3/19/14
“Russia’s borders”
1. On top of your HW: give yourself a number from 1 – 10 based
on how much effort you put into trying to understand the
excerpts from The Communist Manifesto.
2. In your notebook: What are the countries that share a border
with Russia? (use your map)
On desk: Communist Manifest debrief part 2
3/19/14
World History Agenda
1. What’s happening with Russia & Ukraine right now?
HW: None! 
Honors: Animal Farm ch. 4 – 7 due Friday beginning of class
What are the countries that border Russia?
This is where Ukraine is!
What is happening in Ukraine right now?
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26476314
Crimea: History
Crimea was part of Russia/U.S.S.R. until 1954
when the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
gifted it to Ukraine.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26476314
Crimea: History
• That didn't matter when this was all Soviet
territory.
• 1991 - the Soviet Union collapsed. And
overnight, Russia and Ukraine became
separate countries, with Crimea still in
Ukraine.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26476314
Ukraine: East vs. West
• Western Ukraine tends to identify with Europe.
• Eastern Ukraine tends to identify with Russia.
Where does Crimea fall?
Ukraine: Why is it so important to Russia?
• Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, was the birthplace
of the Russian state & the Russian orthodox
church over 1,000 years ago.
• Also, Russian pride, natural gas in Ukraine, etc.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26476314
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• late Jan. 2014 – protests erupt over antiprotesting laws & rule of pro-Russian Victor
Yanukovych Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275
• Also, Yanukovych decided to ally Ukraine more
with Russia than with the European Union.
Source: http://gokicker.com/2014/03/03/ultimate-super-helpfulguide-tense-situation-ukraine/#!ArejJ
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• Feb. 2014 – protests continue & Ukrainian govt.
violently cracks down on protesters
• 18 dead & hundreds wounded on Feb. 18th
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• Feb. 20th – protests continue…
• 88 people killed in 48 hours. Govt. snipers
killing protesters…
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• February 22nd: President Yanukovych
disappears & protesters take control of
presidential buildings.
• Parliament votes to remove president from
power & names interim president until elections
can be held.
• An arrest warrant
is issued for former
president Yanukovych.
Source:
http://www.bbc.com/news/worldmiddle-east-26248275
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• February 27 – 28: Pro-Russian gunmen seize key
buildings in the Crimean capital. Unidentified
gunmen in combat uniforms appear outside
Crimea's main airports.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• March 1: Russian parliament approves Vladimir
Putin's request to use force in Ukraine to protect
Russian interests. Pro-Russian rallies are held in
several Ukrainian cities.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• March 7: Russia says it will support Crimea if the
region votes to leave Ukraine.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• March 12: Barack Obama pledges to stand with
Ukraine (& thus against Russia) during a meeting
with interim Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy
Yatsenyuk at the White House.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275
Ukraine: What has happened recently?
• March 16: Exit polls from Crimea's secession
referendum say 93% of voters support a
proposal for Crimea to join Russia.
• However, there are reports of pro-Ukrainian
Crimeans boycotting the vote.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/world/europe/crimea-ukrainesecession-vote-referendum.html?_r=0
Ukraine: What happens now?
• U.S. & European Union denounce the Crimean
vote & Russian decision as illegitimate & illegal.
• U.S. & E.U. threaten economic sanctions &
“further action” if Russia doesn’t back off.
Source: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/18/putin-signsdraftlawforcrimeanannexationblastswest.html
Ukraine: What happens now?
• Putin & Russia signed treaty recognizing &
officially annexing Crimea as part of Russia on
Tuesday.
Source: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/18/putin-signsdraftlawforcrimeanannexationblastswest.html
Ukraine: What happens now?
• United States has warned that there will be
"consequences" if Russia intervenes in Ukraine
with military force.
Source: http://gokicker.com/2014/03/03/ultimate-super-helpful-guide-tensesituation-ukraine/#!ArejJ
Ukraine: Why does this have global implications?
• U.S., E.U. & their allies = “The West”
• Russia, China, & some other “Big C” Communist
countries = “The East”
Source: http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2013/06/16/iran-sends-4000-revolutionaryguards-to-aid-syrias-assad/
What do you think should happen?