Ukraine declares independence following attempted coup in Moscow: 90% vote for independence in nationwide referendum in December.
What happens in 1991
100
Russian Federation annexes Crimea. A territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine b/c Crimea belonged to Ukraine
What happens in March 2014?
100
a former Russian territory located in the Black Sea.
What is Crimea
100
Russia
Which country does Ukraine's economy depends too much on?
200
Ukraine becomes a part of the Soviet Union.
What happens in 1922?
200
Leonid Kravchuk becomes Ukraine’s first president.
What happens in 1991
200
Yanukovych startled his country with a last-minute decision to abandon a crucial trade deal with Europe in favor of closer economic ties with Russia.
What happened on November 21st?
200
Ukraine gives Russia A LOT of control over Crimea.
What happens in 1997?
200
2/3rds of Ukraine citizens
How many Ukrainian citizens are ethnically Ukrainian and speak Ukrainian as their first language?
300
a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station explodes sending Ukraine in a radioactive plume. Many die from radiation sickness and many desperate efforts are made to try and contain the chemicals coming from the reactor.
What happens in 1986?
300
Chernobyl nuclear power plant is shut down, 14 years after the accident. Well over ten thousand people have died as a direct result of the explosion, the health of millions more has been affected. (Hint: not actually 90s. Shhhh)
What happens in 2000?
300
Yanukovich is elected (he was pro-euro president Yushchenko's opponent in the Orange Revolution).
What happens in 2010?
300
Russia gave Crimea to Ukraine
What happens in 1954?
300
1/6th of Ukrainian citizens
How many ethnic Ukrainians speak Russian?
400
Kiev is liberated (set free) by Soviet troops in November following the defeat of Germany. Ukraine knew that this liberation would lead to a diffrent type of dictatorship.
What happens in 1943?
400
Presidential elections: Leonid Kuchma succeeds Leonid Kravchuk.
What happens in 1994?
400
Pres Yanukovych fled Ukrainian capital and was removed from power…….President Petro Poroshenko was put in his place.
What happens on the 21 of February 2014?
400
Crimea gains significant autonomy
What happens in 1991?
400
1/6th
How many Russians speak Russian?
500
Russian Red Army conquers 2/3 of Ukraine and the third part become a part of Poland.
What happens in 1921?
500
Crimea threatens to secede from Ukraine. An agreement is reached, giving Russia control over 4 out of the 5 Crimean fleets.
What happens in 1995?
500
Russia began to send military arms and equipment as well as troops into Ukraine in an effort to aid the revolutions against President Yanukovych
What happens in February 2014?
500
During WWII, the native Crimean Tatars were banished by the Soviets for their collaboration with the Germans. (many died, and weren’t allowed to return until the collapse of the USSR)
What happened in 1944?
500
A series of protests and political events that happened in Ukraine from November 22, 2004 to January 23, 2005.