Culture is defined as the beliefs‚ customs and the arts of a society‚ group‚ place‚ and time (Culture‚ n.d.). Russia‚ formerly known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R)‚ is the world’s largest country with over 100 distinct nationalities (McCauley‚ Dewdney‚ Conquest‚ Pipes‚ 2017). Russia is a rich and vibrant country with a deep history which directly explains their culture. Geography‚ government (past and present)‚ military force‚ religious beliefs‚ and primary languages spoken
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Have you ever imagined the end of the world? Well keep on reading! Chernobyl was probably the worst nuclear disaster in history. I’m going to take you through what has happened to the animals and the plants in Chernobyl and what is still happening today. The animals of Chernobyl make me regretful because the animals keep dying since of Chernobyl. Imagine not being able to touch your farm animals. There are 31 well known animals in the Chernobyl zone. 6 of them are cannibals‚ 9 of them are omnivores
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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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Kiara Luis Mr. Butler February 25‚ 2015 Global Honors DBQ: Evaluation of Stalin’s Leadership Loved and hated by many‚ Joseph Stalin is one of the most controversial leaders in world history. Joseph Stalin transformed the Soviet Union into a modern superpower between 1928 and 1941. His rule is characterized by the creation of Collectivized Agriculture‚ Rapid Industrialization like the Five Year plan‚ and the many aspects of life under a totalitarian regime like purges‚ censorship
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In 1900 the Russia Empire covered nearly 23 million square kilometres. Only a quarter of it was in Europe and the rest in Asia. The majority of the 128 million population were Slavs‚ but there were over 200 different nationalities. Several of these groups wanted regional autonomy and this was the cause of a constant source of political conflict. There were also 5 million Jews and around 23 million Muslims living in the Russian Empire. The government’s policy of russification (forbidding the use of
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education in Ukraine Ukraine today is the most interesting country among the former Soviet Union republics where one can study‚ work and rest‚ get acquainted with the history of the country. Higher education in Ukraine has always been and still preserves high quality of education. Over 18 years of independence the country has built a well-developed‚ competitive and ramified system of national education in European educational area. More and more foreign students choose Ukraine for study. Annual
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb Although Japan had an estimated army of 5‚000‚000 men‚ they were on the verge of imminent collapse and the two atomic bombs that were dropped on them were not necessary to obtain Japan’s surrender. America’s primary reason for using the atomic bombs on Japan was to intimidate the Soviet Union so that the Soviet Union would stay out of the war with Japan and to demonstrate our world dominance‚ rather than dropping the bombs solely to induce Japan’s unconditional surrender
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The case of the transportation of nuclear waste is topic that can cause strong feelings and reactions to the uncertainties and risks associated with this form of pollution. Now we are going to refer to each of the four key concepts of globalization to see what the notion tells us about the processes at work in this case study. The stretching of social relations in space is clear. The decisions taken about nuclear power and its production in the one-time USSR had horrible effects far away from
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Kapuściński’s book Imperium details his experience in Soviet Russia during the height of Stalinism‚ after the Berlin Wall fell‚ and after the fall of the Soviet Union in its entirety. Kapuściński was a Polish journalist who was seven when he first experienced the wrath of the Soviet Union‚ an experience that colors how Kapuściński sees the Soviet Union later on in this book and his life. The word ‘imperium’ that is found several times throughout this book and is the title is defined by Kapuściński
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Poland Has Not Yet Perished was written two years after the third partition of Poland of 1795‚ and was later adopted as the Polish national anthem in 1926 in the same year of Pilsudski military coup and exemplifies not only the struggles Poland has suffered‚ but the resilience of the Polish people in the face of these struggles and their determination to take back what is theirs despite the odds. The song itself was written as a means to boost the morale of Polish soldiers fighting in Napoleon’s
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