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Sep 7, 2023 · 6 subscribers. 0. 1 view 1 minute ago SALT LAKE CITY. 🎥 In this captivating video, we delve deep into the origins of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, exploring the turbulent history...
Feb 25, 2022 · 41. 889 views 1 year ago Short History Lectures. This is meant as a general overview lecture, it does not go into the massive amount of details that are part of the Ukraine/Russian...
- 8 min
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- David & History for the Ages.
- 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...
- Jesse Greenspan
- 4 min
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...
