UKRAINE AS A DONOR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA AND THE USSR

The purpose of the research is to clarify the role of Ukraine as a donor in ensuring the development of russia and the former Soviet Union, proving of the constant negative for Ukraine movement of resources between Ukraine and the union center, identifying the consequences of such non-equivalent exchange for the population, economy, and nature of the country. The unique role of our country in the maintenance and development of Russia and the Soviet Union, in general, is confirmed on the basis of the analysis of statistical sources, many of which consist of encyclopedic publications, statistical directories, materials of congresses of the communist party, and other sources of the Soviet period, which are difficult to suspect in the submission of advantageous statistics and sympathy for Ukraine. Much attention is paid to the analysis of Ukraine’s role as the breadbasket of the USSR and the traditional looting of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products, which lasted throughout all the time of the union, and which is now, for hundreds of years, openly carried out by the Russian aggressor on the temporarily occupied Ukrainian lands. The scientific novelty of the article lies in a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, and environmental consequences of long-term exploitation of the integrated development potential of Ukraine.