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History of Ukraine. Prehistoric Ukraine, as a part of the Pontic steppe in Eastern Europe, played an important role in Eurasian cultural events, including the spread of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages, Indo-European migrations, and the domestication of the horse. [1] [2] [dead link] [3] A part of Scythia in antiquity, Ukraine was largely ...
Mar 8, 2022 · To help sort fact from fiction and gain a better understanding of how we got to this point, the "NewsHour"'s Ali Rogin looks at the history of Ukraine and of its people's political independence ...
- When Did Ukraine Gain Independence?
- What Happened Following Independence in 1991?
- What Has Led to These More Recent Tensions Between Ukraine and Russia?
Ukrainehad been part of the Russian empire and was also part of the Soviet Union. But in 1991 it became independent after the collapse of the USSR and there have been tensions between Russia and Ukraine ever since. Ukraine’s deepening relationship with the West has been a flashpoint for President Putin who laments the “loss” of Ukraine. The country...
In 1994 Leonid Kuchma succeeded Leonid Kravchuk in the presidential elections. Mr Kuchma went on to oversee the delicate balancing act of making overtures to the West while maintaining Ukraine’s alliance with Russia. In 1996 a new democratic constitution and the hryvnya currency was introduced in Ukraine. However, a 2002 general election resulted i...
Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the ensuing fighting, the threat of a Russian invasion has seemed imminent. Russian began to amass troops along the Ukrainian border and to date it is believed they number around 190,000. The US has warned that this was “the biggest mobilisation of troops since the second world war”. Russia also recently ...
Mar 3, 2022 · Over the course of centuries, the area that is today Ukraine has been alternatingly swallowed up, controlled, or taken over by the Mongol Empire, later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Russian Empire, while Crimea was at one point a client state of the Ottoman Empire.
August 23, 2021. On August 24, 2021, Ukraine celebrates the 30-year anniversary of its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. This year's Independence Day remains particularly poignant as Ukraine continues to struggle against Russian aggression and the illegal annexation of Crimea. Five years ago, we asked students in the 2016 ...
Mar 8, 2022 · To find out how the United States and its NATO allies have been intertwined in recent events in Ukraine, see this story: Sign up for NewsHour Classroom’s ready-to-go Daily News Lessons delivered ...
Tensions stemming from social discontent, religious strife, and Cossack resentment of Polish authority finally coalesced and came to a head in 1648. Beginning with a seemingly typical Cossack revolt, under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukraine was quickly engulfed in an unprecedented war and revolution.
