Ukraine History Timeline by LEE Ling Yan https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2 en-us 2022-03-01 07:27:06 UTC 2025-10-17 01:00:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 'Ukraine' in WWI lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2070966954 Ukraine was not an independent state during the WWI. The territory that made up the modern country of Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire. The southwestern region of Ukraine was administered by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Therefore, Ukrainians entered WWI on the side of both the Central Powers, under Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers, under Russia.]]> 2022-03-01 07:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2070966954 Soviet Ukraine (1922-1991) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2070978474 The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Soviet Ukraine), was set up in 1922 after the defeat of the Ukrainian People's Republic in the Soviet–Ukrainian War during the Russian Civil War. It ended in 1991 in the end of the Cold War. ]]> 2022-03-01 07:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2070978474 Holodomor (1932-33) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2070987677 Holodomor was also known as the Terror-Famine or the Great Famine, was a famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. Some Ukrainians believe that the famine was planned by Joseph Stalin to eliminate a Ukrainian independence movement.]]> 2022-03-01 07:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2070987677 Ukraine in WWII lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071009205 The Second World War deepened the schism between Ukraine and Soviet Russia. When Nazi Germany took over Ukraine, many Western Ukrainians fought alongside the Nazi during the Second World War against their common enemies –the Russians. In 1943-44, Soviet Russia retook Ukraine and carried out mass deportations of Ukrainians.  ]]> 2022-03-01 08:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071009205 Ukraine entered United Nations (1945) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071017623 Ukraine was one of the founding members of the United Nations when it joined in 1945 as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. ]]> 2022-03-01 08:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071017623 Transfer of Crimea (1954) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071029568 In 1954, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave Ukraine a gift: Crimea. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was Russian but felt an affinity with Ukraine. His decision to give Crimea to Ukraine is having consequences today.]]> 2022-03-01 08:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071029568 Chernobyl Disaster (1986) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071047090 The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operators. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture.]]> 2022-03-01 08:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071047090 Ukraine declared independence (1991) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071335019 1991 
Ukraine declared independence. Kravchuk elected president
]]> 2022-03-01 12:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071335019 Orange Revolution (2004) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071385751 Followed a disputed presidential election purportedly won by a pro-Russian candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians poured into the streets of Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv to reject the result of presidential election. The protesters claimed the election was marred by massive corruption, voter intimidation and electoral fraud.  ]]> 2022-03-01 12:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071385751 The Revolution of Dignity (2014) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071469160 The Revolution of Dignity, also known as the Maidan Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when a series of violent events involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of elected President Viktor Yanukovych and the overthrow of the Ukrainian government. During the unrest, Russia invaded Crimea and Pro-Russian rebels occupy Donbas region of Ukraine.  ]]> 2022-03-01 13:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071469160 Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) lly1 https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071537300 On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, one of its neighbours to the southwest. It marked a major escalation between the countries, which had been in a state of conflict since 2014.]]> 2022-03-01 14:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lly1/yd8iq5o42omlijz2/wish/2071537300