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1917 - 1925 The Russian Civil War devastated the whole Russian Empire including Ukraine. It left over 1.5 million people dead and hundreds of thousands homeless in the former Russian Empire territory<br> | 1917 - 1925 The Russian Civil War devastated the whole Russian Empire including Ukraine. It left over 1.5 million people dead and hundreds of thousands homeless in the former Russian Empire territory<br> | ||
1921 - Most of Ukraine had been taken over by the Soviet Union<br> | 1921 - Most of Ukraine had been taken over by the Soviet Union<br> | ||
1932 - 1933 Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine | 1932 - 1933 Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine that killed millions of Ukrainians<br> | ||
German armies invaded the Soviet Union | 1941 - German armies invaded the Soviet Union initiating nearly four years of total war<br> | ||
1941 - More than 600,000 Soviet soldiers were killed or taken captive in Kiev with many suffering severe mistreatment when the German Army invaded<br> | |||
1986 - A reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, resulting in the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history. At the time of the accident, 7 million people lived in the contaminated territories, including 2.2 million in Ukraine<br> | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[http://www.torugg.org/History/history_of_ukraine.html History of Ukraine] - Toronto Ukranian Genealogy Group | *[http://www.torugg.org/History/history_of_ukraine.html History of Ukraine] - Toronto Ukranian Genealogy Group | ||
*[http://ukraine.uazone.net/history.html Ukrainian History] - chronological table | *[http://ukraine.uazone.net/history.html Ukrainian History] - chronological table | ||
*[ | *[https://m3ai.wlu.ca/directions-links/ukraine.html Ancient History of Ukranian Lands] | ||
*[http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/Ukraine.html Culture of Ukraine] - History and Ancient Relations | *[http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/Ukraine.html Culture of Ukraine] - History and Ancient Relations | ||
*[http://www.infoplease.com/country/ukraine.html Ukraine] - timeline | *[http://www.infoplease.com/country/ukraine.html Ukraine] - timeline | ||
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