Bolor-Erdene Tseren WRI 1200 10/14/2012 The Amber Room Three hundred years ago‚ there was a great treasure‚ which was built by human hands. It is called the Amber Room. Art experts from Germany said it should be the 8th wonder of world due to its beauty. History‚ when recorded‚ is evidence that shows that the past actually happened. However‚ the Amber Room did not have the fate to stay in a physical form and became one of the interesting mysteries of the century. Many researchers are interested
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Russia in the nineteenth century Government & Society: * Autocracy (a system of government with one person with total power) was a system that was on going in 19th century Russia. It was led by the Tsar. * Beneath the Tsar were The Court‚ who were leading landowners and members of the government. * Below them were a small group of businessmen and traders. * The majority of the population were Serfs who were servants attached to land owned by a lord. They were required to
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Баскетбол-это также популярный и зрелищный вид спорта. Многие американцы смотреть баскетбол игры на аренах и на телевидении баскетбол-это очень увлекательные игры‚ в которые можно играть официально‚ в Лиге‚ или случайно‚ просто для удовольствия. 2. St Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It was founded by Peter the First in 1703. It is situated on 42 islands. The nver Neva runs through the from the lake of Ladoga into the Baltic city. It runs Sea. At night the bridges are raised
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Nicholas II abdicated the throne in 1917 up until then‚ the Russian Royal family had ruled for over three hundred years. Throughout this period‚ they faced many problems and uneasy predicaments‚ a lot of these centering on Nicholas II as Tsar. A combination of long and short-term problems led to the decline and eventual fall of the Romanov dynasty. Tsar Nicholas II ignored these issues‚ staying true to his coronation vow to uphold Autocracy‚ and therefore played a critical role in the plummet of
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What were the causes of the 1905 Revolution? Why did the Revolution fail to overthrow the Tsarist Regime? The Revolution of 1905 was the first time the Tsar had faced open opposition from so many groups in Russian society at the same time. It involved peasant disturbances‚ strikes‚ naval mutinies‚ nationalist uprisings and assassinations. This essay aims to examine the different causes of the Revolution of 1905. Short and long-term causes will be considered‚ and economic‚ political‚ military
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How significant was the First World War in bringing about the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917? The abdication of the Tsar in 1917 is still talked about today; the reasons are still disputed to this day. There are three main views; the optimist view which states that Russia was on the right path but the First World War slipped Russia into revolution. This view is supported by A.Gerschenkron who says‚ “That in the absence of war‚ Russia could have continued in the road of progressive
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factors that lead to the murder of Rasputin? Grigory Yefimovich ‘Rasputin’ (meaning ‘debauched one’) was a Siberian monk‚ described by Jennifer Brainard (2008) as “an unwashed sexually promiscuous peasant”. Rasputin was born in 1869‚ arrived in St Petersburg in 1904 and was first connected to the Romanov family in 1908 when he was called upon to aid Tsar Nicholas II’s only son in his illness (Jennifer Rosenberg‚ unknown date‚ The Murder of Rasputin). Eight years later‚ in 1916‚ three Russian nobles
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from Louis‚ or rather‚ Western Europe‚ making people dress‚ talk‚ and act like Westerners. Peter was also very militaristic‚ like Louis‚ fighting the Great Northern War against Sweden in order to obtain land on which to build a warm water port (St. Petersburg)‚ but Louis didn’t personally torture his war prisoners and enemies. Peter also wanted to adopt mercantilist policies so as to bring more western culture into Russia. Even with their differences‚
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Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich‚ born on September 25‚ 1905‚ started taking piano lessons from his mother at the age of nine after he showed interest in a string quartet that practiced next door. He entered the Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg‚ later Leningrad) Conservatory in 1919‚ where he studied the piano with Leonid Nikolayev until 1923 and composition until 1925 with Aleksandr Glazunov and Maksimilian Steinberg. He participated in the Chopin International Competition for Pianists
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lives of peasants or workers‚ and instead ruled the country how he thought was best. The conditions in Russian factories were horrendous and had little to no concern shown for the workers safety or health. In 1905‚ a small group of workers in St Petersburg‚ angered by poor working conditions‚ an economic slump and the ongoing war with Japan‚ started a relatively peaceful protest about their living conditions. Soon‚ Thousands marched towards the Winter Palace to appeal to the Tsar for better conditions
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