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    Dossier informing the Queen of Russia’s situation in 1850: A brief potted history of Russian dynastic history over the past 1‚000 including key events and people- Year Date Event 1707 8 October Bulavin Rebellion: A small band of Don Cossacks killed a Muscovite noble searching their territory for tax fugitives. 1708 7 July Bulavin Rebellion: After a series of devastating military reversals‚ Bulavin was shot by his former followers. 18 December An imperial decree divided Muscovy into

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    lives. Although original in its name‚ the ideas were not original in itself. The ordeal dates back to 1652 when the early Dutch settlers moved into Black territory on a mission to "change the order of civilization"( Rotberg‚ R. I. (2002). Ending Autocracy‚ Enabling Democracy. Cambridge: World Peace Foundation. ). "Boers" (Rotberg) as Dutch called themselves‚ took up "an extreme fundamentalist Calvinist interpretation of religion" (Rotberg). In 1795‚ conflict arose between the English Settlers and

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    Perfect pottery’s imperfect strategic change Perfect Pottery‚ an autocratic‚ tall business was just bought out by HBGC. The company has recently made an irreversible switch to using machines in the production line‚ resulting in the company laying off almost half of its workers. The company is now suffering from staff absenteeism and a spike in defective items. Because of these changes in the company‚ several problems have arisen‚ such as the lowering of morale‚ as well as the aforementioned absenteeism

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    Civil war From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see civil war (disambiguation). See list of civil wars for individual examples. A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture‚ society or nationality fight for political power or control of an area. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency‚ whether successful or not‚ is likely to be classified

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    “How firmly was the Tsar in control of Russia before 1905?” Russia was an Autocracy before 1905 and the Tsar was Nicholas 2nd. Many people dispute over whether he was in control or not‚ the main factors being: The Tsar’s leadership‚ Opposition to the Tsar‚ Social and Economic conditions and finally means of control. It can be argued that some factors are more important than others‚ but they are all significant in how I believe the Tsar was losing control. The Tsar’s flaws as a leader were an

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    SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY Counseling Arab Americans Jay C Coleman Amridge University Abstract The belief‚ common among non-Arab Americans‚ that Arabic families are oppressive and dominated by violent fathers who mistreat their wives and children‚ has been documented in numerous sources (e.g. Suleiman‚ 1988‚ Al-Mughni‚ 1993). This is probably not unexpected given the struggle to fit traditional Islam with expanding women’s rights throughout the Muslim world (Al-Mughni‚ 1993). Despite

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    of society. Ultimately‚ the effectiveness of the social contract depends on our ability as a society to obtain a satisfactory balance between what we want and what we are prepared to give up for it (“The Human Project” 148). Hobbes argued for an autocracy because it would be a strong-central government and would have power over all issues. However‚ in order for the country to be politically and socially stable‚ we would have to give up not only some of our desires but most of our rights as well.

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    In June‚ 1905‚ the Potemkin Mutiny took place and industrial workers all over Russia went on strike. In October‚ 1905‚ the railwaymen went on strike which paralyzed the whole Russian railway network. Later that month‚ Leon Trotsky and other Mensheviks established the St. Petersburg Soviet. Over the next few weeks over 50 of these soviets were formed all over Russia. Witte‚ the new Chief Minister‚ advised Nicholas II to make concessions. He eventually agreed and published the October Manifesto

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    The Russo-Japanese war‚ 1904-1905‚ was a huge milestone that had a significant impact on the reign of Nicholas II. His ruthless thirst for expansion and haughty determination to incite a war with Japan was a shallow decision that led to an embarrassing defeat. This defeat affected the few remaining years or his reign in many facets and was raging fuel for the Russian population. It was a potential ignition many reforms including the social reform of the 1905 revolution‚ significant judicial reforms

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    Doctrine" 617). The Spanish had felt embarrassed after losing their colonies to independence. In 1815 Tsar Alexander I of Russia and the monarchs of Austria and Prussia formed the Holy Alliance. This alliance was a group set out to maintain autocracy (Migill 594). Spain then demanded the return of its colonies of the New World (Migill 594). With the possibility of help from the Holy Alliance and France‚ Spain’s goal was looking realistic. The Americans also feared that if the Spanish colonies

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