was raised in the Smolny Institute for Young Ladies and was noticed there by Empress Catherine II‚ who made her a maid of honor to the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna‚ later Empress‚ whose husband Emperor Pavel I. She was sincerely attached to him‚ although their relations were never intimate. She was able to influence Pavel I‚ preventing some of his unwise decisions and tantrums. She was also a close friend of the Empress Maria Feodorovna. The second portrait by John Everett Millais is called The
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treaty that Partitioned Poland. This was the beginning of a three part partition ending in 1795 where Poland ceased to exist. The people of Poland had been trying to create a reform. Catherine the Great‚ Empress of Russia‚ did not want the ideas of a republic to invade Russia. She wanted to remain Empress and did not want to change her political regime. However‚ this was difficult for Catherine the Great because she was very passionate about the arts and wanted to bring these new ideas to Russia‚ but
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exceptionally controversial. The young Wu Zhao found herself summoned to the Imperial Palace in 637 A.D. She was summoned by emperor Taizong. Eventually Wu Zhao would find herself the fifth ranked concubine in the Imperial Palace. When the Empress died
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The short story Harrison Bergeron‚ was written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The story was published in 1961 by Fantasy and Sciences Fiction Magazine. The genre is fantasy‚ for that it’s fictional and things that happen in the story hasn’t happen in our society. The story takes place in the future year 2081 and everyone is equal‚ but instead everyone being better everyone is worse. Also to the 211‚ 212‚ and 213 amendments everyone was equal. The story takes place in year 2081. The protagonist Harrison
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The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova Analysis Eloquent‚ brilliant‚ unorthodox‚ poise‚ and loyal – all of these unique characteristics allowed Dashkova to gain the highest regard among the members of the elite society and more importantly‚ to earn the respect of Catherine the Great. Dashkova is a peculiar female character. She’s fully narcissistic‚ but at the same time‚ rejects her recognition and claims herself as unworthy of the credits Catherine II had given her. In her autobiography The Memoirs of
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Book review of “For the love of India” (A biography of Jamsetji Tata ‚ written by R.M.Lala) Jamsetji Tata‚ the founder of Tata sons‚ was a pioneer of Indian Industry. He is credited with giving Indian Industry a new direction by creating a vision for first steel plant & hydroelectric plant. Prior to that‚ Business community in India was basically a trading community‚ with only major exports in cotton‚ jute & tea. He was the one who changed India’s industrial & economic character. He fulfilled
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handicaps and announces that the first woman to volunteer herself will become his empress. One of the ballerinas stands up and joins him.Harrison removes the handicaps from the musicians in the studio‚ and commands them to play their best so that he and his Empress can dance. They dance intensely and beautifully‚ leaping so high that they kiss the ceiling.Suddenly‚ Diana Moon appears in the studio and shoots Harrison and the Empress dead with a
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King Henry VIII who lived from 1509-1547 amazes over the hundreds of years. He established a national church‚ changed government‚ assembled a solid Navy and supported a prospering of expressions of the human experience. He is additionally associated with the unprecedented conjugal carousel that saw him marry six wives in his journey for a male beneficiary to secure the Tudor line on England’s throne. Henry VIII was a Scottish king. Henry VIII had multiple wives throughout his short lifespan. Each
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The novel Gulliver’s Travel’s‚ written by Jonathan Swift‚ was centered on three specific themes. These themes included the following: corruption in government‚ intellect without common sense‚ and bodily secretions and excretions. One of the first themes shown in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels was the theme of corruption of government. This theme was portrayed through the actions and personality of the Emperor of Lilliput. For example‚ the Emperor of Lilliput was impulsive‚ gullible‚ and callous. Gulliver
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1. The Zhou dynasty started around 1027 up to 221 BC (estimated time) and being the longest dynasty that stayed in China. There is a descendant of the Zhou ancestry named Gugong Dan-Fu who has a grandson name Ji-Li who fought wars‚ who defended the state during the Shang period which is also called as the Yin dynasty or Shang-Yin and he wants to be killed by the order of Emperor Wen Ding. However‚ Ji-Li’s grandson‚ Wu‚ formed an army and declared war against Shang dynasty and they won. Shang dynasty
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