Class (factory owners‚ merchants and bankers) - 1.5% • Working Class - 4.0% • Peasants - 82% • Early Russian Economy • Russia was economically backward and industry was small scale. • St Petersburg and Moscow had some large textile factories. • The Urals had a substantial iron industry. • The size of Russia‚ her poor communication & transport network restricted industrial growth. • Russian banks were ineffective and loans were not readily
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Life and works of Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk‚ Russia‚ on May 7‚ 1840. He was introduced to music at age 5. His father was a Ukrainian mining engineer and his mother died when he was 14 - an event that may have stimulated him to compose (http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5648/Tchaikovsky.htm). He was forced to deal with the cold atmosphere of a military boarding school after his mother died. As such‚ he shied away from the harsh and brutal world and found
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century Russia experienced a period of great upheaval that has since been called the Time of Troubles (1598-1613). The period was an incredibly complex period of intersecting political‚ social‚ and economic issues that culminated into this tumultuous period. During this period‚ the Russian Orthodox Church became the only social institution and political symbol that offered Russians a sense of continuity‚ unity‚ and stability. Orthodox Christianity played a fundamental
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The difference of opinions voiced by both the commentators‚ from the late 18th century‚ has yet to be resolved to this day. A minority of historians hold that his liberal reforms in Russia were mostly for the sake earning the respect of the powers of Western Europe and claim that his despotism outweighs any reforms he made. A greater majority of historians agree that Peter the Great was a despot‚ but argue that while Peter’s progressive reforms (as will be discussed below) had little effect during
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Money is the best way to motivate people Nowadays the employers use different instruments in order to stimulate their laborers to work better and faster. However‚ one must admit that the most common way to encourage employees to carry out their duties is money. I agree that wages or salary should be considered the most powerful instrument to influence on people’s attitude to job. To begin with‚ money is the most convenient and effortless motivator. In fact‚ no one gratitude or praise is
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Section 1: Identification and evaluation of sources Question: What was the role of ballet in political relations between the United States and the Soviet Union? Source 1: Croft‚ Clare. "Ballet Nations: The New York City Ballet’s 1962 US State Department-Sponsored Tour of the Soviet Union." Theatre Journal 61‚ no. 3 (2009): 421-42. In this study by Clare Croft‚ the political and social factors behind the New York City Ballet’s tour of the Soviet Union is explained in depth and includes multiple
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Assess the Difficulties Facing Russia’s Rulers in the Late 19th Century In the concluding decades of the 19th century‚ Russia was a great country. She was vast and wrapped up in mystery. Despite being seemingly great‚ there were many problems facing the Tsar’s of Russia. These came in the form of political‚ economic and social issues; some of which slotted into more than one category. The bureaucracy was meant to have been an area of major reform‚ however now it was posing a social and slight
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Therefore‚ he believed he must use his authority to represent the common people and their interest. Frederick abolished torture as a step towards enlightenment‚ and believed that punishment must be used cautiously and justly. Frederick also demanded civil obedience and loyalty in exchange for respect with individual’s beliefs‚ meaning he will not intervene. In contrast‚ Peter I of Russia may have good intentions to modernize his country‚ but his obsession to reform Russia stripped away the Russian
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Peter had returned from his journey through Europe‚ but Something troubled the tsar. The country he had left now seemed to the tsar not fitting to his persona and to the day and age. He felt that the people‚ ideas‚ religion‚ education‚ and government where all centered around ancients teaching. No place or person wanted to modernize or become better ‚ to become like the people he had meet in his travels. Peters Russia sadly was to old and stuck in her ways‚ she was not even close enough to the
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RUSSIAN CULTURE AND BUSINESS ETIQUETTE
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