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Mar 26, 2022 · Published March 26, 2022 Updated April 13, 2022. Two former republics of the Soviet Union — Russia and Ukraine — are once again in conflict. Here are some pivotal moments in the years leading up...
- Vikings, Mongols, Lithuania, Poland
- Birth of Russian Empire
- Ukrainian Nationalist Movement
- Era of Soviet Union, Great Famine, Chernobyl
- Ukrainian Independence
1037: Kievan Rus - Construction of Saint-Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, which, in refurbished form, still stands today, marks a high point of the Kievan Rus principality. Purportedly founded by Vikings in the 9th century, Kievan Rus grew to encompass present-day Ukraine, Belarus and part of Russia. As historian Anna Reidwrites, it constituted “the easte...
1708: Russia Wins Control of Eastern Ukraine -During the Great Northern War, King Charles XII of Sweden detours into Ukraine as part of his ill-fated invasion of Russia and secures the support of the main Cossack leader at the time (though other Cossacks fight for Russia). The following year, Charles XII’s force is crushed at the Battle of Poltava,...
1800s: Ukrainian Nationalist Movement -Nationalist movements spring up throughout Europe, and Ukraine is no exception. Pro-independence forerunners begin codifying and promoting the Ukrainian language, stressing Ukraine’s distinct culture and history, referring to themselves as Ukrainians for the first time, and, eventually, calling for self-rule. ...
1922: Incorporated Into Soviet Union -Ukraine is incorporated into the newly established Soviet Union. 1932-33: Ukrainian Famine -Seeking to assert his control over Ukraine, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin engineers a famine, known as the Holodomor, which results in an estimated 3.9 million Ukrainian deaths. Most scholars consider this to be a premed...
1991: Ukraine Declares Independence -With the Soviet Union in its death throes, Ukraine’s parliament declares independence, a decision that’s overwhelmingly approved by Ukrainian voters in a national referendum. Ukraine is now fully independent for the first time. 1994: Ukraine Gives Up Nuclear Weapons -Negotiations between the United States, Russi...
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Feb 24, 2023 · Experts say the cause of the military conflict can be tied to a complicated history, Russia’s tensions with NATO and the ambitions of Vladimir Putin. By Elliott Davis Jr. Feb....
Feb 24, 2022 · Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, initiating a war that will have sweeping consequences for Ukraine, for Europe, and for the international order. Below, Foreign Affairs editors have selected some of our best analysis of the roots of the conflict and what comes next.
Feb 24, 2022 · Politics. The increasingly complicated Russia-Ukraine crisis, explained. How the world got here, what Russia wants, and more questions, answered. By Jen Kirby and Jonathan Guyer Updated...
Mar 1, 2022 · Here is a timeline of Ukraine's fraught relationship with Moscow since it won independence in 1991 and the events that led to the current conflict. 1991: Shortly after the fall of the Soviet...
Apr 26, 2022 · The salience that Putin and other Russian elites assign to the idea of Russian-Ukrainian-Belarusian unity helps explain the origins of the current conflict, notably why Moscow was willing to risk a large-scale war on its borders when neither Ukraine nor NATO posed any military threat.
