Background
The man-made famine that killed millions of Ukrainians
What is Holodomor?
The nation that controlled Ukraine during the Cold War
What is the Soviet Union?
The nuclear disaster that displaced hundreds of thousands of people, accelerating the Soviet collapse
What is the Chernobyl disaster?
The Soviet president who introduced policies like Glasnost and Perestroika
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The ongoing war since 2022 over Ukraine's independence
What is the Russia-Ukraine War?
A long-lasting indirect conflict between the USA and USSR
What is the Cold War?
The policy to prevent the spread of communism implemented by the US
What is containment?
The event that resulted in the end of the Cold War
What is the Soviet Collapse?
The former president of Ukraine that contributed to the start of Euromaidan Protests
Who is Viktor Yanukovych?
The invasion and annexation of this country from Ukraine in 2014
What is Crimea?
The supporting of different sides rather than directly fighting
What are proxy war dynamics?
The foreign nation that supported Ukraine's resistance movements
The massive pro-european demonstrations in Ukraine sparked by the government's decisions
What are the Euromaidan protests?
The director at Chernobyl
Who is Viktor Bryukhanov?
An event that increased tensions between Russia and Western countries because Russia felt its borders were threatened
What is NATO expansion?
The nation that was a storage site for Soviet nuclear weapons
What is Ukraine?
The military alliance between European nations that concerned the Soviet Union, leading to the creation of the Warsaw Pact
What is NATO?
This event followed a coup by Soviet leaders and resulted in economic hardships and more freedoms for Ukrainians
What is the Ukrainian Independence (1991)?
The first president of Ukraine
Who is Leonid Kravchuk?
A decision by former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, that sparked Euromaidan protests
What is abandoning European Union to form ties with Russia?