How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife is a story written by Manuel Arguilla about a man who comes home to his province to introduce his wife from the city to his family. This short story won first prize in the Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940. >>ABOUT THE AUTHOR Manuel E. Arguilla was born on June 17‚ 1911 in Nagrebcan‚ Bauang‚ La Union to parents Crisanto Arguilla‚ a farmer‚ and Margarita Estabillo‚ a potter.Their mediocre living was not a hindrance for Manuel to attain his dreams
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Isolated Russia from many of the advancements made in Western Europe during this time * Began a period of territorial expansion and government reform after freedom from Mongols * Embarked on an aggressive program of westernization in order to leap forward and make up for lagging * Forced imposition of European culture on the people of Russia would create an identity crisis for Russians that continues to this day Breaking the Mongols’ Grip * Mongol occupation gave Russians some
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3)The Development of Russia a)Eastern Slavs converted by missionaries from Byzantine Empire to Orthodox Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy rejects pope‚ but else wise is similar to Rom. Cat. b)Loose but real political unification of eastern Slavic territories under single prince and dynasty c)Feudal division into boyard nobility and commoner peasantry d)After death of Prince Iaroslav the Wise‚ Kievan principality disintegrated into competing political units- 1504 e)The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow
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Since the days of Peter the Great‚ the Russian Orthodox Church was directed by a religious governing body known as the Holy Synod. Representatives of the Holy Synod were appointed by the tsar; however‚ Tsar Nicholas II ruled terribly that the Orthodox leaders encouraged the revolution. For years‚ the Russian Orthodox Church had a continuous relationship with the tsars and opposition to the liberals. The Bolsheviks were persistent in their antagonism toward religion‚ with their atheist ideals‚ they
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Jesse Bober P.6 Topic 1- Describe the three major phases of the english language and the major changes that happended When England was established there were several kingdoms and the most advanced one was Nurthumbria. It was this period that the best of the Old English literature was written ‚ including the epic poem Beowulf. In the 8th century Nurthumbrian power declined ‚ West Saxons became the leading power. The most famous king of the West Saxons was Alfred the Great
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Andrew C. Kuchins and Igor A. Zevelev Russian Foreign Policy: Continuity in Change he imminent return of Vladimir Putin to the presidency of the Russian Federation in 2012 raises many questions about the future of Russian foreign and security policy as well as U.S. —Russia relations. To what extent will Putin seek to continue and implement the goals of current President Dmitri Medvedev’s modernization program? Will Putin reform the political system in the direction of decentralization of power
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NATO formally welcomed Russia as a participant – but not as a fullfledged member. The agree-ment signed at an extraordinary meeting of the leaders of NATO’s member nations‚ marked another major step in its effort to lock in Moscow’s shift toward the West. The accord will for the first time give Moscow a role from the outset in NATO discussions about a fixed variety of topics ‚ including non - pro-liferation‚ crisis management‚ missile defence and counterterrorism. But in an indication that the North
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Early Modern Europe – Major Forces for Change There are a lot of events that shaped the history of early Europe. Our ancestors had a lot on their plate when they discovered new lands and fought new diseases. One of the early forces that had a major impact were the crusades. The Crusades were a bunch of religious wars that were called on by the Pope and the Catholic Church in order to defend Christianity against the Muslims and get closer to the holy cities and other places in ancient Palestine
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Этика использования силы The USSR has inherited a large area and multinational structure of the Russian Empire. In 1917- 1921 Finland and Poland have received their independency‚ as well as Lithuania‚ Latvia‚ Estonia and Tuva. Some territories were annexed to the USSR‚ such as West Ukraine and West Belorussia‚ Baltics‚ Bessarabia and North Bukovina‚ the Tuvan People`s Republic‚ Transcarpathian region . The collapse of the USSR occurred due to the processes of system disintegration‚ which were happening
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a most egalitarian society‚ provided by Marx and Engels‚ began to find supporters in eastern Europe. In Russia‚ these ideas of redistribution of wealth especially affected what is known as “Russian working class”. In October 1917‚ the working class ‚led by the Bolshevik party‚ and supported by the poorest peasants ‚ overthrew the Czarist regime‚ opening up the epoch of Communism in Russia‚ and breathing life to USSR . Since this turning point‚ Communist ideas crossed continental boundaries‚ arousing
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