Ukraine's "Orange Revolution"

We always talk about America being a politically divided country. The "North" versus the "South," the Republicans and the Democrats, the "blue states" and the "red states" all show the most intense divide in the U.S. as being largely a geographical one. It can't be too surprising for anyone who knows a little about American history since the North-South divide happened with the industrialization in the North and agricultural economy backed by slavery in the South, eventually leading to the civil war, and continued animosities even until present day between the Northern "Yanks" and Southern "Dixies."

While reading an article in The Economist about Ukraine and their gas disputes with Russia (their political relations are rather tense as well, what with the long history between Russia and Ukraine, especially during imperial Russian history when even the Ukrainian language was suppressed and it was called, "Little Russia" but that's a completely different story), I suddenly thought of the "orange revolution" in Ukraine being a huge factor in the recent animosities arising between these two countries. My mind works in mysterious ways, but I really think that Ukraine's political divide can be related (to an extent) to the American one. I mean, take a look at the election map of the Ukrainian elections in November of 2004 , during which the two Viktors duked it out:
While our country is divided between the "North" and the "South," it seems that Ukraine is divided between the "West" and the "East." It seems like a pretty solid divide between the East, supporting Viktor Yanukovych and the West supporting Viktor Yushchenko. Ultimately, of course, Yushchenko won and thus, the "Orange Revolution." I know I keep linking a lot of things together, but that's how my mind works, what can I say? Speaking of Orange Revolution... that reminds me of the crowning of William of Orange in Britain's Glorious Revolution... but I'll stop boring you with history. I'm a history nut, what can I say?

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