The political ideology of communism sought to end capitalism and establish equality throughout a population. While good in theory‚ it created conflicts that lasted for decades. First conceived in the Soviet Union‚ there was an expectation that communism would be a revolutionary tide that would sweep across all of Europe. After WWII‚ the Soviet Union still dominated with communist ideals in the countries of Czechoslovakia‚ Hungary and Poland. After the Berlin Wall that separated Germany into East
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The Eastern Question Power vacuum caused by the decline of the Ottoman Empire created a problem in Eastern Europe Rival interests in the region were a permanent threat to European peace: Russians wanted: Expansion into Slavic lands Secure the straits for access to the Mediterranean Recover Constantinople for Christian Orthodoxy Prevent Austrian expansion along their south-western boundaries Austrians wanted: Expansion into Serbian lands to counter Slav nationalism Protect their trade
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make decision on Poland and eastern Europe‚ the “Pandora Box of infinite troubles” Finally decided eastern European governments would be freely elected but pro-Russian The Yalta compromise over eastern Europe broke down almost immediately Even before the conference‚ Bulgaria and Poland were controlled by communists who arrived home with the Red Army - Postwar Potsdam Conference of July 1945 o Long-avoided differences over eastern Europe finally surged to the
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______________________________ STRATEGIES OF RURAL SOCIAL STRUCTURES __________________________________________________________________________________ Title Aquaculture as a livelihood strategy‚ the case of Binfield Communities in the Eastern Cape Province. ABSTRACT Background and Problem Statement The study is based on the practice of aquaculture as an agrarian enterprise that is aimed to enhance diversification of livelihood strategies. The paper begins by an argument that there
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The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe The collapse of communism in eastern europe can be based on three disticnct factors. Factor 1: People Power May: Hungary opens its borders with non communist Austria. Hungarians had already been granted the rights to free travel. However many east germans started using this route to get to west germany. June-August: protests against communist rule In poland continue throughout the summer. In august‚ communist party leaders agree truly free elsections
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Account for the “failure of democracy” in Eastern Europe (excluding the USSR) in the period 1918-1939. According to Robert A. Dahl‚ there are certain criteria that a government must meet for it to be called a democracy. Democracy must provide first of all‚ opportunities for effective participation‚ where all members of an association concerned with a certain policy ‘must have equal and effective opportunities for making their views known to the other members as to what the policy should be’
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Sovietisation of Eastern Europe 1945-1968 World war two saw a grand alliance of Britain‚ America and Russia created in order to defeat their common enemy‚ Adolf Hitler. In pursuit of this goal they attended a number of conferences to plan their attacks and to decide on the future of post war Europe. At Teheran in 1943 Churchill voiced concerns about the post-war situation in Eastern Europe‚ he was afraid that victory over the Nazis would leave the USSR in control of Eastern Europe. To prevent this
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“DETROIT EAST” : Business Week‚ 25th July /2005. Eastern Europe‚ with its cheap labor and high skills‚ is becoming the world’s newest car capital In the Verdant Hills north of Bratislava‚ the capital of Slovakia‚ workers at the sprawling Volkswagen plant turn out efficiency-boosting ideas as steadily as the Polo compacts and Touareg sport-utility vehicles gliding off the production line. One recent suggestion was to bring emergency repair teams inside the factory instead of housing them outside
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WHICH CULTURE IS BETTER: WESTERN OR EASTERN “The Last Supper‚” the painting of Da Vinci illustrates the mental states of each subject and the expressions in a vivid manner and bring the subjects to life. Qi Baishi‚ a renowned painter of traditional Chinese painting‚ famous for painting shrimps could bring subjects to life within seconds. Both of them possess painting techniques which are extraordinary‚ but their styles are completely different. The famous Chinese painter Master Li Hongzhi
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The way the eastern civilization would live is how people dream of living today. The eastern peoples put others above themselves. The way the western civilization used to live is how we live today: caring about ourselves for the most part. Even though the eastern side of living is how most people wanted to live‚ there are some positive characteristics of the western side that are worth incorporating. A common problem today is that we don’t think. A trait of eastern culture is the
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