ultimately, death was the…

Tethered to global, everyday life are a myriad of political ideologies constructing many individuals’ identities and experiences. These ideologies--Anarchism, Conservatism, Fascism, and Communism to name a few--have reshaped as time has progressed to suit the plights and desires of humanity’s dynamic existence. But many times, unfortunately, these systems fail to serve any beneficial purpose; they exploit the population, and they destroy. Especially notorious for the exploitation of its citizens…

In 1948, the United Nations defined genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group….” The Ukrainian Famine, which lasted from 1932-1933 was a famine in the Soviet controlled Republic of Ukraine, in which more than 7 million people perished and died from starvation. This famine, also known as the Holodomor, was true to the meaning; people were not being sacrificed for a cause, instead they were dying for no reason…