Ukraine case study Flashcards

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1
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how many people are Russian speakers in Ukraine

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30%

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2
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when was Crimea part of Russia

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1954

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3
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who was the pro - EU leader

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Yushchenko

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4
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who was the pro Russia leader

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Yanukovych

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5
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how many people died in the conflict

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7000

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6
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how many Ukraine’s starved to death from 1992-1993

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10 million Ukraine’s

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7
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was Crimea pro EU or pro Russia

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pro Russia

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8
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was the capital pro - EU or pro Russia

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pro - EU

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9
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why do Russia want to claim back the Donbass region

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due to majority of the Donbass region identifying as ethnically Russian and most of them are Russian speaking, however, there is a clear divide as most people in Ukraine, identify as Ukrainian speaking and Ethnically Ukrainian.

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10
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why did Russia donate 15 billion to Ukraine

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in order to get into their good books in a bid to make the country more Russian

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what was the key idea, that caused the divide between Ukraine and Russia

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  • the principal that Russian believed, that some of the population wanted to be part of Russia due to being Russian speaking, however, this was a threat to territorial integrity and sovereignty
  • (put simply, ethnic and linguist differences)
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12
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how much of Crimea is Russian speaking

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60%

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13
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what is the problem in Ukraine

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that half of the country is Pro - EU and the other half of the country is pro - Russia, which has created a lot of political instability and unrest.

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14
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what is the problem with Ukraine government

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failure, for it to have a national identity due to the conflict of ideas from different regions of the country, leading to political instability.

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when did the Russia government intervene with military action, in order to claim Ukraine as part of Russia

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on the 1st of march 2014

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16
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how many people were IDP’s in Lugansk and Donestk

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1.47 million out of the 5.2 million

17
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how many people had to flee their homes due to the conflict

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600,000 people had to flee their homes due to the conflict

18
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what happen to the evacuees

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they moved into summer camps with a lack of income, and necessary resources.

19
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how many deaths where there

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7000

20
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how many injuries where present

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13,900

21
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what where the economic effects

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loss of jobs and a stable economy, due to certain industries being targeted by the Russian army.

22
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what airport was the scene of heavy fighting

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Donetsk airport.

23
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environmental impacts

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large area of woodland had been burned and destroyed, leading to a lack of habitat for wildlife.

24
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when Putin, declare that Russia was going to take military action against Ukraine

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on the 1st of March 2014

25
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when did the US president at the time who was Barack Obama, tell Putin to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine

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on the 2nd of March 2014

26
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when was the orange revolution in Ukraine

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in 2004

27
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why was ukraine geopolitically tense?

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  • due to the different ethnic groups that are present within and around ukraine
  • due to ukraine Separating russia from the western europe (NATO)
  • (situated between east and west europe)
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