Figure 3: Gerasimov, Aleksandr (1881-1963). I.V. Stalin and K.E. Voroshilov in the Kremlin After Rain, 1938. Oil on canvas, 296 x 386 cm. The State Tretyakov Gallery. We can see how Stalin’s height is amplified n the painting of him and the leader of the Red Army, Kliment Voroshilov (fig. 3). In this painting, we see Stalin and Voroshilov taking a walk in the Kremlin, with the Kremlin towers and a panorama of Moscow in the background. Again, we can see the ‘utopian gaze’ on Stalin’s face: the furrowed
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The Provisional Government was reluctant to act effectively of the problems of Russia in 1917, allowing the growing popularity and strength of the Bolsheviks as they played on these mistakes. With the Bolshevik under the leadership of Lenin, they managed to create the October Revolution. Figures like Leon Trotsky and the weaknesses of Kerensky were both significant factors that led to the Bolshevik Revolution. Lenin’s role in the revolution was vital but he would have not taken power were it not
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Clash Of civilisation The Clash of Civilizations (COC) is a hypothesis that people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world. It was proposed by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington in a 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise Institute, which was then developed in a 1993 Foreign Affairs article titled "The Clash of Civilizations? in response to his former student Francis Fukuyama's 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man. Huntington
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AP World History Summer Assignment Dear Students – Welcome to your 2014-2015 sophomore AP World History course! In preparation for our busy year, you are expected to complete the following FOUR assignments over the summer! Please review the descriptions of the activities listed below and the anticipated due dates and assessments for each assignment. We will begin our course of study in the year 8,000 B.C.E. and finish the school year looking at modern day issues. The majority of your summer
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Bernhard Schlink «Der Vorleser» ( Бернхард Шлинк «Чтец» ) В 1995 году Бернхард Шлинк создает роман "Чтец", даже не предполагая, что это произведение станет бестселлером. Самая знаменитая немецкая книга, написанная за последние несколько десятков лет – вот что такое «Чтец». Впервые опубликованный в 1995 году, этот роман разошёлся по всему миру такими тиражами, каковых немецкоязычная литература не видывала со времён своих вечных героев и нобелевских лауреатов вроде Германа Гессе или Генриха
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This angered soldiers greatly, they had seen these things as a step towards a more democratic system. So even though these decions did have a positive effect on soldiers who are already loyal to the Provisional Government, they had an extremely negative effect on the majority of soldiers who were not die hard loyal to the system. Political leaders saw the consequences of soldiers rebelling against their officers. Even though on the books there weren't many Bolsheviks in the Army, the few Bolshevik
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There is a saying in history that the, “sun never sets on the British Empire”. A vast empire spanning multiple continents, Great Britain was always expanding. Up until 1922, Ireland has been one of those territories under oppressive British control. Scanning the centuries of Irish history, the Irish rebelled against British dominance repeatedly. After many failed attempts, the people banned together in 1916 on one of the highest Catholic holidays, Easter to rise against the British. For the Catholics
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In the Cold War, America wanted to contain the spread of communism and make sure that America is the strongest nation in the world. The Cold War affected the Americans more than any other war. The American domestic policies changed during the Cold War and the Americans became paranoid, also it splits America into two sides. At the beginning of the Cold War, President Truman created the Loyalty Review Board. This made sure that American civil servants were not members of Communists or Subversive
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The United States fought the Cold War at the end of the Second World War until 1991. In the 1980’s when Ronald Reagan was president the US holstered the military and invested billions in nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union was not able to keep up because they did not have the money to keep up with the United States. The USSR was losing control of their eastern countries. The USSR could not control those countries by the late 1980’s so they allowed them to withdraw without causing them any problems
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Communism DBQ World War II was nearly over with, but now the Cold War had started. The United States’ and Soviet Union’s greatest difference was communism, a belief that private property should be replaced by community ownership. The United States and the Soviet Union fought over communism and capitalism. Capitalism is a system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by a private owner for profits, rather than by the state. Containment was the idea of stopping the Soviet Union and
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