The Russia and Ukraine Conflict; How and Why By: Abhijay Bhosale Long gone are the days of the Soviet Union. The Bering Strait, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Berlin War, and the whole ordeal of the Cold War went down with the USSR. Now here we are, present day. What was known as a behemoth of a nation is now 15 individual countries, but 2 in particular are starting to light sparks on the ledge of another war. Russia and Ukraine. HOW DID IT ALL START? To even begin to comprehend this whole mess, you need to back. 1922. The Soviet Union has just been formed. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan are living together under the rule of the big names like Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, basically the socialist government. But how did Ukraine get involved with the Soviets in the first place? Ukraine is in very close proximity to Russia, with a buffer of one or so small coun...
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