Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast‚ whose chains had been loosening—had snapped the night before when the mystic spirit was abroad‚ leaving her free to drift whithersoever she chose to set her sails.” (Chopin)
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the “superfluous man” became widely used to describe‚ often‚ tragic or Romantic heroes‚ unappreciated by society because of their nonconformist‚ “outsider” traits. The descriptor “superfluous” comes from the hero believing that society and life are superfluous‚ boring‚ and restrictive. Finding love‚ satisfaction‚ and meaning in life seems to be a non-committal and constant conquest for this archetype‚ leading to an unsympathetic‚ selfish‚ and morally ambiguous personality. Thus‚ although the superfluous
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Anonymos 21/03/13 Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II was born the 18th of May‚ 1869 in Saint Petersburg. He was christened his imperial highness Nicholas Aleksandrovitch Romanov‚ Grand Duke of Russia. When Nicholas was a child‚ he wasn’t as bright as his younger brothers‚ which made his dad view Nicholas as a shy child‚ not "man enough" to become emperor of Russia. He never wanted to be the Czar of Russia‚ and his parents did not teach him enough for him to be ruler‚ he was much more of a family
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Mongols were nomadic horse-people from the eastern steppe of Asia that created the largest empire in the history of the world. The Mongols treated demanded payment of tribute in return for peace‚ they permitted local leaders to govern‚ they showed religious tolerance‚ they established rule of law (Appetence system). The Mongols Influenced Russia by isolating the Russians and cutting them off from ideas and inventions from the rest of Europe. This affected the growth of Russia. They allowed Russians to follow
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Napoleon’s Defeat in Russia In 1812‚ Napoleon marched into Russia with a grand army of 420‚000 French soldiers. This happened for two reasons; one being compelling Alexander I to remain in the blockade against the United Kingdom; and the official reason was to erase the threat of a Russian invasion of Poland. Napoleon’s troops‚ marching into Russia‚ were not prepared for a harsh winter in Russia. The Russians didn’t make their situation any easier by devastating everything in their path‚ and so
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Russia tea market Russia Most of Northern European Russia and Siberia has a subarctic climate‚ with extremely severe winters in the inner regions of Northeast Siberia (mostly the Sakha Republic‚ where the Northern Pole of Cold is located with the record low temperature of −71.2 °C/−96.2 °F)‚ and more moderate elsewhere. The strip of land along the shore of the Arctic Ocean‚ as well as the Russian Arctic islands‚ have a polar climate. Throughout much of the territory there are only two distinct
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The Fall of Tsarist Russia‚ The Rise of the Soviet Union. “To the very end‚ through its inflexibility and ineptness‚ the autocracy had been the principal architect of its own downfall. -Christopher Read Russia‚ prior to the rise of the Communist powers‚ was a simple country‚ with the Romanov bloodline at its helm. The country‚ with its sprawling landmass and spread out population‚ was perhaps one of the least developed countries in Europe. (Bruner) While the rest of the world changed
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RUSSIA Natural environment Among Russia’s most important environmental problems: * Water pollution is the most serious concern. Less than half of Russia’s population has access to safe drinking water. While water pollution from industrial sources has diminished because of the decline in manufacturing‚ municipal wastes increasingly threaten key water supply sources‚ and nuclear contamination could leach into key water sources as well. The head of Russia’s environmental protection committee
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History Russia before 1881 The rulers of Russia before 1855 were regarded as reactionary autocrats‚ unwilling to consider any political or social change. The rulers in Russia: 1855-1881 Tsar Alexander II Absolute Monarchy 1881-1894 Tsar Alexander III Tsar Alexander II received the title ‘Tsar Liberator” because he instituted important liberal changes such as the emancipation of the
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The Effect of the First World War on Tsarist Russia. When historians examine the effects of the First World War on Russia they think of four key questions: 1. Why did Russia get involved? 2. How did the Russian people react to the outbreak of war? 3. Why did Russia do so badly during the war? 4. What impact did involvement in World War One have on Tsarist Russia? Why did Russia get involved in the First World War? The ultimate cause of the First World War began in the Balkan
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