Relationship Ukraine and Russia before the outbreak of the USSR

Mid-1920s, the Soviet Union issued issued a new policy for the rejuvenation of agriculture Ukraine as a result of the world war. The Soviet regime was also introduced Ukrainisasi, ie as one of the policies that support the use of the Ukrainian language and the development of Ukrainian national culture. This is done to get the sympathy of the people of Ukraine. But the end of 1920 the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin brutally deprive it of policies. The farmers have been squeezed and forced to hand over agricultural products. As a result, there was a terrible famine in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933 in which an estimated 5 to 7 million people died.

Ukraine and Russia have a very long history records. In terms of history, the Ukraine has a very important role as a country that gave birth to the Russian Empire in the 9th century so that Ukraine becomes "mascot" of the Tsar of Russia, until the time of the collapse due Bolsjweik Revolution of 1917. Ukraine itself was ruled by the Polish nation in the 16th century , until Russia finally came to give relief to the domination of Poland in 1648. Ukraine had enjoyed a period of independence from 1918 to 1919, then again taken over by the USSR and then declare the Republic of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union itself is a manifestation of the expansion and colonization of Russia for centuries, then Russia can be regarded as Big Brother (tyomnokrasnie), so that the degree of influence the values of Russia became dominant.


Ukrainian people feel that Russia has extended its expansion into Ukraine by the Soviet Union very large, resulting in Ukrainian culture in decline. Russian language became the main language and the language of Ukraine became marginalized. While the nuclear danger "Chernobyl" in 1986 helped build the overall dissatisfaction of the Ukrainian people against the Soviet Union imposed a shortage of soviet system. As a result, many emerging movements Front movement known as "Rukh", began voicing finally achieved independence in 1991.

Although Ukraine has gained its independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991, Ukraine was still under the influence of Russia. In December 1991 the heads of government of Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia signed a pact that formally dissolved the Soviet Union and declared the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries (PNM), followed by all the countries of the former Soviet Union except the three Baltic states (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania ) and Georgia4. This keeps the Ukraine remain in the organization with Russia, which indirectly Russian domination of the Ukraine are preserved.