Ukraine is granted a market economy status by the EU and USA. The sharp economic decline in the 90s resulted in deteriorating living standards for most citizens and widespread poverty. However, during the 21st century, there has been some positive economic growth in Ukraine, as well as Eastern Europe as a whole. Ukraine’s currency, the Hryvnia, was introduced in September 1996 and has remained relatively stable. The unstable political situation in Ukraine hardly influences its economic development. GDP has been growing steadily since 2005 at an average growth rate of 7% and industrial production has been expanding by 12%. The Ukrainian economy was hit by the harsh effects of the global financial crisis but managed to attain a 4.2% …show more content…
Furthermore, while Ukrainian is currently the official language, Russian is spoken as often, especially in bigger cities. Education is very important in Eastern Europe, with 99.7% of adults being literate as well as 99.9% of youth. This focus on education leads to extraordinary minds and a very stable society. The official religion is Eastern Orthodox, however, a large portion of the population do not belong to a religion due to the propagation of Atheism during the Soviet era. Many differing religions are not as accepted in Ukraine, typically denominations from Africa and Asia, such as Islam. Currently 68.3% of the population is living in urban areas and 31.7% in rural ones. According to Emerging Europe Monitor by 2035, almost 2/3rd of Ukrainians will be city dwellers, rising to almost 80% by 2050. Technological Factors The Internet usage in the country has increased dramatically during the last years. Also, Ukrainian companies have a strong advantage in R&D. The country not only develops in the area of scientific research, but also in the area of software development that requires creativity and strong skills. According to the Ukrainian Statistical Institute, 14.2% of all enterprises were engaged in innovative activity and 11.5% introduced innovations during 2007. Furthermore, Ukrainian scientists have achieved world-class results in such fields
One country is comparable to the United States of America in terms of world power and prominence. Russia makes their name known beginning in World War 2 (WW2), later in the Korean War, Cold War, and today’s proxy war in the Syria. Russia’s culture, environment, politics, military, and economy do not just make Russia a regional powerhouse, but slowly becoming a region of influential power to surrounding countries with the end state of a global superpower. All the factors that make Russia the powerhouse that it is slowly becoming, highlights the impressive trend that supersedes the previous Soviet Union and past leaders.
Russia, the biggest country in the world and incredibly diverse in its ethnicity, around four-thousand kilometers from north to the south. Russia is so big it lies on two continents: Europe and Asia. Russia has a variety of terrains with mountain ranges, plains and large forests. It also has an enormous amount of natural resources, which they use to trade in the United States, China, India, Brazil and Indonesia.
At the commencement of the Soviet Union, there was a grave of food shortages; to improve the agricultural productions; in 1921 Lenin instated the New Economic Plan (NEP). The New Economic Plan gave the opportunity for the farmers or peasants to produce their crops for profit; in the years that followed, some of these farmers were prosperous after the implementation of the NEP. Unfortunately, Stalin abandoned the NEP and replaced it with the Five Year Plan, he also justified the collectivization of Agriculture and lastly Stalin’s statism had an impact on Russian History.
In the seventeenth century, the expansion of Russian peasants would spread into Siberia, changing the landscape and how it was separated. Valerie Kivelson's study of ignored Russian maps in the expansion of the early Russian empire is a major and important work for the comparative social history of migrations and empires in itself. In addition, explores both property and geographical mapping as indications of the distinct display of the Russian state and of the Orthodox faith. The use of maps was crucial for the Muscovy Empire’s complex formation of territories and responsibilities. Which brings back to light, Russian history from a geographical perspective and on how spatial thinking influenced how Muscovites understood and organized the world.
The area that is now modern day Ukraine has been inhabited since around 32,000 BC. The country is 233,000 square miles of land and being bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland and Slovakia to the west, Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and finally the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Compared to other countries it is the 46th largest in the world and is ranked 32nd in population with around 44.5 million people. Out of all of those 44.5 million people the poverty rate is at about 24 percent. This means that around 10.8 million people are living in poverty in Ukraine. When looking at the different types of people living in Ukraine the vast majority, about 77 percent are Ukrainians, then 17 percent are Russians and then five percent are other or unspecified. The top two main languages spoken are Ukrainian, which accounts for about 67 percent of the population, and Russian, which accounts for around 30 percent. Also
The Ukrainian revolution of 2014 and the Russian takeover of the Crimean Peninsula presented the US with what appeared to be unique political challenges. On closer inspection, the Ukrainian crisis is actually quite similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the opponents in opposite positions. With these two crises in mind, the paper will discuss how the ability to understand one's enemies, gain public support, and effectively utilize nuclear weapons presents a significant challenge for the US to leverage its military power to accomplish its political objectives.
“Why were there two revolutions in Russia in 1917? Why did the Provisional Government exist for mere months, yet the Bolsheviks had consolidated their authority in the country by Lenin’s death in 1924?”
This paper is attempting to look at the deeper financial and policy issues in which the country Ukraine faced during their financial crisis in 2008-09. The Ukraine faced a lot of economical and political challenges in recent years, in which their economy has plummeted drastically. Economic measurements such as GDP, unemployment, and average household incomes all were impacted in a negative way. Other factors, such as the Russian gas line, forced Ukrainian businesses to cut back on costs, further hindering their overall economy. Doing research, we have strong findings that prove how much the economy has fallen compared to earlier years.
Ukraine is a country with beautiful landscape, unique culture, and interesting history. An opportunity to move to Ukraine would be wonderful, but there are many important things to take into account. The landscape is vast and diverse. The climate can be freezing during winter, and warm and dry during the summer. Another factor to take into account, is the cultural differences: religion, cuisine, language, art § music. One might concern themselves with the living situations in Ukraine as well. The housing, health, safety of the country, securities available, infrastructure, education system; these are all factors to take into account when you are deciding whether or not to move to Ukraine. My family would move to Ukraine because we are an adventurous bunch and would enjoy the cultural differences, the landscape is
Purcell Consulting Company is world’s foremost independent consulting company regarding policy issues for governments, and we are glad that you have chosen us in helping with your policies. As addressed in your personal statement, you are extremely concerned about your country’s population decline, and the years to come. This problem, distressing to say, is notably related to the way your government is governed, as well as other factors including health issues, and economics that puts a strain on the your population. In this assessment I will brief on specific reasons for your countries declining population, as well as sufficient solutions in solving this apprehensive problem.
Over the past eighteen months Russia has continued to dismiss the outrage over its deliberate violation of international law when it invaded and annexed the Crimea region in Ukraine.
The Soviet Union, is known today as one of the greatest countries in the world. It’s had many triumphs, but every country has low points as well and the Soviet Union was no exception. Under the rule of Joseph Stalin, they had one of the biggest genocides in all of history.
In this report I will discuss and evaluate the economic system of Ukraine and attempt to address how Ukraine’s economic system affects its industries and people. Ukraine is located in eastern Europe, bordering the black sea between, Russia, Poland, Romania, and Moldava.
As two countries that have different cultures, economics, and politics, Russia and United Kingdom have developed their own education systems respectively, which have their differences and in certain circumstances similarities. In the paragraphs that follow, some major aspect of these will be covered. This essay will present the main structures of the education systems in both countries and will compare and contrast the two systems in terms of number of taught subjects, the structure of educational institutes and the ability to pursue higher education at the universities. I will consider both paid and free education.
Russia, known by most as the Russian Federation, is a federal state in Eurasia. Russia is the largest country in the world at 17,075,200 square kilometres by surface area, covering more than one eighth of Earth 's inhabited land, and the ninth most populous, with over 146.6 million people as of end of March 2016. The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the East, with almost eight-tenths of the population living within the European region of Russia. Russia 's capital, Moscow is one of the largest cities in Europe and the world. Its ohter major urban cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara.