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Bolsheviks over through the Government of Alexander Keresnky. This is importaint because it was led by Vladimir Lenin.
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Ukraine declares independence: Ukrainian People's Republic set up. This is importaint because it made them thier own country.
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Ukrainian soviet socialist republic become one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union.
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Approximately 7 million peasants perish in man-made famine during Stalin's collectivisation campaign. This is importaint because it was to cut down the nationalistic pride of the Ukrainian people.
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Ukraine suffers terrible wartime devastation as Nazis occupy the country until 1944. More than 5 million Ukrainians die fighting Nazi Germany.
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Belarus becomes a member of the United Nations. This is importaint because it gives the country more power.
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A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station explodes, sending a radioactive plume across Europe. This area is still unhabitable today.
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Belarus declares its indenpendence. Its importaint because it become its own country.
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Independence declared 27 August 1991. It disburses from the soviet union.
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Russia becomes independent because of the soviet union collapsing
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Mircea Snegur becomes Moldovas first elected President. Their country starts to go down a new path,
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Ukraine votes for independence from the soviet union
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Leonid Kravchuk becomes President of Ukraine
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Russians approved a constiution that gave there president whats called "sweeping powers"
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Alexander Lukashenko becomes the president of Belarus
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Constitution adopted July 29 1994. Establishes a set of rules for the country.
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Russia signs union charter with Belarus. This charter gives belarus more power as a country.
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Vladimir Voronin win just over 50% of the vote. Voronin is elected president in April.
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Moldova announces plans to make Russian their official language. This is important because this explains how the Moldovan people speak.
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Communist Party tops poll in parliamentary elections. Vladimir Voronin begins a second term as president. This is importaint because communism will later affect the world.
