the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars‚ the Napoleonic Wars‚ and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This objective resulted in the redrawing of the continent’s political map‚ establishing the boundaries of France‚ the Duchy of Warsaw‚ the Netherlands‚ the states of the Rhine‚ the German province of Saxony‚ and various Italian territories‚ and the creation of spheres of influence through which Austria‚ Britain‚ France and Russia brokered local and regional problems. The
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of Honor museum in San Francisco last weekend. We found an oil painting that was named “The Russian Bride’s Attire (1887)”. We were very interested about this oil painting. The author’s name is Konstantin Makovsky‚ he was a Russian. He was born in Moscow‚ 1839 and died in St. Petersburg‚ 1915. In 1863‚ a group of 14 students thought to leave The Imperial Academy of Art‚ and Makovsky was one of them. He thought the rules of the Academy were constrained. The teachers were too conservative. In 1870‚
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tributary feudal state and selected Moscow as the location from which tribute payments would be collected * Center of power shifted from Kiev to Moscow * The Orthodox Church followed this path as well and made Moscow the bureaucratic center of the Russian Orthodox Church * But more significantly‚ Mongols enlisted local Russian princes around Moscow to aid in the collection of tributary payments; this not only strengthened the Duchy of Moscow but gave them the administrative experience
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Abstract Napoleon Bonaparte is generally regarded as one of history’s top military tacticians. But 200 years ago ‚ he committed a grave error by leading his Grande Armée—possibly the largest European armed force ever built to that point—across the Niemen River into Russia. Without losing a single battle there‚ the Grande Armée was almost completely wiped out within six months by freezing temperatures‚ food shortages‚ disease and Russian assaults. This proved to be the beginning of the end for
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palace to greet their guests. The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Baden were just arriving and stepping out of their carriage. Karolina and her mother stood behind the Princess and the Dowager Duchess as they curtsied and welcomed the royal couple while Theresia instructed the servants to take their baggage to their rooms in the palace. The Grand Duke acknowledged the Dowager Duchess and the Princess with a slight nod as he strode into the palace. The Grand Duchess meanwhile‚ said nothing while
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Tourism Paper Fri.- Night 0 Fly out early afternoon arrive in Moscow late at night‚ go straight to sleep after nasty plane ride. Sat. - Day 1 After arriving in Moscow last night‚ I got some good sleep at the hotel‚ so I could wake bright and early to be ready for the “golden ring” tour bus. Our first stop was to be a city known as Sergiyev Posad‚ and I listened to the tour guide begin describing the cities history “a city that grew during the fifteenth century‚ around the most important of
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culture through imitation of western European models 2. Catherine the Great: German born Russian tsarina in the 18th century; ruled after the assassination of her husband; gave appearance of enlightened rule 3. Ivan III: Prince of Duchy of Moscow; responsible for freeing Russia from Mongols after 1462; took title of tsar or Caesar Key Technology: (Cite at least 3 examples of technology referred to in the reading) 1. Onion shaped domes created in Russia 2. Improved army’s
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that defined Russian culture for the next millennium.[11] Rus’ ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus’ lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde.[12] The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities‚ achieved independence from the Golden Horde‚ and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of Kievan Rus’. By the 18th century‚ the
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equilibrium among the countries and the restoration of old dynasties that were driven out by the revolutionary wave. The political decisions that were decided in Vienna redraw the political map of Europe. Prussia expanded to include a part of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw‚ Swedish Pomerania‚ over half of Saxony‚ and above all the greater part of the Rhine land. With these acquisitions Prussia definitively gains the status of a great European power. Meanwhile‚ Russia secures its takeover of Finland‚ trusteeship
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The policy of “Russification” (1899-1905 and 1908-1918) refers to the growing political oppression that the Grand Duchy of Finland experienced at the hands of the Russian empire‚ aimed at ending its political autonomy and dismantling its cultural identity. In the following‚ firstly I am going to examine the causes and the consequences that led to the first Russification campaign. Secondly‚ I will briefly analyze how Finland’s internal divisions contributed to the emergence of a second era of oppression
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