‘Incompetent leadership was the most important reason for the outbreak of revolution in 1905’. How far do you agree? The revolution of 1905 occurred due to many different reasons. Arguably the most important of these reasons was the incompetent leadership of the Tsar‚ Nicholas II‚ but there were other factors‚ such as the poverty among the peasants‚ the frustration at lack of political power in the autocracy‚ and also the impact of the Russo-Japanese war. As mentioned‚ the most important reason
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Joseph Stalin actually killed more people than Adolf Hitler did. He was one of the most notorious leaders in the world’s history. He was the leader of the Soviet Union in World War II and during the height of the Cold War. He developed the Soviet nuclear program and put the Soviet territories into an economic downturn. I am in the Pentagon. My desk is cluttered with top secret files marked with red “Top Secret” stamps. The phone on my desk rings‚ and I pick it up quickly. It is the president
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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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EUGENE ONEGIN By Alexander Pushkin Translated by Henry Spalding CONTENTS: PREFACE ................................................................................................................... 3 Mon Portrait ................................................................................................................4 A Short Biographical Notice of Alexander Pushkin. ....................................................6 Eugene Oneguine ...............................................
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The Boondock SaintsSymbolismThe Boondock Saints follows brothers; Connor and Murphy McManus as they set out to rid South Boston of the evil that is: murderers‚ rapists‚ and organized crime. Believed to have the divine right from god to kill the McManus brothers begin to "take out" all that is bad and corrupt. Throughout the movie‚ director Troy Duffy displays many forms of symbolism through visualizations. A majority of these visualizations are ones of religion and moral beliefs. The director opens
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Biography. Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (June 21‚ 1962 – August 15‚ 1990) was a famous Soviet artist and leader of the rock group Kino. Tsoi was born to a Korean father and Russian mother on June 21‚ 1962 in Leningrad‚ USSR (now St. Petersburg‚ Russia). He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and has a huge following in the countries of the former Soviet Union even today. Few musicians in the history of Russian music have been more popular or have had more impact on their genre than Victor
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him three times and then tied him up and threw him in the Neva river * The March Revolution * At the beginning of March 1917‚ a series of strikes led by working-class women broke out In the capital city of Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) * On March 8‚ about 10‚000 women marched through the city of Petrograd demanding “Peace and Bread” and “Down with Autocracy” * This strike shut down all the factories in the city by March 10 * On March 12‚ the Duma
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distrusted empire‚ so he renounced his right of succession in favour of his brother Nicholas. Nicholas‚ however‚ had been left unaware of the official details of the change and on learning of Alexander’s death he proclaimed Constantine emperor at St. Petersburg‚ at the same time as Constantine in Warsaw was proclaiming Nicholas. For nearly three weeks in December 1825 the throne remained vacant. Russian officers and troops had come into contact with currents of liberal thought‚ with new social conditions
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such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar until February 1918) began on March 8‚ 1917 (or February 23 on the Julian calendar)‚ when demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now called St. Petersburg). Supported by huge crowds of striking industrial workers‚ the protesters clashed with police but refused to leave the streets. On March 10‚ the strike spread among all of Petrograd’s workers‚ and irate mobs destroyed police stations. Several factories
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always a dysfunctional relationship. When Empress Elizabeth died in 1762‚ they became emperor and empress. Peter had plans of getting rid of her‚ but she wasn’t going to let that happen. Her lover Gregory Orlov got the help of the troops of St. Petersburg and she took over the throne‚ becoming Catherine II‚ sovereign of Russia. She reigned from 1762 until her death in 1796.
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