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Modern times through the 20th century
Ukrainian and their homeland as gone through century of different ruler and harsh leader when they first received their independence in 1917, it was soon taken away from them by the attack of the Soviet Union. In this battle Ukraine face a lost and again in 1921 the Ukraine witness another separation between the east and west Ukraine by the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia. The worse soon came to Ukraine in1924 when Joseph Stalin came in power and brought with him the method collectivization and brought famine into the country that was know to Europe as the breadbasket of Europe. Finally the nightmare came to an end when Stalin died in 1953 and a new era started called the Thaw and a new leader named Nikita Khrushchev. In this era, Khrushchev was more accept of the Ukraine’s culture and language. In 1986 a tragic disaster came to the Ukraine when a nuclear plant called Chornobly had one of their unite exploded leasing out radioactive chemical in the air and land throughout Europe, Canada and United States.
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Ukraine went through many obstacles in the past to get to this point where on August 24th 1991; Ukraine received their independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine can finally be able to show their true colors on their own flag, which hang blue and Yellow to the whole world as they are know free people that are allow to speak the language they chose and to take back they culture that they are so proud of. They have found their voice and they will not settle for anything less anymore.
Solomiya Krushelnytska.
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Solomiya Krushelnytska
Solomiya Krushelnytska 23, 1872 in Biliavyntsy in the region called Podillia where she sang in the choir. Her beautiful music brought people to her and begs her to sing more so they don’t have to face reality, instead be in a place where her voice swims though their body to end deep in their souls. She breathed and eats music while she was younger that made her love music and didn’t waste time on anything else but music. Soon she took her heart beat rhythm of music to L’viv conservatory where she graduated in 1893 with medal and honors. Taking her music to another level, she moved to Milan and became the leading lady called prima donna in Lviv, Warsaw and the famous La Scala in Milan. She even took her musical talents on tour through Europe, overseas to America and performed on many famous stages and different composer of different nation.
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She soon had her focus set on family and after a wonderful three years of fame settle back and married Cesare Ricchoni in 1910. While giving up her performance on stage as an opera singer, she could not give up singing and in 1920-she start to do a concert tours. Using her broad knowledge of eight languages, she used them in her concert tour that she started up; this gives her the ability to take selection songs from different nation and use them in her concert tours. In 1939 a tragic death of her husband sent her on another path in teaching back in Lviv at her old school Lviv conservatory. Being so talented she was promoted in 1952 as a full time professor. She passed away on November 16, 1952 and soon the voice of Solomiya became a wonderful, powerful memory to those that had the honor of hearing and watching her incredible performances and teachings.
Orange Revolution in Ukraine
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The Orange Revolution in Ukraine
The Orange Revolution slit Ukraine, on one half we have the first candidate was Viktor Yushchenko who is being supported by the agricultural western part of Ukraine and second candidate was Viktor Yanukovych who was supported by the Industrialized Eastern part Ukraine. On November 21, 2004 they announce that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was the winner brought angry and disbelief to the people. The people could not accept this win; they believe that the supporters did everything they could to get the votes on their side which brought torturing or even if it meant to destroy some of the ballots boxes. The people wanted justice to be done and for Yushchenko take his rightful place as the winner. Which result in 200,000 people that began to pour into Kiev’s independence square demand for the recognition that was denied by the people, which resulted in the Orange Revolution. The Stand in the square for 6days of peaceful protesting and the encouraging word that came from yushenko, finally end after a year of discussion between the parliament declared that the result of the polls where false and to redo the votes. In the end Yushchenko won. The people cheer while their dream comes to reality when the announced Viktor Yushchenko as the president of Ukraine.
1.http://www.historyplace.com/index.html.Copyright © 2000 The History Place™
2.http://www.time.com/time/. “The Orange Revolution”.© 2009 Time Inc.
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