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    China and Russia during their time of power‚ but mostly China got the full impact of the Mongolian rule because of their closeness to Mongol. This brought upon direct rule by the Mongolian Empire‚ Whereas Russia was left alone for the most part. They were mainly left to its devices under independent princedoms and got the Mongolian influence through taxes. The rule of Mongolia had more of an impact on China than on the Russia. Basically Mongolians were nomads while China and Russia were settled

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    The Pre-Revolutionary and the Soviet Periods in Russia Just like any other countries‚ the people in Russia were not exempted from injustices during the pre-revolutionary period. The revolutionary Russia faced various economic problems due to the many unfavorable political conditions it faced. Majority of the people were poor and some of them did not even own lands (Go Social Studies Go). Aside from that‚ working conditions were unfavorable for the workers‚ and Russia’s corrupt bureaucratic system

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    Paschalis Kitsikopoulos _TO WHAT EXTENT DID ALEXANDER II SUCCEED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA?_ In 1855‚ European countries had to deal with many difficulties. By that time‚ a major imbalance was existing in and between all countries. A detonation of economy and technology was disturbing even the biggest nations of Europe. All countries were intimidated by the greatest power of the time‚ Japan and India. Russia was an enormous country‚ however‚ it wasn’t very advanced as far as the technology‚ the

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    essay I’ve chosen the topic: ‘Ukraine as a ‘bridge’ between Russia and EU’. I found it really interesting‚ especially in current situation‚ after the Presidential elections. And‚ of course‚ the topic is very important to me‚ as I’m Ukrainian and studying in the country‚ which belongs to EU. In this paper it would be considered: reasons of forming of current situation in Ukraine; relationships and perspective of development of them with Russia; relationships and perspective of development of them with

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    A History of 19th and 20th Century Russia A society’s understanding of its history is crucial to a society’s perception and definition of itself. During the 1980s the Soviet Union underwent a cultural revival‚ whereby the Russian people‚ prompted by Mikhail Gorbachev’s invitation to glasnost (more openness)‚ began critically re-examining Soviet and pre-revolutionary history. As the nation engaged in oral discussions and literary readings to study their past‚ they started to reassess the Soviet

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    industrialisation radically changed to push for a far more rapid policy‚ the first ’faze’ of which was Collectivisation. Introduced in 1929‚ Collectivisation was the swift process employed by Stalin to gather all the smallholdings of pre-Industrial Russia into large grouped (or collective) farms‚ controlled by the government as opposed to the peasants. The aim of this was to swiftly increase agricultural output‚ the revenue from which (if traded internationally) could be used to kick-start industrialisation

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    According to the official statistics youth unemployment in Russia is about 27%‚ it is much higher than the average rate in the world‚ which is about 12%. Such a high rate of youth unemployment in our country has a whole number of negative repercussions. And only a few of them are hard drinking and drug addiction in rural areas of Russia‚ not dropping brain drain‚ and increasing crime rate. Besides‚ the whole generation‚ the so called future of Russia‚ finds itself overboard the society. Therefore no doubts

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    Bolsheviks brought about dramatic changes in Russian society following the 1917 Revolution. They took advantage of the unique time and place and once they had gained control of Russia they were willing to go to any lengths to ensure they remained in power and their Socialist ideals were put into action. The social organisation in Russia was an unjust system of autocracy‚ resulting in a majority of discontent. Russian society consisted of large amounts of peasants who owned a small amount of the land but

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    definition without branching onto various aspects of its attraction. In fact‚ the relationship of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff Earnshaw‚ developed into a miscellaneous affair of unrequited love and sealed desire. In the excerpt‚ the passage can be informed by the beginning of conformity over love‚ a distance between the young couple‚ and the start of a social barrier. In Wuthering Heights‚ young Catherine was influenced by the aristocratic and respected family‚ the Lintons‚ into having a fascination

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    ------------------------------------------------- Russia as an attractive market for Wal-Mart Tutor: Jeremy A Head Student: Gleb Nekroenko Student Number: 21048807 ------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH METHODS ------------------------------------------------- Russia as an attractive market for Wal-Mart Tutor: Jeremy A Head Student: Gleb Nekroenko Student Number: 21048807 Introduction The topic that I have chosen is “Russia as an attractive market for Wal-Mart: a case

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