helped form the Soviet Union with the Ukraine as one of its republics. The Communists knew that Ukrainians were a people with nationalistic pride who could potentially resist soviet control. To keep them content‚ Moscow allowed them a great deal of independence. This changed in 1924 when Lenin died and Josef Stalin came into power (Mischenko-Mycyk). Stalin is known as one of the most brutal and ruthless dictators in human history. He feared that the Ukraine‚ the largest of the non-Russian republics
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Recently‚ Rex Tillerson is chosen to be the Secretary of State by Donald Trump. This decision makes people wonder whether or not Rex is qualified for the job. In my opinion‚ I believe Rex Tillerson is fit to be the Secretary of State. Judging by his character‚ it is clear that he is passionate about his job. After earning a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering‚ he started working at Exxon and was determined to do everything he can to help the company become successful. Due to the fact Rex produced
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near the Black Sea in Odesa‚ Mykolaiv‚ Kherson‚ Izmail‚ and Kerch. The waters of the shallower bays contain a large amount of calcium‚ sodium‚ and magnesium salts which are used by Saky Chemical Plant in the Cremea area (Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine). In 2007‚ about 961‚000 people were employed because of the Black Sea. There was and still is variety of job opportunities from the Black Sea whether it has to do with shipping‚ ports‚ industrial plants‚ ports‚ and tourism (Black Sea Statistics)
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perfect quality confectionery products (chocolate and jelly sweets‚ caramel‚ chocolate‚ biscuits‚ wafers‚ sponge cakes‚ swiss rolls and cakes). The total volume of production reaches 450 thousand tons per year. Head office is located in Kiev City‚ Ukraine. The Corporation ROSHEN consits of 4 Ukrainian factories (Kiev‚ two production sites in Vinnitsa‚ Mariupol and Kremenchug)‚ two production sites of the Lipetsk Confectionery Factory (Russia)‚ the Klaipeda Confectionery Factory (Lithuania)‚ Bonbonetti
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In the spring 1931‚ my great-grandfather Vasil was one of ten sons that survived an encounter with Kremlin officials in his home town near Cherkassy‚ Ukraine. Living within the borders of the Soviet Union‚ the village was exploited for its rich fields of grain. Officials came to warn my family
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Euromaidan‚ Ukrainian revolution and Crimean crisis Best Civil Services Books Ukraine Crisis makes news headlines almost every day now. In this globalized world‚ no event occurs in isolation. Whether or not involved‚ every crisis‚ revolution or peace treaty has impact on almost all nations. It is in this perspective that we should see Ukraine crisis. As you might be aware the major parties involved as Ukraine‚ Russia and the West (mainly US). We shall analyse the background details of the present
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project constructed after the dissolution of the CMEA system and the Soviet Union. This project remains the single largest expansion of gas transmission through Belarus. Whereas nearly all Russian gas exports to Western Europe traveled through Ukraine (and still do today)‚ by the middle 1990s theft and risk of interruption of gas during Ukrainian
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Ukraine sent armored vehicles and artillery to retake Slovyansk‚ a stronghold for pro-separatist forces‚ defying President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pull back troops with Russia’s army massed across the border. Interior Ministry forces were dispatched at 4:30 a.m. local time to drive out militants and free hostages‚ including eight international monitors‚ minister Arsen Avakov said on Facebook. Rebels shot down two helicopters‚ killing two pilots‚ the Defense Ministry said. Acting Ukrainian President
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the 81st anniversary of the most devastating event in Ukrainian history—the Holodomor‚ or the government induced famine of 1932-1933. Historian Robert Conquest uses Soviet census data to arrive at a death toll of around 5 million people throughout Ukraine and another 6.5 million deaths during dekulakisation—the elimination of landowners‚ prior to the Great Famine (Reid 116). These numbers add up to twice the number of deaths recorded during the Holocaust with a lingering possibility of being grossly
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accepted to have led to the death of millions in the Soviet Union‚ mainly Ukrainian peasant farmers. The famine was largely man-made‚ although the episode remains controversial. In 2006 (under the West-leaning Viktor Yushchenko) the government of Ukraine passed a law recognizing the disaster as genocide against the Ukrainian people. Crimea was formally absorbed into the Russian empire by Catherine the Great in the 18th century ‚ that’s when Russia’s strategically important Black Sea naval base at
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