Ukranian Region and the Russian Rule

The Scythians lived in what is now Ukraine around the 7th century BC. On the Black Sea’s northern coast, the Greeks later built city-states. After Christ, the Slavs entered Ukraine in the fifth and sixth centuries.

In the 9th century, Vikings from Sweden arrived in Eastern Europe and sailed across the Ukrainian region’s rivers and canals. Some of them settled in Ukraine and now call home.

History of Ukrainian Region and the Early Russian Rule

Batu, the grandson of Genghis Khan, the great conqueror of nations, spearheaded the invasion of southern and eastern Ukraine during the Mongol conquest of Ukraine in 1240. Despite this, Ukraine’s northern and western areas remained autonomous until the 14th century. 

• They pushed the Mongols and Tartars back over time. Although the Tartars ruled Crimea until the 15th century, the Turkish Empire seized control of the Ukrainian region.
• Some Polish serfs escaped to the Ukrainian steppes in the 15th and 16th centuries to escape their Polish overlords.
• They were referred to as the Kozaky by freemen (or the Cossacks). Cossacks formed self-rule communities.

Later Events and the Russian Revolution

• The Cossack Hetmanate was established, with a hetman in charge of the affairs (general) and the Russian Revolution
• Eastern Ukrainian region was dominated by Russia in the 17th century, while Poland dominated Western Ukraine
• Russia’s Empress Catherine the Great was adamant about bringing Eastern Ukrainian region under her control throughout the 18th century
• The Cossack Hetmanate lasted until 1764, when it was abolished.
• Between 1772 and 1795, Russia and Austria took advantage of Poland’s fall by annexing Polish territory
• Much of western Ukrainian region has been taken by Russian rule forces (except for a small strip in the far west, which went to Austria)
• The Ottoman Empire surrendered Crimea to Russia in 1783. Catherine the Great also founded Odessa

20th-century Russian Rule and Ukraine

• Russia firmly influenced Ukraine during the 19th century. In the mid-19th century, nationalist fervour began to rise
•  While the Russian Civil War raged in 1918, Ukraine briefly became its own country
• When the Russian rule seized control of Ukraine in 1921, the Ukrainian people were forced to join the Soviet Union
• Stalin deemed it necessary for the Russian rule to assume control of Ukraine’s agriculture
• Instead, farmers would be forced to work as farmworkers on state-owned land. Many Ukrainian region peasants opposed vehemently even the act of killing their livestock rather than turning them over to the authorities
• In 1932, the quotas for collective farms were impossible to meet. According to Soviet law, grain could only be reserved for those who had completed their yearly quotas. 
• The grain the Soviets desired was confiscated from the farmers, resulting in mass starvation
•  This artificial famine is estimated to have killed almost 7 million people. This artificial famine was referred to as the Holodomor
• In contrast, Ukraine’s sorrow was far from over under the Russian rule. It is estimated that as many as one million Ukrainians were killed or deported during Stalin’s purges between 1937 and 1939
• In 1941, the Germans occupied the country, and tens of millions of Ukrainians were killed due to their actions. During World War II, the Germans held Kyiv until November 6, when the Red Army recaptured it and reinstalled it back under the Russian rule. 
• Stalin retaliated swiftly after learning about it to punish anyone he believed to be traitors or conspiring with the Germans. A total departure of Crimean Tatars from their ancestral country.

Chernobyl Meltdown

• In 1986, a catastrophic meltdown occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A backlash ensued in response to the government’s efforts to cover up the tragedy. 
• RUKH (Ukrainian People’s Movement for Restructuring) was formed in 1989, and protests took place in 1990 due to growing discontent with Moscow’s control.
• After the Soviet Union was destroyed in the wake of the fall of Communism, Ukraine regained its independence in 1991. Socialism to capitalism was a difficult adjustment , while shifting from the Russian rule. Ukraine’s economy was in free-fall after high inflation hit hard. After a while, though, the economy began to recover.

Economic Situation: 

• Every political system has had its high points and down points. Viktor Yanukovych was elected president of Ukraine at the end of 2004
•  Even though many thought the election was rigged, Viktor Yushchenko’s supporters staged a ten-day protest
•  In the end, Yushchenko was re-elected and became president in 2005. The phrase “Orange Revolution” was invented to describe this phenomenon
• Yanukovych’s refusal to sign an EU association treaty sparked widespread protests in Ukraine in 2013
•  Ukraine’s parliament voted to remove Yanukovych from office in February of this year. As a result of the re-run elections, President Petro Poroshenko was re-elected

In recent months, they have shown their loyalty to Western democracy, the rejection of Communism, and their detachment from Russia. A distinct perspective on the current state of the Ukrainian region may exist among Russians with a longer time in the nation than among Russians who have just arrived.

Conclusion:

It is impossible to predict the future of Russia’s pre-invasion opinion surveys. Conscripted young guys may not find Ukraine’s Western orientation appealing to the younger post-Soviet population. As a result of his previous conflicts, Putin gained home support, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has failed.