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    The Russian Civil War Basic Work Rough Draft Intro The primary cause of the Russian Civil War was the breach between the Bolsheviks and non-Bolsheviks. This breach was caused by a number of events‚ one of them being the Russian Revolution‚ which occurred throughout 1917. The Russian Revolution consisted of two parts‚ the first part being the February Revolution‚ where Tsar Nicholas II was forced out of his position and the Russian monarchy was replaced by a provisional government. Most Russians

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    World Studies 16 January 2014 The Same Revolution?: The Russian and Chinese Communist Revolution Many question the many similarities and differences between the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Communist Revolution and how they may have been the same historical rebellion. Using Crane Brinton’s Anatomy of a Revolution to compare and contrast the two revolutions’ stages‚ there might be an answer to the debatable question. While during the Russian Revolution‚ they started out united‚ a new government

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    Vice-Presidential candidates Mike Pence(R) and Tim Kaine(D) took to the stage Tuesday to debate which of their running mates could best lead the United States through a turbulent period in its history. Governor Pence and Senator Kaine were both given the chance to defend and promote their respective running mates in the debate‚ which took place in the crucial swing-state of Virginia and covered topics from economics‚ to foreign and domestic policy‚ to faith. The beginning of the debate asked each

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    Animal Farm: Book Review

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    mirrors events in Russia that lead up to the Revolution and lasted during “Stalin era‚” and exhibits noteworthy symbolism between common farm animals and important communist/socialist leaders and political groups at the time‚ including Karl Marx/ Vladimir Lenin‚ Leon Trotsky‚ and Joseph Stalin. The actual plot of the novel follows a group of farm animals who overthrow a farm owner by force and set up their own community‚ in which all animals are treated equally‚ where all of them equally share the

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    Tiffany Prill Challenges of Leadership Leadership Book Analysis Modern World Leaders- Angela Merkel The person chosen for this leadership report is Angela Merkel. I read “Modern World Leaders-Angela Merkel” written by Clifford W. Mills. Being born in Berlin‚ with my pride in being German‚ as well as being a female with my own leadership ambitions‚ I felt Angela Merkel was a perfect fit for me. Gaining knowledge on the leadership style from one of the most powerful and influential women in

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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was made up of a series of revolutions in Russian with the aim to disassemble the authoritative Tsarist autocracy that eventually led to the upsurge of the Soviet Union. During this time‚ a new wave of innovative filmmakers who were determined to create a new way of seeing came about. Before the revolution‚ Russian films were dark‚ slow-moving melodramas featuring popular stars‚ but by 1917 the Russian film industry was galvanized by young men and women who despised

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    Animal Farm • an allegorical novel by George Orwell‚ published in England on 17 August 1945 • According to Orwell‚ the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalin era in the Soviet Union. • He criticizes Stalin’s cult of personality and his reign of terror • his aim was to "to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole" • Orwell wrote the book from November 1943–February 1944‚ when the wartime alliance with the Soviet

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    The Russian Revolution was a time of change. It completely changed the world with the fall of the autocracy and the monarch ruling without question and the first ever communist state. Through the use of ideology‚ the Bolsheviks could achieve their goal without the use of violence. The people involved would each play a key role in the revolution. The events that led up to the resulting violence at the end of the revolution were also very important to consider. The events towards the end of the revolution

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    At their height‚ no government imagines its downfall‚ although it is a sad truth when looking back at history. Governments could corrupt as easily as a naïve child‚ and so downfall of even the mightiest governments eventually occurs. Corruption is common in collapsed governments‚ whether it be for monetary reasons‚ or purely bad leaders‚ it occurred on a regular basis with most governments that had collapsed. But some factors of a collapsing government has nothing to do with corruptions‚ but rather

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    University of Nottingham Ningbo China International Studies Academic Year 2013/14 Spring Semester AS3003 Dissertation: Final Presentation Mie Nakachi The diplomatic relationship between the United States and Russia since the 21th century: through the 2013 affair of Snowden Disclosure. Ailin MA Student ID: 6507702 Word Count: 10991 Abstracts The research focuses on the development of the diplomatic relationship between the United States

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