UKRAINE AND USSR: TWO PARADIGMS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Ukraine is among the largest countries in Europe according to territory and. population. Two-thirds of Ukraine con-sists of fertile soils. It is rich of Donbass coal, iron and manganese ores of Dnieper, marble of Zakarpattia and Zhyto-myr. More than 1 700 kinds of minerals resources is inside its interior. Ukraine has a rich mining and non-ferrous metal-lurgy, electric power, almost all modern engineering, including space, developed food and light industry, the necessary conditions for the development of highly intensive and sustainable agriculture. And this country could be doomed to economic success, but as the practice of our life shows that is not true. Why? Purpose.. This problem constantly is explored by many researchers [1 ? 4] who tries systematically to answer the prob-lematic issues of the Ukrainian economy, and life gives us every time new and new challenges. Obviously, to solve them, you need to look at history. The purpose of our study to give comparative characteristics of the economy of USSR and Ukraine, being its successor. Conclusions. Now Ukraine is on an important stage of finding its place in the new international community, making a new relationship with the European institutions. The prospect of EU member-ship for Ukraine is an additional important incentive and motivational factor of internal reforms, civilized regulation of all internal and external inconsistencies. Integration of Ukraine into the EU will effective not only for Ukraine but also for the whole central and continental Europe, having got Ukraine as a country of great and potential resources.