ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood has spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the

east. in world war one. and world war 2. and every time the ukrainian people ended up paying the highest price for these grand games of power. history doesn't repeat but it surely rhymes said mark twain. if one looks closely at the history of ukraine one will notice many rhymes. being surrounded by stronger powers ukraine has needed a lot of cunning to survive and they are they truly mastered with time is the art of changing sides. in the middle of the 17th century ukrainian leader bogged down who. broke a truce agreement made with poland siding more powerful russia. just

over 50 years later as the russians swedish war was raging another ukrainian leader ivan mazeppa be. the union with russia when he switched sides joining forces with the swedish invaders many times ukrainian history was written by 3rd parties seeking to keep the gains of a revolution at any cost russia agreed to the humiliating conditions of the breast with. of 1918 which turned ukraine into a german protectorate another historical document to change the fate of ukraine was the molotov ribbentrop pact of 19391 of many such agreements being signed between european countries and rising germany. attempting to protect his nation from the approaching nazi threat. joseph stalin negotiated a treaty of nonaggression with adolf hitler while promising each other piece of the soviet in german foreign ministers molotov and ribbentrop realigned the map of

eastern europe splitting it into german and soviet spheres of influence. no sooner had the molotov ribbentrop pact been signed then poland was split and in september of 1939 eastern poland awoke to be western ukraine and a part of the family of soviet republics and the u.s.s.r. . but even this bold dividing of lands and nations only delayed the inevitable germany broke its promise to the u.s.s.r. . on june 22nd 1941 germany invaded the u.s.s.r. launching barbara rossa the largest military operation in world history.

barbara was aiming for st petersburg moscow and kiev ukraine 3 destinations of major significance. ukraine with its rich lands and resources was an important industrial and economic source for the u.s.s.r. to cut it off from the soviet union would strike a big blow indeed. for most of the soviet union the 2nd world war was about fighting the invaders of the land. but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war 2 broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by

ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to go and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than $80000.00 people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cruelty towards the polish jewish and russian people on the territory of ukraine. members of these military groups came mostly from the organization of ukrainian nationalists b.-o. un founded in 1929 this organization had an ultimate goal of creating an ethnically pure independent ukraine and considered terror an acceptable tool for achieving their ends their official flag was black and red land and blood it will remain in ukraine's history long after the o. un will cease to exist in early 1940 the most radical nationalistic part of the

organization of ukrainian nationalists got its own leader step on bond era severely anti semitic an anti come. nest he proclaimed an independent ukraine in 1901. his german allies frowned upon such an act of self will and it landed him in prison for nearly all the 2nd world war not participating in the events physically. still managed to successfully spread his ideology. many independent historians estimate that the militia exterminated from 152200000 jews on ukrainian territory occupied by the germans by the end of 1941. the most notorious and outrageous massacre took place september 29th and 30th 1941 . of the city of kiev and its vicinity must appear on

monday september 29th by 8 o'clock in the morning. bring documents money and valuables and also warm clothing linen cetera. they need not follow this order and are found elsewhere will be shot. 33771 jews were killed in this 2 day operation of the nazis and ukrainian militia. another outrageous massacre was carried out by the ukrainian insurgent army and the bond faction of the organization of ukrainian nationalists in german occupied polish foligno and eastern between 19431944 this genocide of poles was led by me that 35260000 people in vali nya and 25240000 eastern. fell victim to this massive ethnic cleansing operation. sensing the inevitable loss

of the german troops the organization of ukrainian nationalists who gave up on their former ally and began fighting equally against the germans and the soviet forces. in january 943 u.s.s.r. troops started pushing the nazis back liberating one part of ukraine after another . western ukraine was the last ukrainian region held by the germans finally being liberated in october of 1944. bands continue to wage their guerrilla war against the soviet regime carrying out bloody raids on ukrainian villages and towns and leaving behind chaos and casualties. this war went on until the middle of the 1950 s. when the last collaborators were either detained or fled the country. on

may 7th 1945 germany unconditionally surrendered to the allies ukraine remained a part of the soviet union fts for. its. the peace after the 2nd world war was short lived. the united states and the soviet union nations who allied together along with england to defeat the nazis tragically became foes as the cold war began. seemed wrong. to stamp out this day as a kid and it. equals betrayal. when so many find

themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. survival guide ecstacy just going to start simply. be sure they're going to get it back. good

repatriations look at the rest of 70 years. bill of the separate guys report. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. more somehow i want to be honest. that's why i would be pressed to say what the before last 3 in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of our. question.

the era of political and military tensions between the us and the u.s.s.r. lasted for nearly 45 years keeping humanity under the constant threat of nuclear war. in this battle the united states never lost sight of ukraine's importance. u.s. intelligence kept a close eye on ukrainian nationalists organizations as a possible source of counter intelligence against the soviet union. cia documents that just recently have been declassified shows strong ties between u.s. intelligence and ukrainian nationalists since 1946 from the cia agency report it is clear that they were not mistaken about the nature of ukrainian nationalists organizations or their leaders step on bond dare i himself according to an o.s.'s report of september 1945 bunder i had earned

a fierce reputation for conducting a reign of terror during world war 2 after the 2nd world war under another ukrainian nazi leaders fled to europe where the cia helped them hide. the cia later inform the immigration and naturalization service that it had concealed steffen bond darragh and other ukrainians from the soviets the operations involving ukrainians continued for many years the nuremberg trials of 945 in 1946 brought the political economic and military leaders of fascist germany to justice and reveal to the world the monstrous face of naziism and the crimes they committed but the ukrainian nazis were spared the same fate and some were even granted indulgences by the cia by 954 the agency excused the illegal activities of the o. un security branch. in the name of cold war necessity in 1949 nicola bit the man

responsible for the massacres in the lena was moved to the united states where he died in 1989 without ever being investigated or pursued as a war criminal the cia moved to protect ukrainian nationalist leader nicola legged from criminal investigation by the immigration and naturalization service in 1952 perhaps pantera lost his use to the us or maybe k.g.b. agents outsmarted the cia but in 1959 step on bond the leader of the ukrainian nationalists was killed in munich where he was hiding under the name of stefan pople it would be fair to say that bond became a major symbol of ukrainian nationalism by sheer chance for he was neither its only leader nor its most powerful one dimitrov don't solve was the father of the far right to tell a tarion doctrine in ukraine andriy melnyk was the leader of another faction of the un romance you have it was the general of the ukrainian insurgent army and others

contributed greatly to the movement blunder as dangerous ideology suppressed by the communist authorities but supported by external forces never really died the seeds of ukrainian nationalism or passed from generation to generation unfortunately it was just a matter of time before they would once again blossom. in 1954 ukraine's territory was expanded even more when nikita khrushchev the leader of the u.s.s.r. and ukrainian himself generously gave the crimean region to ukraine. historians would argue about the legitimacy of this transfer for many years to come and 60 years after khrushchev's gift dramatic new events would take place in crimea was around the world are on ukraine as a crisis in crimea continues dozens of heavily armed men seize government buildings in crimea should you crazy. just shrug your shoulders and say ok crimea is lost and

the old arguments would heat up once again. the cold war would heat up and cool down by turns while both rivals were obsessive leave building up military capacity the turning point took place when the new era perestroika came to the u.s.s.r. with its new leader mikhail gorbachev in the middle of the 1980 s. . perestroika meant restructuring towards liberalization and democratization it certainly had a positive impact on the international situation astonishing news from east germany where the east german authorities have said in essence of the berlin wall doesn't mean anything anymore. but inside the u.s.s.r. the weakening of kremlin control had different consequences. in ukraine a nationalistic political organization. or people's movement emerged in 1989

due to this openness. they advocated for independence of ukraine from the u.s.s.r. and became an incubator for leaders of ukrainian citizens. in 19011 of them new book founded svoboda an openly radical nationalist party preaching the good old principles of bondage era. just to. purge ukraine from the jews in russia ukraine for ukrainians and so on his statements got him 5th place in the simon visa center top 10 anti-semitic world leader rankings of 2012. it also sadly attracted numerous follow ups. dimitry are founded

another extreme right organization treason or trident in 1904. in april 2013 became an assistant to a member of parliament from the opposition party who died. later that same year he would become the leader of the most radical ukrainian nazi group the right sector. laundry paro be would soon appear leading a whole army of ultra nationalist warriors. in the torch marches would once again light up the streets of ukrainian cities. with. the world drastically changed in august 1991 when the u.s.s.r.

de facto ceased to exist and the global political map welcomed many newcomers ukraine one of them in modern history it was the 1st time ukraine was truly independent and all on its own. the red flag came down over the kremlin tonight as president gorbachev resigned and or to an end 7 decades of communist rule in the soviet union. the years after the disintegration of the u.s.s.r. became known as the crazy ninety's in all the post soviet territories. he's leaving behind 15 independent states which share only a disastrous economy and an uncertain future after having been under a government controlled economy the free market dramatically changed the rules of the game new business has emerged instantly in the firm. all the guards were born overnight. the former country with no class division suddenly became stratified the

chosen few became rich while the rest had to fight to survive. so as it was the pollution is a sickness to herschel as. they what does that say. just of us let us hope to this day when using your phrase in the world when you sell as opposed to pollution is a. good. a waste in you mean you didn't do a good reason yeah you know well there's a in each you and me and as me i'm in no dumbass i will. post the system i think. this is and i just want president that i bushel thing is going to eventually you will still it will but he will not have a socialist slush a chicago the people's growing discontent made ukraine more vulnerable to outside forces and a new kind of warfare was launched one not known before the color revolutions.

illustrators clashed with police hundreds of thousands protesting the results of the election and calling for a new vote. ukraine has had to color revolutions in its 24 years of independence in 2004 crowds of people descended upon kiev marking the start of the orange revolution. at that time ukraine became once again a battlefield of 2 forces the russian and western governments the culmination of this conflict took place during the presidential elections in november of 2004. the 2 major candidates western backed victoria yuschenko and russian leaning victoriano covert each almost equally shared the votes of ukrainians by the way calling viktor yuschenko western backed is not an exaggeration. his wife. catarina yuschenko is a former u.s. state department official and worked in the white house during the reagan

administration the division was along geographic lines traditionally russian eastern ukraine voted for young age while western ukraine chose use janko by the announced result viktor yuschenko lost to victory on a co-feature but thousands of people didn't agree with it and they came to the central square of kiev on the 22nd of november. the situation received wide news coverage the country's election commission ignored reports of fraud declaring kremlin backed victory the winner international politicians such as former general secretary of nato. became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties in a faltering will. be able to get. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. therefore

these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just 3 months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a mysterious and still unsolved poisoning but it didn't prevent him from winning in the new election. though as we shall soon see there was much more than just the people's will that led to this victory this peaceful revolution and its leader were warmly welcomed by the international community but the euphoria didn't last long. government completely failed with reforms and lost its chance to establish democracy instead descending into infighting viktor yuschenko was not reelected for a 2nd term but at. the end of his presidency he had the time to make one last gift to his supporters from western ukraine.

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