Therefore, if Ukraine were to join NATO, Russia would naturally be concerned about the vulnerability of the territory's security and integrity. Russia has repeatedly opposed NATO expansion since 1999, when countries like Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic joined the alliance. Its last request b...
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History of Ukraine, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Ukraine from ancient times to the present. From prehistoric times, migration and settlement patterns in the territories of present-day Ukraine varied fundamentally along th
Not according to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who all but denies that Ukraine is its own country. "A stable statehood hasn't been built in Ukraine," Putin said this past week, trying to justify his invasion of Russia's neighbor. "It is an inherent part of our own history, cultur...
for fear that Ukraine will launch a military operation. Feb.19th, Russian troops are again massed on Ukraine’s borders, the fault lines that reflect the regions tumultuous history. Feb.21st, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, declared the recognition of “People’s Republic of Donetsk” and...
Ukraine, in particular, is a “critical element” of this ambition, Bowman adds. Putin has a history of invading and occupying countries that approach NATO membership. Russian armies invaded the former Soviet state of Georgia in 2008 as that country was pursuing membership in the alliance. They...
History as a Battleground: Russian-Ukrainian Relations and Historical Consciousness in Contemporary Ukraine (англ.) Serhii Plokhy. The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xix, 3... ЗенонКог...
Through the analysis of historic narratives in history textbooks this paper shows how the governments of the Russian Federation and Ukraine uses state-controlled history education to define their national identity and to present themselves in relations to each other. For example, history education in ...
Throughout history, rabies was widely distributed in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, although dog rabies predominated, wolves also played an imp... A Botvinkin,M Kosenko 被引量: 4发表: 2004年 Simulation and forecasting of macroeconomic variables for economies of Russia, Belarus and Ukr...
It’s possible to interpret Putin’s statements about the historical genesis of the Ukrainian state as self-serving history and a way of saying, “We created them, we can take them back.” But I believe he may instead have been making a forceful appeal to Ukraine and the West to recogniz...