...clearly signifies that the tsar was at a strong position as many of his people supported him when he declared on going to war and a hostile rebellious attitude towards him had been reduced as the war had joined the people of Russia and the tsar together for a common goal. The Romanov dynasty also showed how loyal the people were to the tsar as they cheered immensely and the blasting noise even overcome the tsar voice as he tried to speak. This had touched the tsar emotionally as he realised how encouraging and caring his people were and the fact that he had many support from his own home nation made him even more powerful (less opposition from the inside). Nicholas agreed to an October Manifesto in October 1905 as a response to the Russian...
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...Did the 1905 Revolution seriously threaten the position of the Tsar? It could be argued that the "supposed" 1905 Russian Revolution seriously threatened the position of the Tsar as the outrage that was shown towards the Tsar and the government came from a wide range of classes from the society. The 1905 revolution was a result of huge public discontent by 3 main classes; the peasants, workers and the liberals. These groups were especially angry at the Tsar due to three main reasons; heavy taxation, poor living conditions for the workers and the humiliation the liberals felt from the defeat of the Russo-Japanese war which caused the public to riot and demand the Tsar to make changes. This is what makes us question whether the 1905 revolution ever really threatened the position of the Tsar as the Tsar still had the militaries loyalty which led to him being able to easily control the undivided oppositions which also helped the Tsar a lot as he was able to sort out the small opposition groups separately rather than one massive one. However, we can then question the amount of impact done to the Tsar which then proves how much the Tsar was threatened by the 1905 revolution. From this, we can clearly see how the Tsar was affected in the short term and the long term. As previously mentioned, the Tsar still maintained the loyalty of the army and the police which is an important factor as to why the 1905 revolution did not threaten the position of the Tsar. As the Tsar still...
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...The book Animal Farm was written by George Orwell, a famous political satirist in England. The book compares the details of the Russian Revolution with the events of Animal Farm. There are lots of similarities between animal farm and Russian revolution though the scheming of Napoleon and Stalin. There are several of events of Napoleon are similar to the events of Stalin of the Russian revolution. For example, Napoleon looked friendly to Pilkington but he had sold the pile of timber to Frederick. (Page 66) however, the similar thing for Russian revolution was Stalin signed non-aggression pact with his enemy, Hitler in 1938. They both renegaded on their friends. Not only that, the behaviour of Napoleon for satisfy his own goal is also the same as Stalin’s. Napoleon expelled and did wrong to Snowball in order to keep his status. (Page 56). Stalin did as well as he expelled Trotsky in 1928. All in all, there are lots of similarities between Napoleon and Stalin. From Animal Farm, we can get that exploiting weak and trusting individuals is the nature of human begins. Napoleon is a typical example, he used Boxer who is a henchman of animal ideology. Boxer follows and believes him all the time, however, Napoleon deceived to Boxer and he sold Boxer to a slaughter horse trader. (Page 82) In the Russian revolution, China was a country that believe and support socialist country. But during the World War II, Stalin didn’t help Chinese because he didn’t want to offend America. Over all...
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...during the 1930s were at the very least marginally productive and gainful. In this essay, I shall highlight the extent to which the aforementioned policies can be viewed as successful. Stalin’s economic policies had one essential aim—the modernisation of the Soviet economy via two essential methods: collectivisation and industrialisation. Beginning in 1928, much of Russia’s economy (in terms of agriculture and industry) was brought directly under state control. Under Stalin, this was to be total. The way these radical were changes implicated has meant that the process was referred to as the ‘second revolution,’ a way of equating the importance of industrial/modernisation as that of the 1917 revolution. When Stalin introduced these drastic changes, he claimed that they marked a significant and vital stage in Soviet Communism as had Lenin’s actions during the October Revolution of 1917. It is understandable to claim that these comparisons show that the process of modernisation in Russia was intended primarily to...
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...Comparative Writing What is a comparative writing? Comparative writing asks that you compare at least two (possibly more) items. These items will differ depending on the assignment. You might be asked to compare • positions on an issue (e.g., responses to healthcare in Canada and the United States) • theories (e.g., capitalism and communism) • figures (e.g., Auto production in the United States and Britain) • texts (e.g., Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth) • events (e.g., the Great Depression and the global financial crisis of 2008–9) Although the assignment may say “compare,” the assumption is that you will consider both the similarities and differences; in other words, you will compare and contrast. Make sure you know the basis for comparison The assignment sheet may say exactly what you need to compare, or it may ask you to come up with a basis for comparison yourself. • Provided by the question: The question may ask that you consider the gradual loss of morals by major characters in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and George Orwell’s Animal Farm. The basis for comparison will be the loss of morals by central figures in each text. • Developed by you: The question may simply ask that you compare the two novels. If so, you will need to develop a basis for comparison, that is, a theme, concern, or device common to both works from which you can draw similarities and differences. Develop a list of similarities and differences Once you know your basis for comparison...
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...World War One Diary World War One Diary This picture is advertising the great deeds us soldiers do for our country. It also shows how the citizens can help our country and our great army. This picture is advertising the great deeds us soldiers do for our country. It also shows how the citizens can help our country and our great army. “war loans help the guardians of your happiness” “war loans help the guardians of your happiness” The Battle of Somme 1st July – 18th November 1916 When I was at the Battle of Somme it was such a surprising attack. On the central powers side it was just another day in July. We started off by doing our morning routines and going through our day when all of a sudden we all heard shells in the distance. Then hundreds of thousands of shells (the official count was about 1.4 million) rained down on our side of the line they were landing everywhere, one landed next to me! But it didn’t go off, most of the shells didn’t go off and we lost some good men. But the allied men pushed forward it wasn’t any time to grieve yet. The allied pushed forward mercilessly but we stood strong and were pushed back a few miles until the allied realized they lost too many men. The central powers lost the battle but both sides suffered major causualties. The Battle of Somme 1st July – 18th November 1916 When I was at the Battle of Somme it was such a surprising attack. On the central powers side it was just another day in July. We started off by doing...
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...significance and effect on Russian government and politics in the early 20th century. A report by Stalin on the war in 1905 states that the “Unbearable conditions” of the war are causing “unrest and discontent among the troops” - further suggesting that the soldiers blamed their superiors, and therefore the government for their treatment during the war through the soldiers “no longer blindly obeying the orders of their superiors”. Through this, it could be suggested that the soldiers were becoming dissatisfied with a regime that they saw did not help them at all (as shown through the poor organization of the war effort - lack of food, proper medical care, decent housing and clothing). Morison agrees with this view, further suggesting that the regime was “branded as incompetent and unworthy” because of how badly the war was going. This in itself would suggest war had a major significance on Russian government as the people were beginning to become unsatisfied with the current regime through its attitude towards the war, and thus would be more likely at this point to push for a new regime that they believed would be more suitable for the Russian people. Furthermore, military defeats at Port Arthur highlighted the weaknesses of the army to the common people, and when Russia was apparently losing the war the people held the government accountable for the massive defeat. This suggestion is supported by Hughes, in that he argues that the war “frustrated many patriotic Russians who were appalled...
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...explain the outbreak of two revolutions in Russia in 1917? To an extent, the First World War contributed greatly in the outcome of two revolutions in Russia. This is a result of the war worsening already evident issues in Russia such social, economic and political factors as well as losing support from the peasants and army. It can also be argued that revolution was inevitable as social, economic and political factors throughout the years were bound to end in revolution; the war was just the tipping point. Nonetheless, all these factors link back to a single factor: The weakness of the government. If the government had been stronger, the peasants wouldn’t need to, or be able to, revolt. Primarily, the First World War was arguably a large factor in the outbreak of two revolutions as it lost large amounts of support from Russian civilians. It made already crucial factors worse as the Russian peasants and working class which made up 80% of the population worked longer and harder and yet struggled to find food due to transport being taken over by the military and little food entered the cities, as well as high inflation on food available. This led to large amounts of hostility towards the Russian government and losing large amounts of support. Nonetheless, it can be argued that Russia had experienced many failures before, such as the 1914 Russo-Japanese war; therefore, bad leadership or war failure was not significant enough to cause two revolutions afterwards, it was a result...
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...Critical Book Review of Boris Yeltsin`s “Midnight Diaries” Boris Yeltsin was the first freely elected President of Russia. He was President during the first turbulent decade of Post-Communist Russia. In his third memoirs Boris Yeltsin talks about his last years in presidential office: the presidential election campaign in 1996 and the role of his daughter Tatiana; the special relationship between Germany, France and Russia, which had developed after 1997; the inclusion of Russia into the G8-summits in 1998 and his attempts to maintain Russians position as a global power; the economic decline after the financial crisis of 1998 and his efforts to reform the economy; the wars in Chechnya and in the Kosovo in 1999 and the crisis of the military; his last public appearance to an international audience - the OSCE summit in Istanbul in 1999. Yeltsin talks not less frankly about his clashes with the Duma and his maneuvers with the new domestic political forces; the qualities of his five Prime Ministers and the transfer of power to Vladimir Putin; the eastward enlargement of NATO and the EU and his attempts to include Russia in the political and economic institutions of the West; his relationships with the Western leaders (Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder) and his health problems that prevented him repeatedly from performing his duties. Boris Yeltsin’s career reflects the changes in Russia throughout the 20th century. He was a communist apparatchik who supervised the...
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...work The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story, begs to differ. Ackerman presents the true story of compassion and its polar opposite very wisely, and in an manner that manages to be both grim and exuberant. The tale to be told set Ackerman up for greatness, and she executes its telling impeccably. The story begins in the summer of 1935 in Warsaw, Poland, where we are introduced to a young couple, Antonina and Jan Zabinski. Antonina and Jan were the directors of Warsaw’s lush, fecund zoo in which the animals not only inhabited cages, but in habitats (engineered by the couple) to recreate the animals’ natural habitats. Both Antonina and Jan’s backgrounds were far from the norm; Antonina being a Russian-born Pole whose parents were murdered by the Bolsheviks during the early stages of the Russian Revolution and Jan, born a Polish Catholic, but raised atheistically by his father in a working-class Jewish neighborhood. It was these unique and differing foundations that made the Zabinski household almost a madcap bohemia, constantly hosting artists and intellectuals, and not to mention a seemingly never ending rotation of non-human companions, ranging anywhere from muskrats to lion cubs (all of whom had names). From this information, it is evident that Jan and Antonina Zabinski were far from interested in living their lives with customary boundaries. This proven as Ackerman states, "Antonina and Jan had learned to live on seasonal time, not mere chronicity. Their routine was never quite routine...
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...government until a few centuries. His elder brother, Nikolay, was the original heir to the Russian throne but that fell through as he soon became sick. Because he was the heir, Nikolay was pre-engaged to Maria Feodorovna of Denmark. Maria would later be passed onto and become Alexander III’s wife. Nikolay went on a tour of southern Europe but soon contracted an illness that he ignored. That was until he became very sick due to contracting rheumatism. After falling ill, Nikolay told Alexander III that he wanted his fiance to be passed onto to him seeing how he was going to be Czar. Nikolay died on April 24, 1865 at the age of 21. Alexander was in love with a girl by the name of Princess Maria Meshcherskaya and was planning to marry her until his brother asked him to marry his fiancee. Alexander agreed to his brother's wishes and married Maria Alexandrovna. The marriage between Alexander III and Maria was a pleasant, happy marriage. Maria and Alexander were complete opposites as it was stated in the Czar's diary, while Maria loved balls, Alexander despised them; and while she loved riding horse riding, Alexander was terrified of horses. One thing they did agree on was painting, Maria was a profound painter and had a few painting put in museums and Alexander painted in his free time. Alexander III had a museum named after him for all his collection of paintings but was changed after the Russian Revolution. Alexander’s father, Alexander II was killed in 1881 by the organization People’s...
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...During the years 1800 to 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte was preparing a large army. His goal was to spread the idea of the French Revolution and ultimately expanded France's bountiful pride and glory. The way this was going to happen, according to Napoleon, was through expanding French territory. In order to do this he would need a large army, so that involved enlisting men by conscription. The army was filled with French men, as well as men from Germany and other surrounding areas. The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier looks first hand look at the life of an average soldier at the time, Jakob Walter. He was a nineteen year old german boy enlisted by conscription and assigned to regiment Romig, later known as Franquemont Regiment. In somewhat of a memoir, he dives into the progressive demoralization of self-preservation, pressure of attacks, and prejudice among Napoleon's troops. In the beginning, Walter was merely writing more to himself about the circumstances he went through. In the Campaign of 1806 and 1807, his writing was unemotional and non-interpretive. He did not express much about what he felt and was straightforward with his experiences. During the Campaign of 1812, in Russia, it became apparent to him that he may not survive as easily as he once thought. This was evident in his letter to his parents on 9 June 1812. Walter wrote, "how pitifully I am faring, me and my comrades, it is not to be describe. God would soon take pity and give us, poor folk, soon again rest and...
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...whose hometown is Shaoxing, Zhejiang, is a great modern litterateur, ideologist and revolutionist. His family name is Zhou; his given name is Shuren; and his sobriquet is Yucai. “Lu Xun” is a pen name used after the May 4th new culture movement. Because his writings under this pen name have a great influence, people are used to calling him Lu Xun. He was a diligent student, liked raising questions, had a very good memory and in 1902, Lu Xun graduated with excellent marks and with a government scholarship, he went to Tokyo to attend the Kobun Gakuin to study Japanese. Later, he attended Sendai Medical School to study medicine. Lu Xun was deeply influenced by the bourgeois democratic revolution and took an active part in the anti-Qing Dynasty revolution. He united and led many revolutionary, progressive literary and artistic workers to fight against imperialism, feudalism, and the Kuomintang government and its writer’s measure for measure. With tenacity, he stuck to the struggle and wrote hundreds of essays, which made great contributions and were like daggers and guns in the anti-culture encirclement and suppression. He kept in close contact with party members of the CPC and firmly supported the National United Front of Resistance against Japan proposed by the CPC. He compared himself to “fire stealer,” committing himself to the Sino-foreign culture exchange and advocated the burgeoning woodcarving movement. He was concerned about...
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...E.E. Cummings Stewart, Mekala Freshmen Research Report Mr. D. Freitag 24 February 2012 Work Cited “Cummings, Edward Estel (1894). “The Reader’s Encyclopedia 1955. ‘Cummings, E.E.,” World Authors 1900-1950 (199610: Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson). Web. 27 Jan. 2012. “E.E. Cummings 1894-1962” American Writers I 1972. “E.E. Cummings In Depth” Authors Depth Silver Level 200. Kennedy, Richard S. ‘E.E. Cummings 1894-1962.” The Health Anthology of American Literature Second Edition Volume 2. Ed. Paul Lauter Lingston: D. Health and Company, 1994. Edward Estel Cummings was not much a modernist as one who dressed up in traditional uniforms (Cummings E.E 4). Cummings was a daring uncompromised and consistent (Cummings E.E. 4). Cummings regarded poetry as not much a product but more as a process (Cummings E.E. 2). The skinny shakings down the page of his poems underscores his vitality (Cummings E.E. 2). With his harsh satirical verse as well as his cerotic poems serve to identify humans as a social inonclast (Kennedy 1421). E.E. Cummings once said that poetry is “the only thing that matters (Authors in Depth 182). Cummings gave people life at a time when they needed it (Cummings, E.E. 4). Edward Estel Cummings born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1894. (Authors in Depth 182). Cummings is the son of Edward Cummings, a Veteran minister (Kennedy 1421). Also known as an clergy man and professor...
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...|June 6, 1799(1799-06-06) | | |Moscow, Russian Empire | |Died |February 10, 1837 (aged 37) | | |Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | |Occupation |Poet, novelist, playwright | | | |Influences[show] | |Nikolai Karamzin, Lord Byron | | | |Influenced[show] | |Fyodor Dostoevsky, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry James | Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪˈrgʲevʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn], [pic]listen (help·info)) (June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799–February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic era[1] who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet[2][3][4][5] and the founder of modern Russian literature.[6][7] Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later...
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