The Ukraine: Unrest in Eastern Europe Ms. Jerome Europe Map

People to Know Find Pictures  Ousted President of the Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych  President of Russia Vladimir Putin  Yulia Tymoshenko:  Yanukovych’s opposition  Pro West

I am a Ukrainian

Why do Revolutions Happen? What Revolutions can you name? Find pictures to insert…

Understanding unrest in Eastern Europe  Purpose: Putting the present political unrest in the context of:  Imperialism  Revolutions  Cold War

Where is the Ukraine? In relation to Europe? Russia? Circle it

The Ukraine in the 20 th century

The Soviet Union Find statue of Lenin in Kiev

Holodomor: “Death By Famine”  Stalin’s policies toward the Ukrainians were brutal.  He sought to eliminate the “kulaks” – wealthy landowners, in a process known as “______________”  Ukraine has long been the breadbasket of Europe  A majority of the grain from the Ukraine was sold to Western Europe in an effort to fuel Stalin’s 5-Year Plan of Industrialization.  The ensuing famine killed upwards of _________________  Some countries have joined the Ukraine in calling it a genocide.  The Famine Video The Famine Video

The Ukraine in WWII  When did the Nazis enter Kiev?  Two concentration camps were built in the Ukraine.  How many people were killed?  When was Kiev liberated?  “Liberation” was not as hopeful as the people had hoped. “We will take the southern Ukraine, especially the Crimea, and make it an exclusively a German colony…” Adolf Hitler July 1941

The Cold War  A process of “Russification” in the Soviet Union barred the Ukrainian language from the government, education, courts etc.  Soviet terror persisted in the Ukraine.  1991 Nationalist fervor—first Democratically elected president  Break from collapsing Soviet Union  Former Communist Party leaders cast themselves as nationalists and assumed power. Corruption was widespread despite the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The Warsaw Pact: Find a Picture

The Orange Revolution  The Orange Revolution  Who led the Orange Revolution? What was it?

What’s going on in the Ukraine? Part I:  What started the protests?  Anti—government protets started late in 2013  President Viktor Yanukovych intended to sign a trade agreement with the European Union.  On November 21 st 2013, he suspended such talks.  A deal with the EU (Known as the EU’s “Eastern Partnership”) would have created political ties with the West and generated economic growth in the Ukraine

What is the European Union?  A trading Bloc in Europe  Offers free trade to participating members  Dismantled tariffs  They operate under one currency  Find a Map:

What is the Customs Union?  Founded January, 2010  Similar to the EU in its goals within its countries  Former Soviet States  The U.S. is against it—sees it as an attempt to reunite the USSR  Find a map:

Customs Union – European Union

Part II:  Yulia Tymoshenko

Outrage and Protest: Find Four pictures

February 20 th  77 People are killed in 48 hours  Protestors vs. police  Many killed by snipers  President Yanukovych disappeared on Feb 22, 2014 and protestors took control of the administrative buildings.  Yanukovych later appeared on TV and said he was still president/ Tymoshenko is released: President won't resign. Denounce opponents as Nazis President won't resign. Denounce opponents as Nazis

 Look at this map. What might it suggest to you about support for the protest… Where is it the strongest?

Election Maps  Generate 2 statements from the maps below:  1.  2.

Tensions Escalate  March 1:  There are large factions of the population who are pro Russia  Obama to Putin:  Putin to Obama:  March 4 th : Putin calls forces “_____________”

Russia in Crimea

1.Is this Imperialism? 2.What should the U.S. do? 1.Is this a continuation of the Cold War? 1.Did the Cold War ever end or was there just a long thaw? 1.Why not give up Crimea? 1.Are there echoes of “Munich ’38” in this situation? 2.Why is the Ukraine so important to Putin?

Assignment: Due Thursday:  Find an article from this week relating to the Ukraine  Read it.  Write a 1 page response  What is the article about?  How does it relate to imperialism, the Cold War, revolutions, or any other topic relevant in our discussion.  To be handed in. Be prepared to discuss

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