The Life of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
One of the most powerful and murderous dictators in human history, Stalin was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union for a quarter of a century. His regime of terror caused the death and suffering of tens of millions of his subjects, but he was also in charge of the war machine t....
1984 to Modern Society
1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedoms exist. Winston the main character is a man who is not extraordinary in either intelligence or character, but is disgusted with the world he lives in. He works in the Ministry of Truth, a place where history and truth are rewritten to fit the i....
1984 vs Brave New World
Undoubtedly, the thought of living in, or forming a utopian society has flashed through nearly every persons mind. A few people have even tried to make this ideal dream society a reality. Unfortunately, within the pursuit of these societies the leaders become corrupt and begin to become paranoid wit....
Abuse of Power
It is one thing to use power to guide those whom you supposedly control, but it is another thing to take that power and use it for your own benefit. Abusive power is experienced in life through dictatorships, centralized power, and from controlling parents. Using the power one may hold over anoth....
Americas involvement in World War Two
When war broke out , there was no way the world could possibly know the severity of this guerre. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America’s Involvement in World War two not only contributed in the eventual downfall of the insane A....
Analyse the methods by which Stalin maintain his position as the ruler of a single-party state
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The period between the rise of Stalin and the German invasion in Russia, is one of the most contradictory of Soviet Union history. Stalin had a lot of supporter, and a lot of enemies also. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to rule, alone, a huge State as Russia, for 25 ye....
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, was the pen name for Eric Arthur Blair. Eric Blair was born on June 25, 1903, in Motihari, India. His family was fairly prosperous civil servants, working in India on behalf of the British Empire, but moved back to England in 1904 to raise t....
animal farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Authors, whilst writing novels, reflect on past events and persons, creating parallels between fiction and reality in the hope of teaching a theme or lesson for readers to learn.
For a society to develop, it must first learn from its mistakes. One flaw many civilis....
animal farm
The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell was a very
interesting, complex, and informing novel. In the
novel, George Orwell uses farm animals to portray
people of power and the common people during the
Russian Revolution. The novel starts off with
Major explaining to all the animals in the fa....
Animal Farm
The main purpose of satire is to attack, and intensely criticise the target subject. This is superbly carried out in the classic piece of satire, Animal Farm. The main targets at the brunt of this political satire are the society that was created in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and....
Animal Farm
Animal farm is a classic dystopian story of an individuals rise to power, and the cruel and totalitarian lifestyle where only the superior few are privileged; leaving the majority of others as merely machines of use to these few. This allegory uses animals to symbolize people and events which happ....
Animal Farm Book Report
Chapter 1(pgs.15-24) In first chapter, the reader is introduced to all of his wonderful animals. Obviously most of the chapter is intended to spark pity and a sense of sympathy for the poor, suffering farm animals, but the old Major's words are very telling. The wise old pig addresses the central ....
animal farm essay
In Animal Farm, the animals tried to be equal, but in time, some animals had certain views and different opinions and some gradually became more powerful. No matter how hard in society we try, equality will never truly be reached by mankind for the reason that Power tends to corrupt and absolute ....
Animal Farm is a fable of the Russian Revolution. How far do you agree with this statement?
It can be argued that Animal Farm is a fable, and that it is about the Russian Revolution. This essay will be split up into two parts. Firstly, is it a fable? Secondly, is it about the Russian Revolution and if so how much is similar?
Animal Farm is similar to a fable in a few ways, for example A....
Animal Farm: Political Issues / Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his psuedonym George Orwell, is an
English author commonly known to write about political issues. Orwell has been
highly acclaimed and criticized for his novels, including one of his most
famous, Animal Farm. In a satirical form, George Orwell uses personified f....
Battle of Thermopylae
Work Cited
The Greek and Persian Wars 506-323." Gentlemans Military Interest Club. 2005
Hooker, Richard. SPARTA. World Civilizations. 1996.
Sack....
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, for twenty-eight years, separated friends, families, and a nation. A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II commenced, but by the end of the war Germany was in the mists of a disaster waiting to happen. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The Un....
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was one of the most significant events in the 20th Century, for twenty-eight years it separated friends, families, and a nation. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The United States, Great Britain, and France controlled the three divisions that were formed in th....
Berlin: A City Divided
Berlin: A City Divided
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Class
Professor Name
Date
Berlin, Germany, once a great city, and its people went through years of hardship as a result of the outcome of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Germans referred to ....
Blowback book review: Where does the anger come from?
In Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, Chalmers Johnson uses 20th century history to anticipate 21st century blowback. Johnson uses examples from the corruption of military bases to Americas support of genocidal dictators and its training of terrorists like Bin Laden to Americ....
Buffalo
At one time, bison were widespread from Alaska to northern Mexico. Now bison have been exterminated in the wild except in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming and Wood Buffalo Park, Northwest territory, Canada. The bison are gone in the prairie of the United States along with many of the ecosystem's species.....
Cathedral
Cathedral
Prejudice. A word referring to prejudgment: to make a decision before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case or an event. A word commonly used in certain restricted contexts when considering a judgment about a person based on rather external circumstances.
We all know how it is ....
Causes of World War II
Many historians have traced the causes of World War II to problems left unsolved by World War I (1914-1918). World War I and the treaties that ended it also created new political and economic problems. Forceful leaders in several countries took advantage of these problems to seize power. The desi....
Causes of WWII
Silent cries and horrid thoughts came from Polish troops as German forces broke through Polish lines, marking the start of WWII, on September 1st 1939. WWII, also known as the Second World War, was a hostile battle that took place from 1939 till the final deaths in 1945. The war was fought between t....
Censorship - Who Do I Believe?
Do we ever really know the complete truth? Truth is considered, among many things, impartial, subjective and neutral to all. Unfortunately, however, in the world today, a realm of deceit and bias, the definitive line between truth and false becomes hazy at best. This is an era of facts being quest....
Cold War
How And Why Did The Cold War In Europe And Asia Become More Serious During The Period 1961 To 1963?
The Cold War was a conflict between the Communist nations led by the Soviet Union and the democratic nations led by the United States. It was fought by all means i.e. propaganda, economic war, dipl....
Cold War - Space Race
War is an event that represents the situation of a state and how it is revolutionized. It introduces new factors that sometimes force nations others to join in the enhancing of ideas. In particular, the new face of the ideological or new age concept was brought up. The United States of America an....
Cold War: Nation-State Conflict
The phrase Cold War is something that a generation can identify with as an age of uncertainty, with no clear outcome. From a political stand point it is one of the most complicated and interesting times in human history. Two nations managed to fight one another without ever killing a solide....
Communism vs Democracy
Communism vs. Democracy
The United States of America is a country that believes in democracy and has unfavorable ties with communist countries. The United States has tried for decades to improve relations with the countries that dont practice democracy. History shows disagreeme....
Communist Party of the United States of America
Abstract
In my project I discuss the history, ideals, funding tactics, and espionage theories that have surrounded the Communist Party of the United States of America. The history of the Communist Party from its creation in 1919 through the current time is briefly outlined. The various funding....
Comparing 1984 and Brave New World
Undoubtedly, the thought of living in, or forming a utopian society has flashed through nearly every persons mind. A few people have even tried to make this ideal dream society a reality. Unfortunately, within the pursuit of these societies the leaders become corrupt and begin to become paranoid w....
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: 1984 by George Orwell & The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST ESSAY
between
1984 by George Orwell
and
The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
The novel 1984 written by George Orwell (India -25/06/1903 - London -21/01/1950) and Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale (Ottawa -1939 -) are both anti-utopian, dystopian novels....
Constructing a Revolution
A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE AND THE OCTOBER REVOLUTIONThe Russian Avant Garde began in Russia in about 1915 It was the year that Malevich revealed his Suprematist compositions that reduced painting to total abstraction. and rid the pictures of any referenc....
Cuban Missile Crisis was inevitable due to the buildup in post WW2 tensions. Is this correct?
Following the conclusion of World War Two, ties between the USSR and the Western Powers had steadily deteriorated. With their different ideals, and their yearning to contain the others system of governing, conflict between the two nations became inevitable. Initially, there were strong disagreemen....
Cyber-Communism: The New Threat in the New Millennium
My expedition into cyber-communism began when I read Brock Meeks' "Hackers Stumble Toward Legitimacy"[1]. The article addressed a recent hackers' convention. Interestingly, the keynote speaker was Eric Boucher[2] (alias Jello Biafra[3]), a rock star with no technical background. Numerous question....
Death Penalty
Whenever the word death penalty comes up, extremists from both sides start yelling out their arguments. One side says deterrence, the other side says there's a potential of executing an innocent man; one says justice, retribution, and punishment; the other side says execution is murder. However, all....
Death Penelty
Whenever the word death penalty comes up, extremists from both sides start yelling out their arguments. One side says deterrence, the other side says there's a potential of executing an innocent man; one says justice, retribution, and punishment; the other side says execution is murder. However, all....
Democracy VS Dictatorship
Democracy Vs Dictatorship
Imagine the next time you step into the voting booth your ballot only lists one candidate to choose from. Or perhaps your ballot lists four candidates, but they are all from the Liberal party. Dictatorships are one party political systems that are ruled by one leader or....
democracy vs dictatorship
Democracy Vs Dictatorship
Democracy vs Dictatorship Essay written by heather Imagine the next time you step into the voting booth your ballot only lists one candidate to choose from. Or perhaps your ballot lists four candidates, but they are all from the Liberal party. Dictatorships are one party....
democracy Vs dictatorship
Dictatorship Vs Democracy
At present, dictatorship and democracy are the two most common forms of governments in the world. Generally a dictatorship is like monarchy, a government by one man who is advised and guided by a set of people who may be called his ministers or secretaries. A democracy....
Democracy vs. Dictatorship - World War II
We can trace the earliest example of direct intervention by government in the 6th century. It was ruled by Umar ibn al-Khattāb, who was a second caliph of Islam. Social policies were and are very important in our society, because they determine a structure and organization to our community.....
Dictatorship in Russia
Around the 20th century, the end of the First World War cleared the way for the formation of democratic regimes. Why they had not been successful, why the people didnt use the opportunity to establish a democratic political system and why did the dictatorships appear, is still unclear, but it is a....
Does the U.S. Patriot Act violate the 4th Amendment
Does the U.S. Patriot Act violate the 4th Amendment?
By: Georgina Hodges
Since September 11, 2001, politicians in this country have been trying to walk the line between National Security and violation of privacy rights. Several measures have been passed, one of these is the U. S. Patriot Act, (A....
Dystopia is merely a utopia from another point of view? - Brave New World
Dystopia is merely a utopia from a different point of view. Discuss this statement in relation to two pertinent literary or filmic examples.
The following essay proposes to consider the concepts of dystopia and utopia, analysing the ways in which they can be deemed to constitute the same phenomen....
Essay on Power
Alexander the Great was known to have cut the Gordian Knot with his sword and thus be entitled to rule all of Asia according to the prophecy that surrounded this legendary knot. Unsurprisingly, people take this as an interesting story and admire Alexanders solution to this puzzle, even going as fa....
EU Security
The conflicts originated from and occurred
among the European countries during the first half of the 20th Century caused dramatic
damages to the Europe as well as to the other countries in the world. As it will be analysed in
detail later, this unbearable effects of conflicts concluded in a neces....
European History: Single party states
The crises faced by the Bolsheviks in the period 1917 to 1924 forced them to be ruthless and blind to human suffering. The charisma Lenin used in seizing power was replaced by terror in the suppression of political, military and economic threats. By the time of his death, the Bolsheviks had control ....
European Imperialism in Film
The three films, Nanook of the North, The Drum, and Lawrence of Arabia, all contribute to Edward Said's argument that cultural products managed to justify, perpetuate, and explain imperialism all at the same time. They manage to complicate that argument on several levels as well. At first glance th....
Evaluate the impact of Lenins death in 1924 on party leadership and the debate over modernisation w
Evaluate the impact of Lenins death in 1924 on party leadership and the debate over modernisation within the Bolshevik Party.
Following Lenins death in 1924, debate about Russias economic future became tangled in a leadership struggle between Trotsky and Stalin. The conflict largely took the....
Explain why the Reds were victorious in the Russian Civil War
Explain why the Reds were victorious in the Russian Civil War.
The October Revolution of 1917, in which the Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, brought about a coup, to overthrow the Provisional Government was a success. They presented the takeover as a revolution in the name of the workers'....
Failed Revolutions and Tyrants in Animal Farm
Animal Farm, by George Orwell was published in 1945, a crucial time in history because of Stalins takeover of the Soviet Union and his exploitation of the centralized communist government. This was in direct contradiction to the expected results of the Russian Revolution. Orwell felt that revolution....
Failure of Soviet Intelligence in Operation Barbarossa
On June 22 1941, World War II entered its bloodiest and most destructive chapter as Nazi Germany enacted Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union. Attacking along a front that stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea, by autumn 1941 the Wermacht had penetrated hundreds of kilomet....
fall of Communism in RussiaSoviet Union
Communism in the USSR was doomed from the onset. Communism was condemned due to lack of support from other nations, condemned due to corruption within its leadership, condemned due to the moral weakness of humanity, making what is perfect on paper, ineffective in the real world. The end of this syst....
Fascism Vs. Communism
Fascism vs. Communism
During the Great Depression, many people lost faith in democracy. Extreme ideas of many types arose. Two examples of new governments that arose were fascism and communism in many countries. Fascism is a system of government with centralized authority and a dictator ruler....
Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt
I n t r o d u c t i o nThroughout the ages there have been many great leaders. These leaders are powerful in many ways, with a strong control over the people, and a place in history. But who would have guessed that two cousins would be some of the greatest government figures ever? Franklin Delano Ro....
Freedom of Choice - Democracy vs Dictatorship
Imagine the next time you step into the voting booth your ballot only lists one candidateto choose from. Or perhaps your ballot lists four candidates, but they are all from theLiberal party. Dictatorships are one party political systems that are ruled by one leader oran elite group of people under t....
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair was born in 1903 at Motihari in British-occupied India. While growing up, he attended private schools in Sussex, Wellington andEaton. He worked at the Imperial Indian Police until 1927 when he went to London to study the poverty stricken. He then moved to Paris where hewrote two lo....
george orwell and communism
Orwell began to write Animal Farm at the end of 1943, during this time he was also writing some other books that were based on the same theme as Animal Farm. This book was based on the Russian revolution during the early 1900s. Orwell had lived during the time of the revolution and based a lot of ....
Greatest Generation
Ever since the first act of decision making, mankind realized that the choices they make today will inevitably shape their or someone else's future. This is how things advance. Where one is now is either a direct or an indirect result of some decision made in the past by someone. This valued lesson ....
Greed
When a person wants more it starts out as ambition. Nothing will stand in there way of attaining there dream. But when a person continues to desire more, and they stop at nothing to attain it, something else takes over. Illegal activities, morally unjust decisions and actions that are plain evil are....
History of Terrorism
In the early morning of September 11, 2001, the deadliest terrorist attack in history took place in New York City and Washington D.C. Members of the terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, hijacked four commercial airliners full of fuel, en route from the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States. Two ....
Hitler
Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany by Earle Rice Jr. is about the life of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Adolf was born on April 20, 1889 to his parents Alois and Klara Hitler. He was there fourth child but there first three died before reaching the age of two. He also had two younger siblings Alois Jr. and A....
Holocaust
After the Anschluss of Austria on March 13, 1938, nearly 200,000 Jews were added to the Reich. Hitler's radical racial point of view was combined with a Social Darwinism that saw the Jew as a source of danger to Germany and humanity, and as a central factor in the dynamic development of hostile ideo....
How were east and west relations affected by: NATO, The korean WAR and Stalin's death
How were east and west relations affected by:
The formation of Nato
Korean war
Stalins death
NATO:
The Berlin blockade had just finished. It sealed the fate of a divide Germany. So the tension between the USA and the USSR were high and it had hardened western attitudes.
Th....
Howard Fast
Howard Fast, the son of a factory worker, was born in New York City on 11th November, 1914. He dropped out of high school and at the age of 18 published his first novel Two Villages. Fast held strong left-wing views and a large number of his novels dealt with political themes. This included a series....
Ideologies of the Democracy Movement in China
After Deng Xiaoping gained power in 1978, a new political atmosphere was promised for the Chinese people. A promise of a free land with a modern economic state was made by Deng in order to gain public support. During Deng’s reign, a series of economic reforms were made. These reforms had ma....
Immortal Hopes of Animal Farm
Communism is supposed to be a system under which all property would be held in common. The dignity of the poor workers oppressed by capitalism would be restored, and all people would live as equals in communism. This book, Animal Farm by George Orwell is an amusing story of allegory of the early his....
Intellectuals and the Secular Revolution
The modern world began circa 1918 "when a 26 year old German Jew named Albert
Einstein wrote a paper discussing theories of relativity in the universe."(1) Basically, his
theory was that time itself was relative and not a constant, as was previously thought. It
wasn't that there was an....
Ivan Denisovich and Humanity
Who could possibly be able to imagine the utter hopelessness and misery that a soviet prisoner experienced during Stalinism. Thousands of innocent men were taken from their families, homes, and lives, stripped of their dignity and banished to the harsh labor camps where they were to spend the rest ....
Joesph Stalin, A Good or Bad Leader?
Joseph Stalin was a leader, which meant his people trusted him with their welfare; however, under Stalins rule, millions of the people who put their trust in him were killed. This leader forced a ruthless policy on his people that increased his control, but damaged his country. To add, Stalin was ....
Joseph stalin
Joseph Stalin (1927-1953) led the Soviet State through the challenges of World War II. Although the war was a terrible drain on the already impoverished and exhausted society, it resulted, paradoxically in strengthening the Soviet dictatorship. The war distracted the Soviet people from Stalin's exce....
Joseph stalin
Joseph Stalin
JOSEPH STALIN, (1879-1953), Russian political leader, who was the undisputed leader of the USSR from 1929 until his death. He helped to convert communism in the USSR from an egalitarian, revolutionary movement into an authoritarian, bureaucratic governmental system. He helped to tur....
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin may be dead but his existence and cruelty still haunts Russia. He became the leader of Russia shortly after Lenins death. He was paranoid, mean, and he didnt trust anyone. He used people and made them do what he wanted but later he ended up either killing or imprisoning them. He wa....
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin, born December 21, 1879 in Gori, Georgia, rose to great power and is often described as one of historys most interesting, horrible, and surprisingly unknown dictators of the 20th century.
As a child Joseph endured the poverty so many children in Russia experience....
joseph stalin
How Stalin won control of the Soviet Communist Party and thus control of the Soviet Union will be discussed throughout this essay. The important factors which facilitated his rise to power will also be discussed and explored.
Joseph Stalin was the head of the Soviet Communist Party and the undis....
Joseph Stalin and The Battle of Stalingrad
Joseph Stalin and the Battle of Stalingrad
The book, 1000 Years, 1000 People, by Brent Bowers ranks the top 1000 people who had the greatest influence on the millennium. Joseph Stalin is ranked number 82. Amongst philosophers, artists, inventors, and teachers the title under Stalin simply read....
Joseph Stalin Leads to Dictatorship
One of the most powerful and devastating dictators, was known as Joseph Stalin, supreme ruler of the Soviet Union. His establishment of terror caused death and affliction of millions. Unlike any other individual, he integrated lineaments that characterized the Soviet management and lead to the dir....
Joseph Stalin's Reign
Joseph Stalin Stalin was a dictator of the U.S.S.R from 1929 until 1953. He rose from bitter poverty to become ruler of the country that covered one sixth of all the land area in the world. Stalin ruled by terror for most of his years in office. He didn't allow anybody to say anything about his idea....
Julius Caesar
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES
Julius Caesar is a play about a political assassination. The
question it asks is: is it ever right to use force to remove a
ruler from power? You, as readers, can answer that question in
terms of your own experience in the last quarter of the....
Korean War
The Korean War lasted from 1950 - 1953.
It was not just an internal war but it was an important war in the event of the Cold War. The USA fought against the Soviet Union, or better: Caitalism against Communism. It resulted in the division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea at the 38th para....
Labor Conflict
The United States has a long history of labor conflict. Labor conflict basically started in America when Europeans began arriving in 1492. The history of labor in the United States is divided into eleven periods, which are the Colonial Period, the Revolutionary Era, the Growth of a New Nation, Exp....
Lenin, A New Biography
Lenins life in Lenin, A New Biography reflects on his familys ancestry and his childhood along with the childhood of his immediate family. Dmitri Volkogonov, the author, focuses on the theories Lenin had, where he drew them from and how he executed the philosophies that were proposed by hi....
Machiavellis The Prince
There are many parallels that can be drawn between Machiavellis The Prince and the philosophy of the modern world. In this essay I will discuss the way the main concepts used by Machiavelli are relevant to the modern political system, leadership, and distribution of power. Machiavelli discusses in....
Main stages in the relations between the USA and the USSR between 1917 and 1945
After the First World War in which the USA and Russia had fought on opposing sides the Russian revolution of 1917 encouraged Americas negative attitude towards the nation to become more a feeling of recognition. However this was short lived as the Bolshevik uprising began and an anticapitalist wor....
Man Who Could Work Miracles
After viewing the films The Man Who Could Work Miracles, and Animal Farm, I came to a conclusion that both films have similarities for abusing power and finally self-destruction. Both films are illustrated in a simplistic fashion where the viewer will be able to understand and analyze the theme and....
Man with a Movie Camera vs Run Lola Run
Andre ParfeniukStudent # 10260974December 3, 2001The Impact of Dziga Vertov on Film" The main and essential thing is : the sensory exploration of the world through film. We therefore take as a point of departure the use of the camera as a keno-eye, more perfect than the human eye, for the exploratio....
Market and Command Economies / Soviet Union
Market and Command Economies Paper
Dustin C. Shumway
ECON 361
Tim E. Price
10/01/2007
There are many different kinds of economies around the world, but they all fall into two basic categories. One category is the command economy, which is also called central planning, and the other type....
Market and Command Economies Paper
There are many different kinds of economies around the world, but they all fall into two basic categories. One category is the command economy, which is also called central planning, and the other type is the free market economy, which is also called capitalism or a market economy.
In a communistic....
Marxist Policy: Lenin vs. Stalin
The 20th century was marked by an era in which all parts of the world felt the pervasive impact of Communism, a movement that was initiated by the German philosopher Karl Marx. Marxs ideas and theories became known as Marxism, which proposes a classless society to promote equality and the dictato....
Memory in Romanticism: mnemosyne, plasticity,
Memories do not comply with the dictums of time's arrow. Those among us who have experienced apparently unrelated flashes of recollections passing through our minds will surely vouch for that, and it is often said that people on the verge of death witness packets of memory from their early childhood....
Monsignor Quioxte
Monsignor Quixote and Sancho took part in a long spread out journey throughout Spain. During their adventure both Sancho and Father came across many very nice people, new friends and enemies as well. Each of them both had an impact on each others live during their days, they learned about each oth....
Motivation Recei
AGENDA:
Introduction 3
Problems of labor motivation in Russia (Forms Incentives) 3
Understanding �motivation� 4
Motivation through theories � East vs. West 5
Motivation in Russia 8
What makes motivation systems in Russian companies so different ....
Napoleon Bonaparte, Stalin and Hitler
The modern world as it is known today, will always be run by some of the main political and military building blocks that were placed by Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Napoleon ability to conquer a vast majority of Europe will always be looked upon as one of the greatest mi....
Never Ending War on Iraq
Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Saddam Hussein, are just a few examples of the Tyrants who have terrorized and murdered millions of people in the past Century. In the case of Saddam Hussein, his atrocious actions towards his own country proved him to be a monster. Unfortunately, in the eyes of ....
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
The earliest ancestor of the Russian Romanovs emigrated to Russia from Prussia in the 14th century. This ancestors great-great granddaughter was Anastasia Romanov, who became Tsar Ivan IVs first wife. Ivan IV (1533-1584), known as Ivan the Terr....
Pigs and Politics: An Analysis of Animal Farm
A utopian society is one of literally no place, an existence which is not possible and a lifestyle ridiculed by George Orwell in his literary work Animal Farm, a novel that dissects the meaning of such a society. Orwell writes in the Modernist literary era, a time when authors make an effort to ....
politcs
Referring to the Cambridge Advanced Dictionary the word politics is a noun that is expressed as the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations or people who try to influence the way a country is governed. Not just today, but even centuries ago, each society had to had som....
Political parties
Table of contents
Introduction ..........
Brief Historical Background
Institutionalization of political parties
Different types of parties
Political party is an organized group of people who control or seek to control a government. In democratic countries, political....
Political Parties of Kazakhstan
Evolution of political parties of Kazakhstan has its roots at the beginning of the 20th century. At that period Kazakhstan was a part of Russian Empire. The increased Russian influence and colonization policy in Kazakhstan conduced to the creation of the first political party of Kazakhstan, Alash Or....
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring
The Prague Spring is referred to when the Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968. Below are the details surrounding the incident.
In 1948, communism was the only political party in Czechoslovakia. The communist take-over was a very popular movement. The first re....
Psychology Today
Psychology Today
Psychology Today
The Value of Psychology
In today's society, psychology has emerged as an important tool in analyzing the behavior of
an individual. Psychologists attempt to explain the pattern of ment....
Russia's Population
Russian Population Research Project
1. Natural Characteristics affecting population Distribution
(Arizona 07)
Population distribution is heavily affected by natural characteristics such as rivers, mountains, lakes and forests. A lot of people tend to live where there are pleasant living condi....
Russian Revolution and Orwell (Animal Farm)
Russian Revolution and Orwells Animal FarmAnimal Farm and the Russian Revolution have many similarities and ideas. The characters, settings, and the plots are the same. In addition Animal Farm is a satire and allegory of the Russian Revolution, George Orwell meant for it to be that way. My essay wil....
Russian Revolution was bound to happen
The Russian Revolution.
All revolutions take place because the citizens of the country want to change their way of life. This was also the reason behind the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Russian Revolution was the first profound struggle by the Russian people for freedom and democracy in their da....
Singing Revolution - Estonia
Estonia- bordered to the north by Finland, Russia in the east, Latvia to the south and the Baltic Sea to the west, is a small country in Northern Europe with a population of around 1.34 million. Estonians are among the oldest peoples in the world with the earliest settlements dating around 11000 yea....
soki
From Culturology to Transculture
From the book Transcultural Experiments: Russian and American Models of Creative Communication. New York: St. Martin's Press (Scholarly and Reference Division), 1999, pp. 15-30 (Chapter 1)
The Historical Context
Culturology is a specific branch ....
Soviet Cinema and Montage
A certain kind of inspiration must be born of a time in which one's country is heading into a brave new world. Nothing should ever be as it was and the future is as expansive as all of Russia itself. In the time of revolution - the late teens and early twenties - Soviet cinema established itself as....
Stalin
Joseph Stalin, an official of the Communist party, was the successor of Lenin after his death. His goal was to continue what Lenin had left behind that is to build a classless society in which the means of production were in the hands of the people.Stalin was born Joseph Djugashvili to a poor famil....
Stalin and Hitler: Two of a Kind?
For decades Americans have heard of the atrocious Second World War and the components encompassed within that subject matter. The bombing of Pearl Harbor; the Holocaust; Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime, a group which continues to spread hatred today; the Normandy Invasion and others are gruesome r....
Stalins Success in fullfilling Bolshevik ideals
The Russian Revolution in 1917 was a Bolshevik push for Communism and equality but the years that followed the overthrow of the Provisional Government were not in line with the original views of revolutionists. After the 1917 Revolution in October there was famine and poverty as Russia struggled to ....
Stress and Anger
Stress and Anger have always been related with each other. There have been countless studies, even more theories, about stress and anger and how they relate. But, no matter how many studies are conducted, there will always be the questions about whether or not stress and anger are related. But, I....
Stress and Anger
Stress and Anger
Stress and Anger have always been related with each other. There have been countless studies, even more theories, about stress and anger and how they relate. But, no matter how many studies are conducted, there will always be the questions about whether or not stress and a....
Teachers Day in India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
TEACHERS DAY
September 5th is the Birth anniversary of one of the modern Indias most
notable Teachers and philosophers, the Late Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was
Independent Indias second President. We have been observing it ever since his
passing away as our c....
Ten Events that contributed to the outbreak of WW2
Top 10 List of Events that Contributed to the Outbreak of World War 2 5 points
The German invasion of Poland
When Nazi Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France met their aggressive actions with an official declaration of war, as promised to Poland beforehand. World War II had begun, because ....
The Berlin Blockade was the turning point in the outbreak of the Cold War in the period 1945-1949.
The Cold War is a prolonged state of tension and hostility held between the two major powers, namely the Soviets and the Americans after post-world war-two period. The term turning point implies that the Berlin blockade caused a turn of events and instigated the outbreak of the Cold War. Therefo....
The causes of world war II (world war two)
In the 1930¡¦s the policy of appeasement was introduced by the leaders of Great Britain and France. They continually gave into the demands made by dictators Germany, Italy and Japan in order to steer clear of a war between these countries. The League of Nations proved to be very weak after it was ....
The Chechen Insurgency
The Chechen Insurgency
A friend of mine once remarked that any country east of Germany had a weird name, a place much unlike anything they considered normal. I believe my friend is typical of many Americans. The world as a whole is a daunting place, filled with complexities, disputes, and diff....
The Cold War
The Cold War was the economic struggle between the two superpowers, the Soviet Union, also called the USSR, and the United States of America, which were supported by their allies. It lasted over four decades, from 1947, near the end of World War 2, until the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The war was....
The Cold War
The Cold War was the open rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different political systems. On one side there was the Soviet Union and its allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other side were the United States and its allies, usually ....
The Consequences of World War 2
World War II was important because it shaped our world into what it is today. In discussing the consequences of WWII, I shall examine the massive destruction and loss of life, the War Crimes Tribunal, the creation of Israel, the spread of Communism, the Berlin Crisis, the Cold War, the Korean War, ....
The Holocaust
Stalin wants an opening of a second front in Eastern Europe. Roosevelt promised Stalin this front but it was not supplied until June 1944. Stalin always believed that this was intentional and that he read Trumans letter saying that the Nazis and the Soviets keep fighting one another a....
The Leadership Contest: Trotsky vs. Stalin
1) Explain Trotskys contribution to the success of the Bolsheviks up to 1922.
In October 1917 Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks wanted to start the new revolution to overthrow the Provisional Government. Leon Trotsky strongly advised him to wait. Then, during the night of the 6th of November,....
The Life of Richard Wright
Deep in the southern states of America, when this country struggled with changes, people not only suffered from poverty, hunger, and illnesses, but people endured racism and violence. These experiences colored people's lives forever. Richard Nathaniel Wright was no exception. Out of the hardships an....
The main reasons for the Soviet Armys successes from Stalingrad untill the end of WWII
The main reasons for the Soviet Armys successes from Stalingrad on was One, that the Russian campaign was beyond the German militarys logistical ability to achieve, and the German economy to sustain. Two, the resulting battle of attrition gave the Soviet military the advantage. Lastly, the Germa....
The Porfiriato: A Necessary Period of Change to Modernize Mexico in a World of Rapid Growth
The Porfiriato is best known as being a dark time for Mexico when the self proclaimed dictator Porfirio Diaz ruled non stop from 1876 to 1911. Diaz ruled through the use of violence and political corruption, which led to him being reelected over and over again. His rule and reelection was legitima....
The Rise of Communism in Russia
Unless we accept the claim that Lenins coup dtat gave birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must recognize in today’s Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians—the only empire that survived into the mid 1980s (Luttwak, 1). In their Commun....
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
GEOGRAPHY
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland covers an area of about 244 thousand square kilometres. It lies between 50oNorth and 60o North latitude, and the prime meridian of 0o passes through the old observatory at Greenwich.
Besides the largest islands Great Britain ....
The United States and the beginning of the cold war
The United States and the Beginning of the Cold War, 1945-6
Long Term Causes of the War
a) There were three cracks evident between the US-Soviet relationship. America and Russia argued about the opening of a second front against Germany. Stalins plans where that America and Britain invade we....
The Zen of Zinn: A look at the first 3 chapters of A People's History
Dr. Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States might be better titled A Proletarian’s History of the United States. In the first three chapters Zinn looks at not only the history of the conquerors, rulers, and leaders; but also the history of the enslaved, the oppres....
Three Economistis
T h r e e E c o n o m i s t s
Three very important economists were Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. Each was a highly original thinker, who developed economic theories that were put into practice and affected the world's economies for generations.
Karl Marx born in Trie....
To what extent was Hitler responsible for causing WW2?
To what extent was Hitler responsible for causing WW2?
Hitler was responsible for causing WW2 to a large extent. The four main causes for the second world was were the treaty of Versailles, the league of nations, the Nazi-soviet pact and Hitlers aggressive foreign policy. The main people to bl....
To what extent was Stalin responsible for the Great Purges?
Christopher Mardelli
History Extended Essay
09/06/06
Stalins Great Purges of 1932-1939
Abstract
For my Extended Essay, I am investigating to what extent was Stalin responsible for the Great Purges. There is a lot of evidence supporting that....
To what extent was Stalin responsible for the purges between 1932 and 1939
To what Extent was Stalin Responsible for the Purges between 1932 and 1939?
Abstract
The essay discusses Stalins responsibility of the purges between 1932 and 1939. The first part of the essay will briefly assess Lenins legacy on Stalins terror mechanism. This is followed by the....
Ukrainian Famine
For the peoples of what is now known as Eastern Europe, the Communist Revolution of 1917, was one of the most important and devastating events that has ever taken place. And for the people of the Ukraine from the years 1932-1933 the word Holodomor would carry with it only the memories of deat....
Uncivil Civility
Typically, the term civilization invokes the mental image of an organized, cohesive, technologically advanced society while the contrary would be that of a savage, underdeveloped smattering of people living off in the wilderness somewhere. However, when fewer visual aspects of civilization a....
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore on 20th September, 1878. His alcoholic father moved the family to New York City in 1888. Although his own family were extremely poor, he spent periods of time living with his wealthy grandparents. He later argued that witnessing these extremes turned him into a s....
Veering Point
What were the causes and effects of World War I? The answer to this seemingly simple question is not elementary. There was more to the onset of the war then the event of an Austrian prince being murdered in Serbia, as is what most people consider to be the cause of World War I. Furthermore, the eff....
Vladimir Lenin
Born on April 10, 1870 this son of a Russian nobleman was to have a profound effect on the future of Russia and, indeed, the world. His father had been the son of a serf who had risen to post of inspector of schools in Simbirsk. While his mother was the daughter of land owning physician.
In sc....
Was the Second World War as much a consequence of appeasement as an aggressive German foreign policy
These 2 policies are results of each other and without one the other would not exist. It could be easily said after 1945 that the German Foreign Policy was the main cause of WWII because of German aggression towards other nations. However on the other hand it is easy to say that the appeasement poli....
What Caused the Second World War? Who Was to Blame?
War was declared by Britain and France on Germany, September 1939. World War II lasted for six years killing millions; injuring and traumatising many more. Two decades earlier, World War I had taken place also killing, injuring and traumatising millions. How was it that even with the creation of the....
What is the Comintern and why was it established?
Founded in March 1919, the Communist International or Comintern was a Soviet sponsored agency to coordinate the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism world wide. The Comintern's members included communists from Europe, Asia and elsewhere, who acted under the direction of Moscow as the head of the Re....
What is the essential cause of the Korean War?
Index
A Plan of Investigation
B Summary of Evidence
C Evaluation of Sources
D Analysis
E Conclusion
F List of Sources
A Plan of Investigation
What is the essential cause of the Korean War?
The goal of this investigation is to explore various causes of the Kore....
What Were The Effects Of The Three Five Year Plans Stalin Brought In Between 1928 And 1941?
The effects of the 3 five year plans can be observed from three general areas - economical, political, and social. Although it did make Russia significantly stronger economically and politically, socially there was a decline in working conditions and morale.
The 3 five year plans were a series of....
Who was more important- Lenin or Stalin?
Lenin introduced a harsh policy called War Communism. This forced peasants to hand over food so that towns and armies could be fed. He took over the factories of Moscow and Petrograd so thatthey could dupply their armies with equipment and ammunition. If the towns were not fed, then the workers w....
Who's To Blame for The Cold War?
Beginning after World War II and proceeding until 1990, the Cold War has effected all countries in Eastern and Western Europe. Through unsettled grievances, the Soviet Union and United States have "fought" a nuclear arms war to show off who has the best defenses and technology. Due to previous event....
whot was to blame for the second world war ?
What Caused the Second World War? Who Was to Blame?
War was declared by Britain and France on Germany, September 1939. World War II lasted for six years killing millions; injuring and traumatising many more. Two decades earlier, World War I had taken place also killing, injuring and trauma....
Why did Stalin rather Trotsky emerge as the leader of USSR
Why did Stalin rather than Trotsky emerge as the leader of the USSR in 1929?
After Vladimir Lenins death in 1924, a power struggle for control of the Bolshevik party had begun. Amongst the several contenders, two of the most important names in the power struggle were Leon Trotsky, and J....
Why did Truman commit the USA to a war in Korea in June 1950?
Why did Truman commit the USA to a war in Korea in June 1950?
There are a vast amount of factors that led Truman to take such action in Korea, most of them borne out of the Cold War. Another theme that shaped Trumans perceptions, was his and the countrys paranoia, of the relentless expansioni....
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