Ivan The Terrible By:Lisa Nguyen Ivan IV‚ or also known as Ivan the Terrible‚ gained huge amounts of land during his reign and created a centrally controlled Russia. He had a complex personality. He was intelligent but brutal and sadistic. He watched as prisoners were boiled‚ burned and fried. He destroyed villages‚ towns and even cities. Thousands were slaughtered‚ leaving others to wonder if Russia would survive this era. To understand why Ivan IV was such a vicious ruler‚ let’s take a look
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In the novella “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy‚ the story is told of a government official by the name of Ivan Ilych who comes down with a terminal illness and dies a slow‚ painful‚ and lonely death. During his weeks of sickness‚ Ilych has plenty of free time to reflect on his life and the meaning behind it‚ as well as confront the idea of his inevitable death- which ultimately becomes the central theme of the short story. In other words‚ through Ilych’s struggle with illness Tolstoy is
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Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a novel narrating the life of a Russian prisoner in a labor camp in Siberia that strips the prisoners of their individuality. The conditions of the camp were not humane‚ yet the prisoners were forced to fight for their lives everyday‚ and there were those who were willing to throw away their humanity just to live for another day‚ another hour. In the camp‚ it is every man for themselves if they want to survive‚ however‚ the main Character‚ Ivan Denisovich Shukhov
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian revolutionary composer who played a big role in classical music. His life was not easy‚ and he used music as a rescue from his problems‚ thus‚ creating the most famous compositions still recognized and used today. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was not only a very talented composer who created great masterpieces like “The Nutcracker”‚ but a great man who put in himself all the strength to become a great figure who is still known today. He was growing to be one of
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Ivan IV (The Terrible) Pretend that the greatest leader to ever rule your country wanted to resign. You would want him to come back‚ but the price of that is to give him complete and absolute power. Would you pay that price? The people of Russia did‚ and as soon as Ivan IV came back‚ he killed them by the thousands. Ivan Vasilyevich began as Tsar at the age of 16. He was a great ruler for the first part of his life. He unified‚ and vastly improved his country‚ creating a more modern government
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Tsar Ivan the Terrible‚ or Ivan IV‚ was born on August 25‚ 1530 to Grand Prince Vasilii and wife Elena Glinskaya. Even at the beginning of his life‚ it seemed that Ivan IV was going to have a rather unusual childhood‚ even by noble Russian family standards. His father‚ Grand Prince Vasilii III‚ died when Ivan IV was only three years old. So Ivan IV’s time began as child ruler while his mother was regent until her death in 1538 as stated by John M. Thompson in Russia and the Soviet Union (Thompson
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One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich tells the story of Shukhov‚ a Russian prisoner sentenced to ten years in a Siberian camp. He is a rather individualist person who is mainly interested in surviving day by day during his confinement. Every prisoner in the camp has to learn how to behave according to this mandatory lifestyle they have been condemned to‚ and this is the way Shukhov finds the most bearable and efficient. There is no such thing as a unique hard moment for the prisoners or a strong
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed this symphonic poem in a mere 3 weeks. Under the suggestion of the music critic‚ Henry Laroche‚ Tchaikovsky created this symphonic work on the most famous incident in Dante’s Divine Comedy – the tragedy of Francesca and Paolo. Tchaikovsky dubbed this piece as a “symphonic fantasy.” On a letter to his brother‚ he wrote‚ “I have worked on it con amore‚ and I believe my love has been successful.” It was indeed an instant sensation. The symphonic fantasy premiered in
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especially in the northeast. Once he had achieved his heavyweight military‚ Ivan crushed the Tartars‚ and this began Russia’s expansion into Siberia. Ivan also founded the standing army which was called the streltsy. ii. Economy In the year 1553‚ the Moscow Print Yard was established by order of Ivan the Terrible and this introduced Russia to the printing press. iii. Politics To create what was known as the Sudebnik of 1550‚ Ivan the Terrible had to revise the law code of Russia. He also established
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chai-cough-skii) is “widely considered the most popular Russian composer in history;” some of his most famous works include The Sleeping Beauty (1890) and The Nutcracker (1892)‚ (source 1). Tchaikovsky was born on May 7‚ 1840‚ in Vyatka‚ Russia‚ second eldest of his parents’ six surviving children (Source 1). Tchaikovsky began taking piano lessons at 5 years old where he displayed a passion for music‚ however‚ his parents hoped he would grow up to work in the civil service
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