8. Promoting Literacy In the early days of the Soviet Revolution (that is in the first two decades of the 20th century)‚ it is estimated that the literacy rate among the Russian population was only around 25% in the countryside‚ with much higher percentages reported for St. Petersburg and Moscow (when most Western nations had in those days a literacy rate of 80-85%). The Soviets realized that to promote efficiently the radical new communist ideas‚ posters or meetings where masses were progressively
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Sahakyan English 10A Period 1 February 11‚ 2013 The space race first began between the Soviet Union and the United States around 1957 when the Soviet Union launched their first satellite‚ Sputnik 1‚ into space to orbit the earth. It ended around 1975 with the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project‚ a joint space mission between the Soviet Union and the United States. The space race compares to Animal Farm‚ because of how the Soviet Union failed multiple times in building an aircraft that could reach the moon just
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Vietnam War vs. Soviet Afghan War Vietnam War vs. Soviet-Afghan War The Vietnam War was a long and costly armed conflict between the communist regime of North Vietnam who joined forces with its southern allies‚ also know as the Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam and their principle ally‚ know as the United States of America. The War began in the year 1954‚ after the accession to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam. This continued against
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Annoying Animals Animal Farm is still relevent to read today because of major wars in history have connections and similarities to the Soviet Union. Are the Pigs in Animal Farm similar to how the people in the Soviet Union acted? Yes‚ there are very simular in many diffrent ways. In Animal Farm‚ George Orwell presents the idea that leaders use language to gain power which allows them to manipulate their citizens.In Animal Farm their owner Mr. jones does not treat them very well so the animal have
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rise to power‚ Hitler and the Nazis came up with wide ranging but loose collection of ideas which‚ might be described as an ideology. During this period of time Hitler made many speeches and gave occasional interviews to journalistic‚ these gave an insight of Hitler’s thinking. While he was in prison‚ Hitler wrote Mein Kamf‚ his most complete statement of his ideas and aims for Germany. During the year 1933 delivered many speeches which were the key elements in Nazi Ideology‚ Including the power
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Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1954‚ effectively as a dictator. Within the first ten years of his period of rule‚ Stalin introduced significant change to the Soviet Union in areas of policy such as‚ industrialization‚ agriculture‚ education and culture. Despite the fact that some positive implications were perceived within the nation and soviet society regarding the outcomes of his policies relating to industrialization and education‚ the impact of his policies in the areas
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Account for the initial consolidation of Nazi power in 1933 - 1934 Due to the failure of the Weimar Republic and general public dissatisfaction arising from poor economic conditions exacerbated by the Treaty of Versailles‚ coupled with the 1929 Wall Street Crash‚ German citizens were understandably desperate for change. Until this point in time the Nazi party‚ and Hitler‚ had been essentially unpopular. However‚ the economic situation ensured Hitler’s increasing popularity as the people looked
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Introduction This paper aims to analyze the motivation techniques in Russia in the Soviet Era and today‚ where we can find great differences in society after the collapse of communism in 1991. In the first part some information is mentioned about Russia in the Soviet Era and nowadays. Thereafter we refer to the motivation techniques in both eras and how successful they are according to work ethics in each period. The results of this research are pointed out in the conclusion. General information
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most fearful event in man kind history. Its happen 1939-1944. The Nazis put the Jews in concentration camps and ghettos‚ and killed them in cruel ways. They led them to believe that they were in a safe place. The Nazi gave false hope to them right up to their deaths‚ which was either in the gas chamber or by the firing squad. The gas chambers were disguised as shower rooms‚ so that people would think all they were getting a shower. Even though the Nazis and their calibrators killed millions‚ nonetheless
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In this essay I will explain how and why the Nazis rose to power‚ elaborating on the circumstances of the great depression‚ the Weimar republic‚ Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Hitler and the Nazis were not prosperous in gaining power from up to 1928‚ this is because people thought all Nazis were brutes and believed that Hitler was a big joke. Nobody was interested in the Nazi ideas or plans and plus‚ Germany wasn’t quite ready for them. But Hitler soon came into power in many different ways.
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