"There are many beautiful women in Ukraine, what kind of conditions are needed to marry Ukrainian girls"?
When it comes to Ukraine, most people don't know much about the history and culture of the region, but everyone knows about Ukraine's "abundance" of beautiful women.
Today, Ukrainian beauty is still like a cloud, but the domestic environment can no longer return to the previous level, once upon a time, the peak of Ukraine, in terms of resources, economy and strategic position, are Western European countries and Russia can not be ignored.
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Don't look at Ukraine as a small place, but "all the organs", from shipyards to chemical plants, from the aviation industry to the military industry, Ukraine can be said to have everything.
It is no exaggeration to say that Ukraine's comprehensive national strength ranked among the top five in the world at that time.
Unfortunately, the fool failed to take advantage of Ukraine's unique advantages and then draw it into an endless civil strife that lasted for 7 years.
So then again, how did Ukraine go from step to step?
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What kind of "love-hate entanglement" does he have with Russia? Why is Ukraine, which shares the same case as Russia, always looked unruly?
Contradictions have a long history, and the West has added oil and vinegar
As we all know, Russia is the largest member of the Soviet Union, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia also completely inherited everything from the Soviet Union.
As the second largest member of the Soviet Union, Ukraine has long supported the Soviet Union's economy, military industry, heavy industry, etc., because Ukraine's latitude is relatively low, and the black land resources are abundant, so it once shouldered the heavy responsibility of the Soviet Union's main "rations".
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and a sudden disaster disappointed Ukraine with the Soviet Union.
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It was 1932, famine broke out in the Soviet Union, the most serious in Ukraine, as the largest carrier of socialism, any member state of the Soviet Union must strictly abide by Stalin's policy of centralized agricultural management.
But many rich peasants in Ukraine did not agree to this operation, which to some extent stimulated the contradictions between Ukraine and the Soviet rulers.
Can the arm be twisted over the thigh? If Ukraine does not implement Stalin's economic policies, Stalin will not be able to do anything with them?
In order to achieve the established goal, Stalin began to forcibly expropriate the crops of the Ukrainian people, and in the process, it also caused various frictions and collisions, and directly led to a serious decline in the enthusiasm of the Ukrainian people for farming.
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But the leaks came in the overnight rain, and the Ukrainian people were already headache enough for the Soviet Union to hand over the 7.7 million tons target.
Unexpectedly, there was a more severe drought, not to mention whether the grain could be delivered in quantities, and even the Ukrainian people's own rations could not be satisfied. How do you describe the situation in Ukraine at that time?
By then, the inhabitants of Ukraine were so hungry that they had lost their "humanity", and they not only ate the corpses of decomposed animals and plants, but even ate people.
In order to control the outflow of hungry people into Europe and affect the "reputation" of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union imposed a closed administration of Ukraine, which unfortunately made the disaster worse and made the Ukrainian population hate the Soviet Union even more.
According to publicly available data, the famine killed at least 3.15 million to 7.18 million Ukrainian residents, so much so that Ukrainians still struggle to let go.
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Originally, the famine had seriously affected the relations between Ukraine and the Soviet Union, but under the interference of Western public opinion, the contradiction directly rose to the level of "genocide".
So then again, what kind of oil and vinegar has the West done to stir up relations between Ukraine and the Soviet Union?
It is said that at that time, the Ukrainian people were hungry and fled the famine, and thousands of peasants and intellectuals flowed to Western society, bringing the tragic situation of the Ukrainian famine to Western society.
Knowing that the Western countries have always been "incompatible" with the Soviet Union, and now that ukraine has erupted in such a terrible famine, how can they miss this opportunity to make a big publicity?
Therefore, during the Cold War after the end of World War II, Western society would publish a report about the famine in Ukraine every once in a while.
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Some Western scholars believe that the Ukrainian famine was a highly purposeful "man-made operation" that the Soviet Union wanted to use its powerful power to eliminate the Ukrainians in order to achieve complete control over Ukraine.
What is even more unacceptable to the Ukrainian people is that the Soviet Union never recognized the Ukrainian famine, but instead called those Ukrainian people who absconded as "rebels", which to a certain extent deepened the enmity between Ukraine and the Soviet Union.
It is true that the judgment of a historical event cannot be summed up in terms of "conspiracy", but should be combined with the social background at that time and the urgent need for economic reform in the Soviet Union, but public opinion is always biased towards the side of the "weak", isn't it?
Imagine if the contradictions between Ukraine and the Soviet Union were elevated to the level of genocide. Will the Ukrainian people still swallow their anger and succumb to the Soviet Union?
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Naturally not, so when the Ukrainians were also convinced of the analysis of Western scholars, they were even more determined to break away from the Soviet Union.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Ukraine finally became independent, the hatred of the Soviet Union naturally fell on Russia, which inherited the mantle of the Soviet Union.
So what is the current situation in Ukraine after independence? Has his relationship with Russia changed?
The separation of families has been reversed, and civil unrest has been in existence for 7 years
Since Ukraine's independence, it has inherited at least 30% of the Soviet Union's family property, and those coveted "treasures" have also attracted the attention of Western European countries.
It is said that when Ukraine has the most family, it can even call itself a world-class developed country. So what are they?
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First of all, in terms of land and population, Ukraine has not only allocated more than 600,000 square kilometers of land, but also increased the population resources of 50 million.
Second, in terms of military affairs, Ukraine has 2,000 different types of aircraft, 350 ships of different types, 6,500 tanks and 7,150 armored vehicles, and 1,300 nuclear warheads that make Ukraine the third largest nuclear power after the United States and Russia.
Some people say that there are more than these, some people say that just sent to Russia for destruction, there are thousands, and no matter what the specific number, in short, Ukraine has become a veritable "rich second generation" in this separation.
In addition to these hard-core sophisticated weapons, Ukraine also had 780,000 servicemen, and to some extent, Ukraine was considered an "invincible" existence at that time.
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Unfortunately, although Ukraine has a near-perfect industrial and military base, it has not been able to meet a leader with political talent, so that it blinds those families and suffers Ukrainian citizens.
At first, Ukraine, which had just established itself, although it had received a lot of hard-core family property, but the domestic economy was relatively sluggish, in order to seek a path to economic development, Ukraine had to abolish its own martial arts, dismantle nuclear weapons, and wait for the United States and Russia to issue the "subsidy" promised in advance.
As for why Ukraine agreed so quickly to this, most of it was because it cost a lot of money to maintain nuclear weapons, and Ukraine was the most short of money at that time.
So can a tiger that has lost its teeth still make people jealous?
Naturally, when Ukraine loses its nuclear weapons, it loses its bargaining chips at the international negotiating table, and its situation begins to become difficult.
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Politically, in addition to being held back by Western countries, economically it can only rely on ties with Russia to barely maintain the country's functioning.
This situation became more and more evident after Ukraine's first leadership left office, because Kravchuk's successors were almost all gangs of forces that controlled the pulse of Ukraine's main economy, from energy companies to financial groups to dramatists, and Ukraine's leaders always had an incomparably prominent and "magical" background.
Apart from mercenary interests, they have neither helped Ukraine gain anything politically nor helped the Ukrainian people to get out of the economic downturn.
This can be seen, however, in Ukraine's incessant sale of "family property".
It seems that without the big family of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's economic development road is really difficult.
At present, Ukraine has no better way out than to gain some benefits in Russia's trade and energy production.
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Unfortunately, all of this changed dramatically after the outbreak of civil war in Ukraine in 2014.
Because the Ukrainian pro-American faction is bent on joining NATO, this move has been blocked by the Ukrainian pro-Russian faction, and when the disputed territories between Ukraine and Russia were incorporated into Russia, the US-backed parties and pro-Russian factions launched a series of infighting at home.
Originally Ukraine's economy has reached the point of not being able to make ends meet, after this trouble will be completely overwhelmed, public data show that in 2014, Ukraine's National Bank still had more than 50 billion US dollars in deposits, but it did not take long to become a debt of 100 billion US dollars, and in 2016 it directly owed 200 billion US dollars, can Ukraine afford to owe so much money?
Not only can not afford to pay, but also its own reserves of gold are all consumed, but even so, Ukraine still insists on confronting Russia, even if the domestic economy is depressed, the fighters flee, the weapons are destroyed, but can not withstand the encouragement and provocation of the United States, the momentary Ukraine can not realize the seriousness of the mistake, will only attribute all the misfortunes of the status quo to the grudge with Russia.
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But when is the retribution?
Although some senior ukrainian government officials and wealthy businessmen do not have to worry about the problem of life, then who should pay for the lives of ukrainian people?
Now that the covid-19 pandemic is raging and the global economy has been hit hard, Ukraine has shown a worrying scene from epidemic prevention to economic development, and by 2021, after seven years of civil unrest in Ukraine, the per capita income across the country is only 1566-3418 yuan, which is placed at the level of China, that is, local counties and towns.
Even so, Ukraine is still surviving, allowing the pro-American faction to toss and turn, without the slightest concern for Ukraine's future, and not because Ukraine has become a pawn of the United States to contain Russia.
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At this point, some people will wonder why Ukraine would rather be poor and be held back than bow to Russia.
Why do we have to get into such trouble with a brotherly country with the same lineage?
It is difficult to continue to live in a high way, and the right path is vicissitudes
In addition to a famine during the Soviet period that left Ukraine and Russia in a gap, the reasons why Ukraine refused to bow to Russia were as follows.
First, they dream of leaving Russia and entering Europe and seeking political asylum.
When Ukraine turned to the West, it blatantly sided with Russia, as a country without nuclear weapons and relying heavily on loans, it had no power to fight back against Russian sanctions.
Therefore, Ukraine is eager to join NATO and establish friendly relations with European countries to facilitate the next step of joining the EU, and once Ukraine joins the EU, it will be supported by EU countries from economically to politically.
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Unfortunately, the condition of joining NATO is that there can be no territorial disputes with Russia, and when Crimea was incorporated into Russia, Ukraine wanted to join nato's way, even if it was blocked by Russia, so Ukraine was angry and helpless, and had to continue to confront Russia.
Second, the struggle at the end of the road.
Now that Ukraine's internal turmoil has become a mess, frankly speaking, it is not easy to admit its "embarrassing" weakness without the subversion of Ukraine's sovereignty.
On the one hand, the Western countries have an ambiguous attitude towards it, neither approaching nor letting go, on the other hand, Ukraine does not want to give up the dream of joining NATO, so it constantly tests Russia's bottom line while eager to get support from the United States.
After all, as an important strategic position in the GAME between the United States and Russia, Ukraine still has judgments about its influence, so it will not bow to Russia until the fire has not burned to the eyebrows.
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Even if the Ukrainians knew that they were of the same East Slavic race as Russia and had a certain relationship in blood, the rift had already been formed, and repairing it would not help.
If Ukraine still cannot see the reality and distinguish between good and evil, the situation in Ukraine will face more severe tests in the future.
It is said that "bystanders are clear, the authorities are confused", Ukraine seems to have not realized its own choice, has deeply violated Russia's national security, once the obstinate Ukraine "lured the wolf into the house" success, then Ukraine will become cannon fodder for the great power game.
There is a saying: "Those who know the times are handsome", which is a major matter related to the survival of the nation, and we should not only be entangled in hatred, but should weigh the advantages and disadvantages and find a long-term survival plan.
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At the same time, obsessive people should jump out of the chaotic situation, polish their eyes to see whether the forces around them are really conducive to the development of their own country, and do not blindly listen to the instigation of others and bury the future of their own country.